Danny Ardoin Rumors
By Tim Dierkes [August 30, 2006 at 4:51pm CST]
A couple of small deals came over the wires recently. The Rangers acquired outfielder Victor Diaz for catcher Mike Nickeas. Diaz, 24, is having big-time problems with Triple A this season (.606 OPS). It's surprising because he hit Triple A pitching pretty well as a 22 year-old. He earned 280 ABs with the big club last year and managed to slug .468. Back in the summer of '03, Diaz was sent from the Dodgers to the Mets in the Jeromy Burnitz deal. He's not known for his defense, and has been tried at 1B, 2B, 3B, C, LF, and RF..
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