BREAKING NEWS: LaTroy Hawkins Traded!

[Jitpal]

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Astro's give up High A ball infielder Matt Cusick. Good numbers, better than nothing I suppose. Can never have too many bullets. Anyone know anything about him? -Jitpal

[HCYanks]

heh... just mentioned this in the other thread. He's 22 and putting up .285/.356/.462 in A-ball in his second Pro year. That's not terrible, I wouldn't rule out him being an MLB bench player or something down the road. In other words, Ed Wade gave up something of value for a useless reliever who he could've had for free when Hawkins cleared waivers in a few weeks.

[HCYanks]

Someone on another board said Baseball America had him as the 'Stros' 29th best prospect going into the season. Granted, Houston's farm system is pretty bad, but still. LATROY HAWKINS.

[cmaff051]

He's in the Sally League. That's Low-A.

He's 22 and in Low A. Not very impressive, but what would you expect to get back from Latroy Hawkins?