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Article: BLUE JAYS GET POWER HITTER GLAUS.(Sports)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- December 28, 2005
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Byline: From Post news services
The Arizona Diamondbacks traded power-hitting Troy Glaus and top minor league shortstop prospect Sergio Santos to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday for gold glove second baseman Orlando Hudson and pitcher Miguel Batista.
The Blue Jays lacked punch since Carlos Delgado left as a free agent after the 2004 season.
"He's the big bopper we were looking for," Toronto general manager J.P. Ricciardi said.
Glaus led Arizona in homers (37) and RBIs (97) last season, playing in 149 games in his only season with the Diamondbacks despite occasional flare-ups of a strained tendon in the back of his left knee.
He was the 2002 World Series ...