By Tom Daymont
In what can only be described as a blockbuster move, the Colorado Rockies have acquired right-handed pitcher Ramon Ortiz from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for infielder Matt Macri (and the Rockies are picking up the salary of the over-paid Ortiz).
Marci, who coincidently enough was selected by the Minnesota Twins in 17th round (497th overall) of 2001 amateur entry draft, but decided to stay at Notre Dame has played most of his career at shortstop but has also been seen in the third base position. He has split the 2007 season between Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Colorado Springs and has combined to hit .310 with 12 home runs and 37 RBI in 82 games between the two clubs.
The most interesting part of this trade is Terry Ryan’s comment on the deal.
"They had a couple of injuries over there and they needed some pitching," Ryan said. "He might get an opportunity to start, which I'm sure is his preference. We weren't using him much and he's going over there in a pennant race. So it just made sense."
I repeat, “he's going over there in a pennant race.” Is this Terry saying that the Twins are not in a pennant race? Maybe (I probably am) reading more into this than I should. Maybe Ryan means both teams are contending. The
Either way, I am much less sad to see Ortiz go than I was when Castillo left town. Who has since been hit a solid .314/.375/.353 in his 14 games with the Mets.
3 comments:
I hope that this kid is called up right away. Throw him into the fire. We need him now that Bartlett went down with an injury.
I like the idea of punto on the roster, but he simply cannot start anymore games.
Morneau actually is a concern of mine. He's put up numbers, but his L.O.B. has to be drastically more than what it was last season. If the count is 0-2, or 1-2, it seems like its an automatic strikeout, swinging at a sweeping breaking ball that lands 6 inches wide of the strike zone.
Thank God, we won't have to listen to Gordo mispronounce "Ray-moan" anymore.
I always called him Ramon "The Wrong" Ortiz. It never caught on, but then neither did he.
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