San Diego Padres Acquire Carlos Quentin
by Marisa Ingemi on Dec 31, 2011 1:56 PM EST
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According to the San Diego Padres, who tweeted the announcement, the Padres have acquired right field Carlos Quentin from the Chicago White Sox. The Padres give up Pedro Hernandez and Simon Castro in the deal.
Quentin had been on the trade market for some time and is a good upgrade for the Padres, who always seem to need more bats in their lineup. He is projected to be their starting right fielder. Quentin is no stranger to the National League West, as he is a former Arizona Diamondback.
Meanwhile, Castro pitched in 22 games between Triple A and Double A last season, in Tucson and San Antonio, to pitch to a 5.63 earned run average. He started all of those games. Hernandez pitched in 28 games, starting 18 of them, between three levels. Triple A Tucson, Double a San Antonio and A+ Lake Elisnore. He had an Earned Run Average of 3.49. Both of them are expected to start the season in Triple A Charlotte.
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Deal makes no sense for either club.
Not sure why the Padres want one year of Quentin when trading Latos essentially indicated that they’re not going for it in 2012, and the White Sox continue to waffle between rebuilding and going for it in really odd fashion. I suppose that they’re envisioning an outfield of Alejandro De Aza, Alex Rios and Dayan Viciedo, but I’m still not really sure why they signed Danks.
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I'm one of those Twitter persons, too.
Right. The Danks signing is the real mystery.
Everything else points to a club acknowledging that it wants out of contention for another 3-4 years. Royals, now’s your chance.
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