A look at today's minor moves..
- The Phillies released former Rangers first-round pick Kasey Kiker, tweets Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus. The left-hander spent six seasons in the Texas farm system, posting a 4.53 ERA with 9.2 K/9 and 5.2 BB/9.
- The Orioles signed second baseman Josh Barfield to a minor league deal, according to Matt Eddy of Baseball America. Barfield, 29, last appeared in the majors with the Indians in '09.
- More from Eddy (via Twitter), who reports that the Dodgers signed right-hander Kyle Smit. Los Angeles originally drafted Smit in ’06 and sent him to the Cubs in the Ted Lilly deal in 2010.
- The Rays released a number of minor leaguers, including left-handers Sergio Espinosa and Robert Dickmann, tweets Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
What happened to Barfield? He was pretty good for the Padres for one year.
That´s the key word “one” year
Kasey’s last name… and Kevin’s last name.. Sorry.. you just can’t make that up.
Trivia question: in wich country was born Barfield?
Trivia question: in wich country was born Barfield?
Venezuela…
Salem, Mass. Witch country.
Not really a good trivia question when one can just click the link above to get the answer.
He was a winter ball baby. Born in VZ while his dad Jesse was playing VZ winter ball. However, his brother Jeremy who plays in the Oakland organization was born stateside.
When did did the Phillies even sign Kiker?
Brian Schlitter is having a good laugh right now.
I had Kasey Kiker on my Rangers team in Baseball Mogul 2007.
He developed into a stud pitcher…
Too bad for him, video games are not real life.