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MLB.com: Royals claim catcher Pena off waivers
Published 5/31/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB.com: Royals claim catcher Pena off waivers The Royals have a fever and Dayton Moore’s only prescription is more Penas! The Royals on Friday claimed catcher Brayan Pena off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. Pena was expected to join the club before Friday night’s game against the Cleveland Indians. A move to clear space on the 25-man active roster will be made before the game. A switch-hitter, Pena has been strictly a pinch-hitter for the Braves this season, going 4-for-14 (.286) with one double. He has not caught or played any position on the field this year. Pena’s ...

Royals claim C Brayan Pena off waivers from Braves
Published 5/31/2008 by David Golebiewski at The Transaction Guy
Kansas City Royals Claimed C Brayan Pena off waivers from the Atlanta Braves; Transferred RHP Luke Hudson to the 60-day disabled list. TG Analysis Pena is a 26 year-old switch-hitter with some ability to play the outfield corners. However, there’s not a whole lot to get excited about: Pena has hit an empty .300 over the past 2 seasons at AAA Richmond (.302/.341/.372 in ‘06, .300/.337/.423). Pena’s swing-at-everything approach will fit in nicely with that of his Kansas City teammates, who have drawn the least free passes in the majors (7.1 BB%). Pena’s addition may mean that Royals manager Trey ...

Transaction Roundup: Athletics, Medders, Pena, German, Brower
Published 5/31/2008 by Joe Pawlikowski at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
I woke up to a ton of small transactions this morning, so let's lead with them. In MLBTR-friendly transactions, the A's designated Lenny DiNardo and Kevin Melillo for assignment. The team made a bevy of other moves, though, recalling Travis Buck, Brad Ziegler, and Carlos Gonzalez, placing Joey Devine, Mike Sweeney, and Ryan Sweeney on the 15-day DL, and activating Kiko Calero and Eric Chavez from the DL. Brandon Medders, recently DFA by the Diamondbacks, has cleared waivers and ...

Saturday Short Hops
Published 5/31/2008 by Timm Davis at Baseball Digest Daily
A bit of a forced one day hiatus and now it's back to the news... ...After being designated for assignment, former Atlanta Braves Catcher Brayan Pena has been picked off of waivers by the Kansas City Royals . GM Dayton Moore (former AGM in Atlanta) thinks Pena has a shot long term with the club with Catcher Miguel Olivo a free agent at the end of the season. ... David Lennon of Newsday is reporting that the Mets will move Claudio Vargas to the bullpen once Pedro Martinez is activated from the disabled list. Mike Pelfrey will also be staying, but he'll be staying the rotation. ... The San Fransisco Giants completed a triple play , their first since 1999. The people that were ...