Jays Acquire Kevin Mench

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Rangers trade Mench
Published 5/9/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Chip's Moody Blues) at Uwe Blog
... The Texas Rangers traded outfielder Kevin Mench to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash today. Not surprising. Mench was an older piece in the outfield-DH smorgasbord the Rangers were dealing with. As part of his contract, if Mench wasn't with the Rangers by June 1, he could be released. That was bound to happen. Might as well get something for him. Mench, 30, was hitting .282 with three homers, 18 RBI and a .464 slugging. So that simplifies the outfield a bit more. It leaves Frank Catalanotto, Brandon Boggs, David Murphy, Milton Bradley, Josh Hamilton, Marlon ...

Saturday's Frosty Mug
Published 5/10/2008 by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... could get an opportunity to start at some point this season. Al notes that his numbers out of the bullpen, when you remove one bad mop up appearance, are pretty impressive. Only two injury notes today: Reds reliever Kent Mercker is on the DL with a strained lower back and Twins reliever Pat Neshek, who left Thursday's game with pain in his elbow, has torn ligaments and will miss the rest of 2008. As noted in the fanposts, Kevin Mench is back in the big leagues with the Blue Jays. Richie Sexson, on the other hand, has ...

In the News (5/11)
Published 5/12/2008 by Jared (noreply@blogger.com) at Right Field Bleachers
... - Former Brewer Doug Davis appears to be free of cancer. Great news. - Former Brewer Kevin Mench is now a Blue Jay. - Former Brewer minor-leaguer Joe Thatcher, who was involved in the Scott Linebrink ...