Thursday, January 18, 2007

Braves Deal LaRoche To Bucs

After two months of the deal being on and off, it finally went through yesterday. The Braves sent 1B Adam LaRoche and OF Jamie Romak to Pittsburgh for RP Mike Gonzalez and SS Brent Lillibridge. LaRoche had a break out year in Atlanta hitting .285 with 32 homers and drove in 90 runs, it's appears that he'll hit in the fifth spot behind Jason Bay. Gonzalez closed for the Pirates last year (24 for 24 in save opportunites) will be the primary set-up man for Bob Wickman, which pushes newly acquired Rafael Soriano into the seventh inning.