DEC

16

So first of all I would like to apologize for Snake Bite's lack of activity. It is finals week so I have been busy but with the flurry of D-Backs' activity this seems like to perfect time for a beat report. Watch out NL here comes the D-Backs So lets go in chronological order: On December third the Snakes sent outfielder Carlos Quentin to the Chicago White Sox for first baseman Chris Carter. This trade accomplished two things, first it cleared up outfield space by getting rid off the oft' injured hitter and two it fulfilled the D-Backs' quota for first basemen named Chris Carter (they had a triple A first basemen named Chris Carter but he was traded as part of the three-way deal that sent Wily Mo Pena to the Washington Nationals). But seriously this deal sent a major league ready outfielder, from an outfield where he would have had no place, to the Chi Sox for a powerful minor league bat. Carter, who hit .291/.383/.522 with 25 homers and 93 RBI, was thought to be the White Sox top position player prospect and will most likely start the year in high A ball. The D-Backs started today (December fourteenth) off by shipping infielder Alberto Callaspo to the Kansas City Royals for RHP Billy Buckner. Callaspo had preformed exceptionally well in the minors but was unable to produce in the majors. Couple that with his arrest for domestic abuse up here in Tucson last year, Callaspo had to go. Buckner played well in the minors but struggled in his September call-up. The important thing that Buckner provides the Snakes is rotation depth. With Randy Johnson and his injury problems the D-Backs needed a contingency plan and Buckner helps to do that. Arguably the biggest move of the day was the acquisition of the As' RHP Dan Haren. The snakes sent outfielders Carlos Gonzalez and Aaron Cunningham with first baseman Chris Carter and LHPs Brett Anderson, Greg Smith and Dana Eveland and received Haren and triple A pitcher Connor Robertson. Gonzalez had been ranked by B...

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