December 10, 200817 yr Per MLB 12/09/08 6:32 PM EST Reds complete swap for O's Hernandez Club deals Freel, two prospects for veteran catcher By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com LAS VEGAS --- The Reds on Tuesday completed a trade in which they acquired catcher Ramon Hernandez from the Orioles for utility player Ryan Freel and two prospects. Baltimore will also receive Reds infield prospects Brandon Waring and Justin Turner. Cincinnati is believed to be receiving $1 million in cash from the Orioles in the deal. Hernandez is slated to make $8 million in 2009, with a 2010 club option worth $8.5 million and a $1 million payment. Freel is scheduled to make $4 million next season. In 133 games last season, Hernandez batted .257 with 15 home runs and 65 RBIs. Defensively, he stopped only 19.5 percent (24-for-123) of runners stealing. Freel, who has been with the Reds since 2003, was once an everyday center fielder for the Reds but missed much of the last two seasons with injuries. Last season, in only 48 games, he batted .298 with no homers and 10 RBIs. Because of a torn right hamstring tendon that required surgery, Freel did not play a game after June 3 of last season. Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
December 10, 200817 yr Ramon Hernandez makes $8 million?! That man is a thief! Rabb it's the state of catching in the majors. Catching for the most part sucks!
December 10, 200817 yr Ramon Hernandez makes $8 million?! That man is a thief! Rabb it's the state of catching in the majors. Catching for the most part sucks! No, you don't understand. Ramon Hernandez really is...OVERPAID. Even Pudge is asking for less this offseason. There are better, much cheaper options than Ramon Hernandez around.
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