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Baseball Analysts — ... Justin Huber is another in a long line of talented Australian players who just haven’t been able to put it all together at the major league level (see ...

Justin Huber Traded for PTBNL
Baseball Digest Daily — From the Royals media relations department: The Kansas City Royals traded first baseman/outfielder Justin Huber to the San Diego Padres in exchange for a player to be named. Huber, 25, has made brief appearances in the Majors with the Royals the past three seasons after being acquired from the New York Mets on July 30, 2004. Dave Notes: In seven seasons in the minors, the right-hander has .289/.369/.495 averages. He can play first base and the outfield. He has really improved his contact abilities, dropping his K% from a high of 26.7% in 2006 to 16% in 2007. From his side of the plate, he dominated right-hander in AAA (.970 OPS), but ...

Huber to the Pads
Friar Forecast — With another tip of the cap to Ducksnorts, we find out that the Padres have picked up 1b/OF Justin Huber from the Royals for long time utility guy To Be Named Later. Huber at Fangraphs Huber at Baseball Cube Huber’s PECOTA Huber at First Inning ZiPS: .279/.334/.437 CHONE: .256/.325/.419 PECOTA: .255/.322/.420 In the minors he’s hit .288/.383/.495. Last year’s Baseball America Handbook had him ranked 8th in the Royals’ system. So he isn’t just some over the hill guy beating up on younger players. ...

Baseball Transactions - Wednesday
Baseball Digest Daily — The former mainly looks at the game's past and the latter, the game's future. With BLF, you have a daily feed of all newsworthy items found on the minor leagues and also original content, with The Diamond Cutter's very own Matthew Whipps . Also, take a look at my Game Notes ...