Denny Bautista Rumors
Pirates Acquire Denny Bautista
According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pirates acquired 27 year-old reliever Denny Bautista from the Tigers today for 23 year-old minor league reliever Kyle Pearson.
Bautista seems like a reasonable project for the Bucs to toss into the back of their bullpen. Bautista averages 94-95 mph with his fastball, but five organizations have already given up on him.
Odds and Ends: Bautista, Uehara, Pavano
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- We'll be doing our usual live chat here today at 2pm CST.
- The A's don't anticipate any problems in signing top draft pick Jemile Weeks. And the D'Backs are nearing a deal with their top choice, Daniel Schlereth.
- Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski is working to trade recently-designated reliever Denny Bautista. He's optimistic. There is a general tone of optimism in this entire odds and ends post, in fact.
- NPB Tracker has an in-depth look at Koji Uehara, who will finally get his wish of trying MLB in '09.
- Steven Goldman thinks it's time for the Yankees to trade Melky Cabrera, who seems a bit of a tweener. Might be better to trade him amid a hot streak though. At least that's what I do in fantasy baseball!
- Yankee whipping boy Carl Pavano could actually be around in August.
- MLB.com's Jim Molony appeared on their Whip Around program (the 6/23 link). He mentioned that he doesn't expect the Brewers to make a major acquisition.
- Speaking of MLB.com, they've got a new Trade Talk blog up where various beat writers have weighed in.
Denny Bautista Designated
To make room for Joel Zumaya, the Tigers designated reliever Denny Bautista for assignment today. Jon Paul Morosi says the Tigers tried to make a deal in advance but couldn't do it.
Bautista, 25, has already been with five organizations. He hasn't had much success, but he can throw hard.
Denny Bautista To Tigers For Jose Capellan
Jon Paul Morosi has the scoop - the Tigers and Rockies are close to completing a swap of relievers. The Tigers would send Jose Capellan to the Rockies for Denny Bautista.
Bautista, 25, was acquired by the Rockies from the Royals in the Jeremy Affeldt swap at the 2006 trading deadline. He'd been a starter for much of his career. He was promising in Triple A in '07 but control problems persisted.
You may recall there was a Jose Capellan derby last summer after the Brewers demoted him to Triple A. The Rockies were interested then, too. He turns 27 in January and didn't do much this year. Perhaps the Rockies will be more inclined to let LaTroy Hawkins leave now.
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