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Saturday, May 28, 2005 |
Giants Acquire LaTroy Hawkins
I've always been a little skeptical of the value of mixed-case names, but given my surname, I have no reason to. In any event, the Giants acquired setup man LaTroy Hawkins from the Cubs, for prospects David Aardsma and Jerome Williams (ESPN).
Hawkins had a breakout year in 2002 where his K/9 rose almost a full point to 7.06, while his K/BB more than quadrupled to 4.20. He's had terrible control problems lately (1.86 K/BB in 2005) after becoming the Cubs' part-time closer, precipitating the trade.
Aardsma, the Giants' 2003 first-round pick (22nd overall) was recently ranked their 9th best prospect by Baseball America in a mediocre system (17th overall). Aardsma was Rice's closer on the 2003 championship team, but the Giants have used him as a starter. Here's his last two years' records:
Year W-L GS ERA IP K/9 K/BB ======================================== 2004 6-4 0 3.09 55.1 8.62 1.83 2005 6-2 8 2.93 46.0 5.87 2.31
Williams has been with the Giants over the last two years, with steadily rising ERAs and declining peripherals. Arthroscopic elbow surgery last year shelved him in the second half.
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