At 7:01, mlb.com had reported two official trades for the day. Each day at least once, I am going to try to say a little bit about each of the deals.
The Dbacks traded young Quetin to the White Sox for minor league first basemen Chris Carter. Quetin, if you didnt know, is a 25 year old OF that the Dbacks were hoping for some more power than he produced last year. His year was slow due to injuries and thus he didnt reflect his minor league numbers. Chris Carter has played in the minors since 2002, and was 24 last season. In total during the minors he has hit .310 with a .519 slugging. Currently, the Dbacks have young Conor Jackson, roughly the same age as Carter, playing at first base. He hit .284 last year, which was a slight decline from his .290 the year previous. Both years he hit 15 jacks. Barring some major event, Conor looks to be the first basemen next year, with Carter either on the bench, or still playing the minors, we will see with time.
The more noted trade of the day was the Rays trading Dukes to Washington for Glenn Gibson. So there are a few story lines here. The first is that the Nationals now have two young, but borderline reckless, or reckless in Dukes case, Outfielders that are talented. The Nationals said that they want to teach Dukes how to be a Baseball player and a Civilian. Gibson has a two years in the minors recording a 2.81 ERA over 15 games with a 9.4 K/9 and 1.00 WHIP. Due to his expierence, I doubt he will see much action in the majors this year, although with the Rays you never know.
