Kazmir to the Angels?

[DTownTigers87]

Scott Kazmir is close to joining the Angels.... op:

 

[ernieren]

really wow i have not heard that here. But the Rays are loaded with pitching

 

[Brad]

stupid. Kaz is too good of a pitcher to deal

 

[DTownTigers87]

Yes it is stupid. It's official. The Rays get 3B Matthew Sweeney, LHP Alexander Torres, and a PTBNL.

via DRaysBay, Rays blog on SB Nation...

Torres, 21, is a combined 13-4 with a 2.75 ERA (147.1-IP, 45-ER) in 26 appearances (24 starts) between Rancho Cucamonga and Arkansas (AA) this season. He went 10-3 with a 2.74 ERA (121.1-IP, 37-ER) for Rancho Cucamonga, earning California League All-Star honors and a July 31 promotion to Arkansas, where he went 3-1 with a 2.77 ERA (26-IP, 8-ER). Overall he has 149 strikeouts in 147.1 innings, while limiting opponents to only four home runs and 116 hits, good for a .222 opponents' average. The Valencia, Venezuela native will report to Montgomery (AA).

Sweeney, 21, hit .299 (63-for-211) this season for Rancho Cucamonga (A) with nine homers, 44 RBI, a .379 on-base pct. and .517 slugging pct. while playing third base and designated hitter. The left-handed hitter was sidelined the entire 2008 season while recovering from ankle surgery, and this year spent more than two months on the disabled list with a right hip injury. The two-time minor league All-Star was selected in the eighth round of the 2006 June Draft out of Rockville, Md. He will report to Charlotte (A).

 

[northcutt_fan]

Wade Davis sitting in the minors ... op:

Foolish of the Rays, but, maybe last year was a fluke by the new GM. He wants to go back to the old Devil Rays ways :think: ...