The Washington Nationals traded their #1 pick in the Rule 5 draft this Thursday to the Yankees for Brian Bruney. Of course: Mike Rizzo drafted Brian Bruney when he was with Arizona back at the beginning of the decade.
"In today's world, it's hard to find somebody who hasn't had something. They all had some tenderness or DL time. Sometimes it's almost precautionary, but still, it goes in the book as DL. If you only made a move on someone who has never been on the DL, it would be hard to find people."(Mike Rizzo, via Nationals.com, 12/7/2009)
"I love closing ballgames. There's nothing better than that in my opinion. I felt like New York was a good stepping stone with lots of pressure-filled situations. But to be honest, I had talked to my agent and I said, 'I can't wait to get to the place where I can try and close somewhere.' " (Brian Bruney, via Nationals Journal, 12/7/2009)
Here's hoping that the PTBNL for Bruney is ...
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