12/20/2014 MLB Note - Boston Red Sox Hanigan, Ryan
C Ryan Hanigan was acquired by the Boston Red Sox for 3B Will
Middlebrooks from the San Diego Padres on Friday. Hanigan hit .218
with five home runs and 34 RBIs last season for the Tampa Bay Rays.
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MLB Note - San Diego Padres Middlebrooks, Will
3B Will Middlebrooks was acquired by the San Diego Padres for C Ryan
Hanigan from Boston Red Sox on Friday. Middlebrooks, 26, hit .191
with two home runs and 19 RBI in only 63 games as he dealt with a
back injury that shelved him for two months last season.
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MLB Note - San Diego Padres Morrow, Brandon
RHP Brandon Morrow was signed by the San Diego Padres on Friday.
Morrow is hoping to make a comeback after he missed 64 games in 2012
with an oblique injury, 107 games with a strained right forearm in
2013, and another 107 games last year due to a finger injury.
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MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Lavarnway, Ryan
C Ryan Lavarnway was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from
Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. The 27-year-old has appeared in 97
career games compiling a .201 batting average with five home runs.
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MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Peterson, Shane
1B/OF Shane Peterson was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs
from the Oakland Athletics on Friday. Peterson, 26, hit .308 in
Triple-A for Oakland last season.
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MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Motte, Jason
RHP Jason Motte was signed by the Chicago Cubs on Friday. Motte has
a career 3.03 ERA in 311 relief appearances, with 290 strikeouts in
285 innings.
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MLB Note - New York Yankees Jones, Garrett
1B Garrett Jones, RHP Domingo German and RHP Nathan Eovaldi were
traded from Miami to the New York Yankees for RHP David Phelps and
INF Martin Prado. Jones, 33, has a career .314 on-base percentage
and a .764 on-base plus slugging average.
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MLB Note - Pittsburgh Pirates Hart, Corey
RF/1B Corey Hart signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 10 major
league seasons, Hart has a career average of .271 with 220 doubles,
33 triples, 160 homes runs, 529 RBIs and 546 runs scored in 1,013
games.
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MLB Note - San Diego Padres Upton, Justin
LF Justin Upton and RHP Aaron Northcraft were traded from Atlanta to
the San Diego Padres for 2B Jace Peterson, LHP Max Fried, 3B Dustin
Peterson and CF Mallex Smith. Upton had 29 homers and 102 RBIs last
season.
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MLB Note - San Diego Padres Northcraft, Aaron
RHP Aaron Northcraft and LF Justin Upton were traded from Atlanta to
the San Diego Padres for 2B Jace Peterson, LHP Max Fried, 3B Dustin
Peterson and CF Mallex Smith. Northcraft, 24, was a combined 7-10
with a 4.70 ERA at Double A and Triple A this past season.
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MLB Note - Atlanta Braves Peterson, Jace
2B Jace Peterson, LHP Max Fried, 3B Dustin Peterson and CF Mallex
Smith were traded from San Diego to the Atlanta Braves for RHP Aaron
Northcraft and LF Justin Upton. Jace Peterson, 24, played 27 games
in San Diego last year and hit just .113.
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MLB Note - Atlanta Braves Fried, Max
LHP Max Fried, 3B Dustin Peterson, CF Mallex Smith and 2B Jace
Peterson were traded from San Diego to the Atlanta Braves for RHP
Aaron Northcraft and LF Justin Upton. Fried was the No. 7-overall
pick in the 2012 draft by the Padres, but he is on the shelf after
undergoing Tommy John surgery.
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MLB Note - Atlanta Braves Peterson, Dustin
3B Dustin Peterson, CF Mallex Smith, 2B Jace Peterson and LHP Max
Fried were traded from San Diego to the Atlanta Braves for RHP Aaron
Northcraft and LF Justin Upton. Dustin Peterson, 20, hit 31 doubles
and 10 home runs in 126 games at Single-A Fort Wayne this past
season.
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MLB Note - Atlanta Braves Smith, Mallex
CF Mallex Smith, 2B Jace Peterson, LHP Max Fried and 3B Dustin
Peterson were traded from San Diego to the Atlanta Braves for RHP
Aaron Northcraft and LF Justin Upton. Smith batted .327/.414/.475
with five home runs and 40 stolen bases in 55 games for High Class A
Lake Elsinore last season.
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MLB Note - New York Yankees Eovaldi, Nathan
RHP Nathan Eovaldi, 1B Garrett Jones and RHP Domingo German were
traded from Miami to the New York Yankees for RHP David Phelps and
INF Martin Prado. Eovaldi was 6-14 with a 4.37 ERA for the Marlins
last season.
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MLB Note - New York Yankees German, Domingo
RHP Domingo German, RHP Nathan Eovaldi and 1B Garrett Jones were
traded from Miami to the New York Yankees for RHP David Phelps and
INF Martin Prado. German has a career 2.33 E.R.A. in five minor
league seasons, none higher than Class A.
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MLB Note - Miami Marlins Phelps, David
RHP David Phelps and INF Martin Prado were traded from the New York
Yankees to the Miami Marlins for RHP Domingo German, RHP Nathan
Eovaldi and 1B Garrett Jones. Phelps, who is arbitration eligible
this winter and not a free agent until 2019, has gone 15-14 with a
4.21 ERA in 87 games (40 starts) since his call-up on April 8, 2012.
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MLB Note - Miami Marlins Prado, Martin
INF Martin Prado and RHP David Phelps were traded from the New York
Yankees to the Miami Marlins for RHP Domingo German, RHP Nathan
Eovaldi and 1B Garrett Jones. Prado is a .291 hitter with 230
doubles, 22 triples, 78 homers and 426 RBIs in nine big-league
seasons.
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MLB Note - Miami Marlins Germen, Gonzalez
RHP Gonzalez Germen was traded from the Mets to the Yankees for
cash. Germen, 27, had a 4.75 ERA and 1.451 WHIP in 30 1/3 innings
spanning 25 relief appearances with the Mets last season.
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