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Rays Acquire Ryan Roberts From Diamondbacks

By Dan Mennella | July 24, 2012 at 10:21pm CDT

The Rays have acquired utility infielder Ryan Roberts from the Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league second baseman Tyler Bortnick, the clubs announced.

Roberts, 32 in September, was designated for assignment earlier today in what was a procedural move to clear space on Arizona's 40-man roster. The right-handed hitter owns a .250/.330/.398 career batting line in 1,288 plate appearances, most of which came with the Snakes. He enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2011, when he mashed 19 homers and became something of a cult hero for his all-out style of play and trademark tattoos.

Bortnick, 25, was a 16th-round pick of the Rays in 2009 and has posted a career minor league batting line of .289/.396/.431 in 1,773 plate appearances, none above the Double-A level.

Roberts, meanwhile, will be under the Rays' control through 2015.

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Comments

  1. diesel2410

    10 years ago

    Welcome Tatman, hopefully you can be as big of a hero as Batman (Bale)

    Reply
  2. Jaron Duenas

    10 years ago

    Bye Tat-Man…. ;(

    Reply
  3. Jordan Folkman

    10 years ago

    AHH was hoping the Phils would go after him.

    Reply
  4. rfffr

    10 years ago

    Any chance he succeeds Hill?

    Reply
    • James Attwood

      10 years ago

      It could be possible, but he’s still a long way from MLB ready.

      Reply
  5. Leo Ramos

    10 years ago

    Mmm tha´t wasn´t a bad traade after all, despite we´ll miss roberts

    Reply
  6. AndreTheGiantKiller

    10 years ago

    To the surprise of no one.

    Reply
  7. DerekJeterDan

    10 years ago

    Saw this coming from a mile away.

    Reply
  8. ricky clark

    10 years ago

    dr ro bortnick

    Reply
  9. formerdraftpick

    10 years ago

    A-Bort trade

    Reply
  10. Gator4444

    10 years ago

    Snakes need to make a move for Headley.

    Reply
    • James Attwood

      10 years ago

      They will have better options than Headley if they wait for the off season.

      Reply
      • Gator4444

        10 years ago

        No they won’t. The 3B FA class is horrible this winter. D’Backs have the prospects to pull a deal on what will probably be a 5 WAR player this year. Towers has always liked Headley.

        Reply
      • mrsjohnmiltonrocks

        10 years ago

        I don’t think I agree with that at all. I would think about 10 teams currently are happy with their third base situation-there’s a real shortage of quality third baseman right now. Headley would be a good fit for a lot of teams that have a black hole at 3rd base.

        Reply
  11. alexw2840

    10 years ago

    Dang, Bortnick raked in the minors….it’s just his defense he needs to work on.

    Reply
  12. Carl Langley

    10 years ago

    This makes complete sense.

    Reply
  13. bigpat

    10 years ago

    They like versatile guys who can’t hit…

    Reply
  14. mgsports

    10 years ago

    Ryan Wheeler is the 3B.

    Reply

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