Nationals send Castilla to Padres
11/04/2005
Jim Bowden may be rumored to be somewhere in the mix for the Dodgers' vacant general manager job, but he won't stop trying to make the Washington Nationals a better team in the meantime.
On Thursday, Bowden traded veteran third baseman Vinny Castilla to the San Diego Padres for right-hander Brian Lawrence and cash, paving the way to make Ryan Zimmerman, the No. 4 overall pick in June's amateur draft, the starting third baseman for the Nationals in 2006.
"We believe (Zimmerman) will be a fixture at the hot corner in Washington for years to come," Bowden said.
The Padres have long been looking for help at third since Sean Burroughs struggled and was sent to the minors in July. San Diego acquired Joe Randa in a trade with Cincinnati, but Randa filed for free agency after the season.
The 38-year-old Castilla, hampered by knee tendinitis last season, hit .253 with 12 home runs and 66 RBI in his first season with the former Expos.
Zimmerman hit .397 with 10 doubles in 58 at-bats as a September call-up.
Lawrence went 7-15 with a 4.83 ERA in 33 starts for San Diego in 2005. He struck out 109 batters and walked 57 in his 195 innings.
New digs: Torey Lovullo, the former UCLA All-American and Northridge resident who had been interviewed for the Dodgers' vacant manager job, was hired to manage the Cleveland Indians' Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
Lovullo played for the Bisons for three years and was playoff MVP in 1997 when Buffalo won the American Association championship.
Coaching changes: Former Kansas City Royals manager Tony Pena will be the Yankees' first-base coach for manager Joe Torre.
Yount may return: Robin Yount, who played his entire 20-year Hall of Fame career with the Milwaukee Brewers straight out of Taft High of Woodland Hills, is expected to rejoin the team as a bench coach. The team has a press conference scheduled for today.
Yount was a coach at Arizona in 2002 but resigned when the team fired manager Bob Brenly in July, 2004. The Brewers have been trying to get Yount a position with team since he retired in 1993.
Source: http://www.dailynews.com/
Jim Bowden may be rumored to be somewhere in the mix for the Dodgers' vacant general manager job, but he won't stop trying to make the Washington Nationals a better team in the meantime.
On Thursday, Bowden traded veteran third baseman Vinny Castilla to the San Diego Padres for right-hander Brian Lawrence and cash, paving the way to make Ryan Zimmerman, the No. 4 overall pick in June's amateur draft, the starting third baseman for the Nationals in 2006.
"We believe (Zimmerman) will be a fixture at the hot corner in Washington for years to come," Bowden said.
The Padres have long been looking for help at third since Sean Burroughs struggled and was sent to the minors in July. San Diego acquired Joe Randa in a trade with Cincinnati, but Randa filed for free agency after the season.
The 38-year-old Castilla, hampered by knee tendinitis last season, hit .253 with 12 home runs and 66 RBI in his first season with the former Expos.
Zimmerman hit .397 with 10 doubles in 58 at-bats as a September call-up.
Lawrence went 7-15 with a 4.83 ERA in 33 starts for San Diego in 2005. He struck out 109 batters and walked 57 in his 195 innings.
New digs: Torey Lovullo, the former UCLA All-American and Northridge resident who had been interviewed for the Dodgers' vacant manager job, was hired to manage the Cleveland Indians' Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
Lovullo played for the Bisons for three years and was playoff MVP in 1997 when Buffalo won the American Association championship.
Coaching changes: Former Kansas City Royals manager Tony Pena will be the Yankees' first-base coach for manager Joe Torre.
Yount may return: Robin Yount, who played his entire 20-year Hall of Fame career with the Milwaukee Brewers straight out of Taft High of Woodland Hills, is expected to rejoin the team as a bench coach. The team has a press conference scheduled for today.
Yount was a coach at Arizona in 2002 but resigned when the team fired manager Bob Brenly in July, 2004. The Brewers have been trying to get Yount a position with team since he retired in 1993.
Source: http://www.dailynews.com/
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