[情報] Padres swap Lawrence for Castilla

看板Padres作者steo (phen)時間19年前 (2005/11/04 13:02)推噓4(4推 0噓 9→)

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In a swap of veterans coming off substandard seasons, the Padres sent right-handed starter Brian Lawrence to the Nationals for third baseman Vinny Castilla on Thursday. Castilla, 38, batted .253 with 12 home runs, 36 doubles and 66 RBIs in 142 games with the Nationals in 2005. A two-time All-Star, he experienced his finest seasons in Colorado, leading the league in RBIs with 131 while hitting 35 homers for the Rockies as recently as 2004. Castilla is expected to take over a job that was handled by Joe Randa after he was acquired from the Reds in a midseason trade costing San Diego two Minor League pitchers. Sean Burroughs, who started at third for the Friars for almost three seasons before getting demoted to Triple-A Portland last summer, is also in the picture. With Randa having filed for free agency, Castilla will be embraced for his glove as much as for his bat. Always steady defensively and sometimes spectacular, the native of Oaxaca, Mexico, finished 2005 ranked second among all NL third baseman with a .970 fielding percentage, making only 11 errors in 362 total chances. Twice, in 2002 with Atlanta and in 2004 with the Rockies, Castilla led NL third basemen in fielding percentage. Across 15 Major League seasons with Atlanta, Colorado, Tampa Bay, Houston and Washington, Castilla has a career batting average of .278 with 315 home runs, 339 doubles and 1,078 RBIs in 1,767 games. His production was down in 2005, but RFK Stadium was a death valley to power hitters -- even more so for a right-handed hitter than Castilla's new home, PETCO Park. The Padres hope that Castilla can take advantage of the relatively friendly left-field fences at PETCO, where most of the suffering has been experienced by left-handed batters. Castilla owns two of the top 10 single-season RBI totals for a third baseman. He drove in 144 runs in 1998 -- second all-time for his position, and the highest ever by an NL third baseman. His 131 RBIs in 2004 represented the eighth-best total in history by a third baseman. Castilla holds Major League records for most hits, home runs, RBIs, runs scored and doubles by a Mexican-born player. Lawrence, 29, slumped to 7-15 with a 4.83 ERA in 33 starts for the Padres in 2005. He enjoyed his best month in June, when he went 2-1 with a 3.05 ERA, allowing two or fewer runs in four of his six starts. In five seasons with the Padres, Lawrence was 49-61 with a 4.10 ERA in 162 games, including 146 starts. Originally selected in the 17th round of the June 1998 First-Year Player Draft, Lawrence is one of only eight pitchers in franchise history to toss 200 or more innings in three consecutive seasons -- 2002-04. He ranks among the Padres' all-time leaders in wins (11th), innings pitched (ninth), strikeouts (12th with 579) and games started. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.115.229.187