Former ValleyCats Reliever Traded to Padres
July 23, 2008 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Tri-City ValleyCats News Release
TROY, N.Y. - The Houston Astros acquired left-handed pitcher Randy Wolf from the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, in exchanged for former ValleyCats reliever Chad Reineke. The right-handed pitcher Reineke, 26, was a member of the 2004 ValleyCats squad.
Reineke was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 13th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Miami University in Ohio. He made his professional debut with the ValleyCats that summer. In 23 games with the ValleyCats, Reineke compiled a 1-2 record with a 2.45 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 36.2 innings pitched. He continued to ascend up the Astros' minor league system ladder, playing in Class A Lexington in 2005, Class A-Advanced Salem and Double A Corpus Christi in 2006 and Triple A Round Rock in 2007 and this season. Reineke was called up to Houston on July 7, but never pitched before being optioned to Round Rock. Reineke will report to the Padres' Triple A Affiliate Portland Beavers
Wolf, a 10-year veteran, spent much of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2008, while pitching with the Padres, Wolf compiled a 6-10 record with a 4.74 ERA in 21 games. Wolf rejoins Astros' General Manager Ed Wade, whom he played under while in Philadelphia.
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