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Beavers' Guzman traded to Texas

May 11, 2006 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Portland Beavers News Release


PORTLAND, Ore. - The San Diego Padres today traded Portland outfielder Freddy Guzman and right-handed pitcher Cesar Rojas to the Texas Rangers in exchange for right-handed pitcher John Hudgins and first baseman/outfielder Vince Sinisi.

Also on Thursday, outfielder Dustin Delucchi was transferred to Portland from Class AA Mobile.

Guzman, 25, batted .274 (34-for-124) with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, 14 RBIs and 11 stolen bases in 30 games for the Beavers this season. In parts of three seasons with the Beavers (2003-04, 2006), Guzman batted .286 with three home runs, 33 RBIs and 62 stolen bases in 98 games.

Over parts of six minor league seasons in the Padres organization (2000-2004; 2006), Guzman has a career batting average of .272 with nine home runs, 120 RBIs and 269 stolen bases in 399 games.

Delucchi, 28, started the season on the Beavers' disabled list (sprained right ankle); he was reinstated on May 1 and transferred to Mobile, where he batted .174 (4-for-23) with a double and four walks in nine games.

In 64 games with Portland last season, Delucchi batted .305 with 17 doubles, two home runs, 15 RBIs and 49 runs scored. In seven minor league seasons, Delucchi has a career .298 batting average with 22 home runs and 214 RBIs in 588 games played.

The Beavers' roster remains at its 24-man limit.

Both Hudgins and Sinisi will report to Mobile.

Hudgins, 25, was 1-1 with a 6.38 ERA (13er, 18.1ip) in seven games (2 starts) for the Rangers' Triple-A Oklahoma affiliate. Over parts of four minor league seasons in the Texas organization (2003-06), Hudgins has a career record of 13-15 with two saves and a 4.40 ERA in 60 games (40 starts).

Sinisi, 25, batted .220 (11-for-50) with four doubles and seven RBIs at Oklahoma after beginning the season at Class AA Frisco, where he batted .309 (21-for-68) with nine RBIs in 18 games. Over parts of four minor league seasons with Texas (2003-06), Sinisi has a career batting average of .295 (239-for-811) with 18 home runs, 37 doubles and 112 RBIs in 177 games.

Rojas, 19, was at extended spring training with the Padres and has not appeared in an official minor league game in 2006. In one minor league season at rookie-level Peoria in 2005, Rojas went 2-4 with a 6.75 ERA in 13 games (11 starts).

Additionally, the Padres agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Jim Brower on a minor league contract.

Brower, 34, went 0-1 with a 13.86 ERA (19er, 12.1ip) with nine strikeouts in 12 games for the Baltimore Orioles in 2006. Brower, who was designated for assignment by the Orioles on May 3, will report to the Eugene Emeralds of the Class A Northwest League. Over parts of eight major league seasons with the Cleveland Indians (1999-2000), Cincinnati Reds (2001-02), Montreal Expos (2002), San Francisco Giants (2003-05), Atlanta Braves (2005) and Orioles (2006), Brower has a career record of 33-32 with a 4.56 ERA (285er, 563.0ip) in 345 major league games (28 starts).



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