Bye Bye LaRoche

Today, Adam LaRoche was traded to the Boston Red Sox in a 3 player trade. The Red Sox are looking for players as they have been struggling as of late. Boston gave up shortstop Argenis Diaz, and right-handed pitcher Hunter Strickland. They are both minor leaguers, Diaz has been assigned to Indianapolis, and Strickland will join West Virginia in the Rotation. Diaz is a solid glove in the field, but his bat is not the best. Diaz has been a decent batter in 2007 and 2008, but this year his stats are down. I believe Argenis Diaz will get better, and is a future Major Leaguer. As for Hunter Strickland he is a young guy who at this point needs work. He throws a decent fast ball that is averaged at 88-91 mph. He also throws a Changeup and a Slurve, once again nothing special. At this point I can't say if I think he'll be good, but I will follow and show you what both of these players are doing in my minors update.
Argenis Diaz:

	year	team	lg	level	org	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	tb	bb	so	sb	cs	avg	obp	slg	ops
	2007	Greenville	SAL	A	Bos	20	99	405	62	113	25	5	2	40	154	36	92	5	9	0.279	0.342	0.380	0.723
	2008	Lancaster	Cal	A	Bos	21	71	256	31	72	9	6	0	29	93	20	60	3	2	0.281	0.330	0.363	0.693
	2008	Portland	East	AA	Bos	21	39	139	20	40	8	2	2	23	58	10	30	0	1	0.288	0.336	0.417	0.753
	2009	Portland	EL	AA	Bos	22	76	277	21	70	14	1	0	24	86	21	60	7	4	0.253	0.309	0.310	0.619

Hunter Strickland:

	year	team	lg	level	org	age	w	l	%	era	g	gs	cg	sh	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	k/bb
	2008	Lowell	NYPL	A	Bos	19	5	3	0.625	3.18	15	10	0	0	0	70.2	67	32	25	5	17	59	3.47
	2009	Greenville	SAL	A	Bos	20	5	4	0.556	3.46	18	12	0	0	1	83.1	85	39	32	11	13	51	3.92