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Article: Blue Jays add Glaus-y new look
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- December 27, 2005
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Associated Press
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 RBI (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 MVP for the Angels, following a
season in which he ...