Sorry I'm late on this one everyone. I've been absolutely swamped today.
The Brewers had signed Greg Aquino to a one-year deal, as reported earlier, but they were hoping that he was going to clear wavers and get to Triple-A Nashville. Unfortunately, this did not pan out. The Baltimore Orioles picked him up very quickly.
This is not surprising. Aquino has a great arm, and he's just waiting for it to click. I expect him to compete for a bullpen position in Baltimore right away. Nice pick up for the Orioles.
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Ouch...losing Aquino like that is a bummer. As you say, he showed a good arm last year and you'd think we could have included him in a trade fro something. Now, our trade with Arizona looks kind of lopsided and it's not in our favor. We lost Doug Davis and Dana Eveland and Kriezel (spelling?) and we gained Estrada who didn't pan out....Aquino who was lost for nothing, and Vargas..Ouch....Eveland was included in the trade Arizona made with Oakland to get Haren....I don't know if changing catchers from year to year makes that much difference on pitchers....but it seems like the Brewers didn't do their homework on Estrada....I doubt he was pursued for only one year. Well,, we did eventually trade for Mota....but all in all that trade was not our best especially if Eveland pitches in the majors like he has been in the minors.
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