Blake Dewitt: Los Angeles Dodgers
Blake Dewitt: Los Angeles Dodgers:Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Blake DeWitt said he had no idea what was going on while traveling secretary Scott Akasaki called him from the indoor batting cage at the AT & T Park on Saturday morning, took him up the stairs to visit the club, took him to the manager office of Joe Torre and shut the door.
DeWitt was not there long.
“I’m going to Chicago, he said, when he left.
DeWitt is going to Cubs veteran left-hander Ted Lilly and infielder Ryan Theriot. Dodgers also sent pitching prospects Kyle Smith and Brett Wallach on the young. His father is Tim Wallach Wallach, the Dodgers’ Triple-manager Albuquerque.
“This is the first time something like this has happened to me,” said De Witt, which was in the Dodgers’ organization, as prepared in the first round in 2004. “I was not after any speculation trade. I try not to pay too much attention to this material. But it happened. I appreciate the opportunity I had, and I’m very happy here.
DeWitt was the Dodgers’ primary second baseman this season, the work that they will now Theriot. But Theriot, who can play second, third, short left field and center field, and manager Joe Torre will give greater flexibility in the past time, supply of defensive maneuvers, and recreational facilities for the established players in these positions.
Most big league experience Theriot attracted to friends, but he was forced to go to second base in the beginning of the season on arrival, highly touted prospects Starlin Castro.
Lilly, at the time, broke a lot better than his 3-8 record would indicate. He 3.69 ERA in 18 starts and strikeout to walk ratio of better than 3:1 (89 strikeout, 29 walks).
Originally developed by the Dodgers in the 23 th round in 1996, Torrance, Calif., native was sold to Montreal Expos still in the minors to the 6-player on July 31, 1998.
“We are looking to improve our turn, and Ted, we feel like we have a very good team, starting pitchers for the stretch run,” Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said in a release of the club. “Ryan is a versatile and can help us in the middle field, as a good complement to our existing infielders “.
DeWitt hit .270 with a .352 on base percentage Dodgers this season, and though he had just 15 doubles and one home run of his play at second base has been improved considerably since spring training, when he moved there on a regular basis, spending most of his minor league and in a big league career in the third.
“Of all the times I had to tell a player he was sold, it was one of the most complex Blake DeWitt said,” Colletti said in a release. “His professionalism, his passion, and who did make it one of the most difficult moves I have made.”
Smith, 22, is combind 5-3 with a 2.35 ERA and 6 saves in 37 games for the class of “Inland Empire” and double-Chattanooga and was originally selected in the fifth round in 2006 the first player draft. Wallach, 21, was 6-0 with a 3.72 ERA in 17 games for the class of the Great Lakes, was originally selected in the third round in 2009 the first player draft.
