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D'Backs Acquire Jon Coutlangus

The Diamondbacks and Reds made a deal yesterday.  The D'Backs received 27 year-old southpaw Jon Coutlangus in exchange for 23 year-old outfielder Daniel Perales.

Coutlangus has control issues, but the Reds used him for 41 innings last year.  Lefties batted .231/.388/.277 off him.  Baseball America liked Coutlangus in '07, suggesting that the converted outfielder's deception and cutter might be enough for him to shake off the lefty specialist tag.  The D'Backs were lacking in left-handed relievers; the Reds had designated Coutlangus for assignment on Opening Day.  They had more than enough lefties.

Perales isn't much of a prospect, though FutureBacks.com draws a Reed Johnson comparison and had him in Arizona's top 50 back in December.


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Jon "Crash Bandi-" Coutlangus.

Guy puts up playstation numbers, man.

Yeah, a very minor move here...but the D-backs left-handed supply was quite depleted. Coutlangus was immediately sent to AAA Tucson, but wouldn't be surprised to see him called up some time this year.

his last name sounds like a dirty word.

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