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By Tim Dierkes [February 16, 2008 at 11:01am CST]
According to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune, the Orioles
asked the Cubs for 21 year-old righty Jose Ceda as part of a Brian Roberts
deal at some point this winter. However, Ceda is untouchable for Jim
Hendry.
Ceda is a large righty swiped from Kevin Towers for Todd Walker at the '06
trade deadline. Baseball America ranks him fourth among Cubs prospects, first
among pitchers. When Ceda switched to relief in July, he threw 23 hitless
innings in A ball. His fastball and slider are of Major League quality and Lou
Piniella has noted that he could make the jump from A ball to the bigs.
Andy MacPhail said yesterday that he didn't expect to trade
Roberts before the Orioles' Spring Training reporting date next week.
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