The Pirates announced that they have acquired right-hander Eliecer Cardenas from the Braves to complete the deal that sent Matt Diaz back to Atlanta last month. The Braves acquired Diaz from Pittsburgh for a player to be named on August 31st, the last day for teams to add players who are eligible for the postseason.
Cardenas, 23, reached Double-A this year, though he spent most of his season at Class A. The Dominican pitched 59 2/3 total innings, all in relief, and posted a 2.11 ERA with 11.5 K/9 and 5.3 BB/9 (his ERA with Class A Lynchburg was 0.79). The Braves selected Cardenas from the Twins in the minor league phase of last winter's Rule 5 draft.
Great trade.
Matt Diaz is the best player ever!!!!!!!
Its a 23 year old having trouble making it up in the minors – I’ll take it for Diaz anyday. The Pirates tried to use him in a role which just doesn’t fit – he is a platoon/bench bat that should only be used against lefties, period.
The Pirates had him in that role for the first 3 months of the season and he couldn’t hit lefties at all.
why not