Trading post
The Wild Things beat the Frontier League's trade deadline Monday by sending relief pitcher Jeff Michael, Traverse City's first-round draft pick in 2008 and a player to be named later to the Evansville Otters for infielder Ryan Bethel.
Bethel is a switch-hitter who has a .249 batting average with two home runs and 35 RBI. He has played 71 games at shortstop for the Otters.
The first-round pick of Traverse City had been acquired by Washington earlier this year in a trade for third baseman Ben Ramsey.
Bethel is not the right-handed bat many of us (judging by the voting on the poll question) felt the Wild Things needed to acquire. This deal was made with defense in mind, especially the middle infield positions. It will be interesting to see where John Massarelli plays Bethel. My guess is second base, though he might be the shortstop against right-handed pitching.
Washington was the only team in the East to make a trade at the deadline. Florence made its trade with Slippery Rock last week and Chillicothe, which had been searching for a starting pitcher, was unable to find a team willing to part with a starter.
Bethel is a switch-hitter who has a .249 batting average with two home runs and 35 RBI. He has played 71 games at shortstop for the Otters.
The first-round pick of Traverse City had been acquired by Washington earlier this year in a trade for third baseman Ben Ramsey.
Bethel is not the right-handed bat many of us (judging by the voting on the poll question) felt the Wild Things needed to acquire. This deal was made with defense in mind, especially the middle infield positions. It will be interesting to see where John Massarelli plays Bethel. My guess is second base, though he might be the shortstop against right-handed pitching.
Washington was the only team in the East to make a trade at the deadline. Florence made its trade with Slippery Rock last week and Chillicothe, which had been searching for a starting pitcher, was unable to find a team willing to part with a starter.
posted by Chris Dugan at
4:42 PM
2 Comments:
Chris,
Whats the scouting report on Bethel? What are your opinions of this trade?
He's supposed to be a decent glove guy, though he does have 19 errors – nobody has more than 14 with the Wild Things –and should be an upgrade with the bat at the middle infield positions. He was 7-for-19 with 3 doubles in six games against the Wild Things. To be honest with you, I saw him play three times this year and only remember his name.
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