Report: Pirates deal Sanchez to Giants

battletowin · 2009-07-29T17:53:35-07:00

The Pirates have traded Freddy Sanchez to the Giants for pitching prospect Tim Alderson, according to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Sanchez hit .296/.334/.442 in 382 at-bats for the Pirates this year. He plugs a big hole at second base for San Francisco. It's surprising that the Giants surrendered top pitching prospect Tim Alderson, who was the 22nd pick in the 2007 draft. Alderson was ranked as the 60th best prospect in the game by Baseball Prospectus prior to this season. Pittsburgh netted a much larger return for Sanchez than Arizona received for Felipe Lopez. No word yet on money exchanging hands, although one would expect Pittsburgh would have to kick in some cash based on the quality of prospect it is receiving. Sanchez has a $8.1 million vesting option for 2010. Jul. 29 - 7:01 pm e http://www.rotoworld.com/content/HeadLines.aspx?sport=MLB&hl=271106

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Jul 29, 2009 at 5:56 PM

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Please Mods lock this thread! It is already hard enough reading about it in the Giants thread.

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