Royals trade former ROY

[Post Count Padder]

Oh, how ye have fallen from grace:

 

Dodgers acquired infielder Angel Berroa and cash from the Royals for infielder Juan Rivera.

 

Berroa will head to Triple-A Las Vegas for now. The 30-year-old former Rookie of the Year was hitting .291/.323/.519 with 10 homers for Triple-A Omaha. He'll be an option as a part-timer if the Dodgers' infield doesn't get healthy soon. The cash picked up by the Dodgers in the deal will likely cover the vast majority of the approx. $3.5 million he was still owed under the teams of his four-year deal. In Rivera, the Royals are picking up a non-prospect. The 21-year-old was hitting .241/.267/.345 in 10 games for low Single-A Great Lakes.

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[Derwood]

one of the weakest ROY's in recent memory

[Little Slide Rooter]

That doesnt sound like a move a team expecting their star short stop back from the DL any time soon would make.

[Clem Fandango]

For some strange reason I thought this thread was going to be about Bob Hamelin

[SouthSideRyan]

one of the weakest ROY's in recent memory

 

One of the weakest careers, but Berroa's #s were quite good as a rookie.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

one of the weakest ROY's in recent memory

                          1st           Max       |       Season Results 
Rk Name             Team Place Points Points Share|   AB  H  HR   BA    OPS  SB|  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 1 Angel Berroa      KCR   12     88    140  0.63 |  567 163 17  .287  .789  21|                            
 2 Hideki Matsui     NYY   10     84    140  0.60 |  623 179 16  .287  .788   2|                            
 3 Rocco Baldelli    TBD    5     51    140  0.36 |  637 184 11  .289  .742  27|                            
 4 Jody Gerut        CLE    0     20    140  0.14 |  480 134 22  .279  .830   4|                            
 5 Mark Teixeira     TEX    1      9    140  0.06 |  529 137 26  .259  .811   1|                            

[Schwarber Fan]

Jody Gerut! LOL!

[chuckywang]

Jody Gerut! LOL!

 

Even funnier is that from those numbers, it looks like he got robbed of AL ROY.

[rocket]

he looks like he's in his fifties. seriously, when they showed him on espn without his helmet, i thought i was looking at the dodger's hitting coach.