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The Texas Rangers acquired Josh Hamilton from the Reds for Edinson Volquez and Danny Herrera. I find it strange that Texas would trade a top pitching prospect, given their lack of depth on the mound. Volquez, however, while a great... [link]

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Reds Ship Hamilton to Texas
Published 12/22/2007 by Geoff Young at Knuckle Curve - Baseball News
... Hamilton comes without risk, but at least he’s accomplished something at the big-league level. Herrera is a 5′7″ reliever who works in the low-80s but who features a devastating changeup. Despite a lack of overpowering stuff, he’s succeeded everywhere he’s been to this point, including Double-A for most of ‘07. Maybe this will work out for the Reds, but I think they gave up too much. Other Voices Baseball Musings Baseball America Lone Star Ball ...

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Published 12/23/2007 by Adam J. Morris <info@lonestarball.com> at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
... Anyone who has been following the Rangers closely knows that Law is dead on in his assessment of the system, and in particular, in his take on the plethora of pitching prospects the Rangers have. It makes the take offered by David Pinto -- who normally is pretty good -- all the more disappointing: Pinto, it seems, is regurgitating the circa 2003 line on the Rangers... ' You are not logged in. In order to post a comment, you must be logged in. If you don't have a member account yet, by all means go ...

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