Ryan Freel traded to Expos

Utility player Ryan Freel joined his sixth new organization in the last 10 months and is headed for a team that he’s not sure exists any longer. “I don’t know,” Freel said Monday. “I got this message that I’ve been traded to Montreal. But didn’t they move a few years ago?” In Kansas City, Freel narrowly escaped being impaled by a giant golf tee. Freel, who spent five years with Cincinnati, was traded to Baltimore last December, in exchange for catcher Ramon Hernandez. After instantly alienating management - and getting brained by a pickoff throw - Freel was traded to the Cubs in May for Joey Gathright and some cash. Freel was demoted to triple-A in July and, days later, was traded to...