OT- Mark DeRosa Traded To St. Louis

zilby · Post #1 » by **zilby** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:07 pm

AP - The Indians traded infielder Mark DeRosa to the Cardinals on Saturday night for reliever Chris Perez and a player to be named later, according to an Associated Press report.

DeRosa, who the Indians acquired from the Cubs in a trade last offseason, was hitting .270 with 13 homers and 50 RBIs.

http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... _st_louis/

youngLion · Post #2 » by **youngLion** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:23 pm

I don't know much about Perez, but I do know that Cleveland is desperate for bullpen help. The price seems a little steep for a relatively unproven reliever, but Perez has a very good K/9 ratio, which is always a good sign for a young pitcher.

zilby · Post #3 » by **zilby** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:17 pm

bad move for cleveland. they already suck and derosa was really good for them.

plus they only get a mid-reliever and a player to be named? sounds lop-sided to me.

youngLion · Post #4 » by **youngLion** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:40 pm

zilby wrote:bad move for cleveland. they already suck and derosa was really good for them.

plus they only get a mid-reliever and a player to be named? sounds lop-sided to me.

I think the key is that they're getting a young reliever who seems to be a pretty good prospect. At 31-45 Cleveland knows that they're not going to compete this year, so this deal allows them to rebuild their bullpen while shedding some salary.