December 19, 200520 yr http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/NASApp/m...xt=.jsp&c_id=tb ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays acquired veteran catcher Josh Paul from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for minor league infielder Travis Schlichting, it was announced today by Rays Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman. Paul, 30, is a career .251 hitter with eight home runs and 56 RBI in 228 major league games over seven seasons with the White Sox (second round pick in 1996), Cubs and Angels. He appeared in 34 games last season for Los Angeles, as well as two games in the postseason. Schlichting, 21, was the Rays' fourth round selection in 2003. He spent last season with Single-A Southwest Michigan batting .252 in 111 games with three home runs, 39 RBI and 13 stolen bases.
December 19, 200520 yr With the mass exodus from Anahiem, I was convinced Paul would be the starting catcher.
December 19, 200520 yr QUOTE(toasty @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 05:50 PM) maybe LAA is blaming paul for their loss to the sox in the playoffs.... Do you think Paul kept the ball like Doug Mietkewicz?
December 19, 200520 yr QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 05:17 PM) Do you think Paul kept the ball like Doug Mietkewicz? Nope, he threw it to the mound.
December 20, 200520 yr QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 05:50 PM) Nope, he threw it to the mound.
December 20, 200520 yr About a month ago some idiot wrote into the Angels site saying "The Angels are a good team that was one blown call away from taking the White Sox down." Apparently he has a short memory for the four consecutive complete games by Sox pitching that totally shut his team down.
December 20, 200520 yr this has to be the stupidest trade, a team trying to rebuid is now getting older
December 20, 200520 yr QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 08:51 PM) this has to be the stupidest trade, a team trying to rebuid is now getting older Maybe they just wanted a veteran catcher for their very young pitchers and hes cheap...may not be all that bad!!!...Plus the new TB coach was LAAs Bench coach so he knows Paul very very well Edited December 20, 200520 yr by WSoxMatt
December 20, 200520 yr QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 07:51 PM) this has to be the stupidest trade, a team trying to rebuid is now getting older They gave up a .250 class A hitter. They was robbed!
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