New infielder?

Though nothing has been released by the Wild Things, it appears Washington has picked up the rights to a middle infielder, Jeff Beachum, from Winnipeg of the Northern League in exchange for a player to be named. The trade is listed on the Northern League's homepage and mentioned deep in the following story:

Check out the story here.

Beachum, 24, returns to action after taking the 2007 season off. He was signed by the Yankees in 2006 out of Middle Tennessee State and made four stops in their system that year, batting .202 in 37 games.