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| A Trade! Minor Leaguer Ben Julianel for lefty Ron Villone |
| Friday, December 16, 2005 |
 Mark that bullpen continually “bolstered”. After signing Kyle Farnsworth and Mike Myers this month, the Yanks made one more move to improve their pitching. The Yanks executed a trade today that brought veteran lefty Ron Villone in from the Marlins in exchange for twenty-six year old pitching prospect Ben Juliane.
WHO’S IN
Ron Villone
Age: 35
Teams: Seattle, San Diego, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Pittsburg, Florida
Career ERA: 4.75
2005 ERA: 4.08Career WHIP: 1.4862005 WHIP: 1.438
WHO’S OUT
Ben Julianel
Age: 25
Teams: Peoria Cheifs, Tampa Yankees, Trenton Thunder
2005 ERA: 3.90
2005 WHIP: 1.58
Some critics have scoffed at this trade, wondering why a young prospect would be traded for a veteran with similar career stats. While I see where they are coming from, the fact of the matter is that a twenty-five year old pitcher that hasn’t made it out of AA yet likely would not perform very well in a major league setting.Labels: farm hands, roster moves, signings |
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I think it's important to also mention that the Yankees will use Ron as he's meant to be used, in a manner similar to Myers.
Ron held left-handed batters to a .222 average with no long balls and only three extra base hits. If the Yanks do a good job of keeping him off the field against tough right-handed hitters he'll put number similar to what he was doing in Seattle, where his ERA was two-point something...(slipping my mind and not willing to look it up.)
That 4.08 from last year includes being badly misused in Florida.
I'm a Villone fan. I remember liking him when I got to watch him at Coors Field back in 2001, which was also a case of him being badly misused before the Rockies traded him to the Astros that year.
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I think it's important to also mention that the Yankees will use Ron as he's meant to be used, in a manner similar to Myers.
Ron held left-handed batters to a .222 average with no long balls and only three extra base hits. If the Yanks do a good job of keeping him off the field against tough right-handed hitters he'll put number similar to what he was doing in Seattle, where his ERA was two-point something...(slipping my mind and not willing to look it up.)
That 4.08 from last year includes being badly misused in Florida.
I'm a Villone fan. I remember liking him when I got to watch him at Coors Field back in 2001, which was also a case of him being badly misused before the Rockies traded him to the Astros that year.