Cubs Deal Fontenot to Giants

Today, Mike Fontenot was traded to the San Francisco Giants in a deal that sent minor leaguer, Evan Crawford to the Cubs. Fontenot was traded to the Cubs in the deal that sent Sammy Sosa to Baltimore, and he has been on the big league team since 2007, with his best year coming in 2008, when he hit .305/.395/.514 with 9 homers and 40 RBI in 119 games. Fontenot came into the 2009 season as the starter, but his stay there was long. He struggled to perform in both of the last two seasons and will now join the team the Cubs play against tonight, in San Francisco. Evan Crawford used to be an infielder, but the Giants moved him to the outfield. He is athletic, but has yet to fill out his frame and develop any kind of power. This move was likely just to move some salary around since Fontenot was a Super 2 Arbitration player this year. In a corresponding move, minor league middle infielder Darwin Barney was called up from Triple – A Iowa and will be in uniform tonight.