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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Reds trade Haltiwanger for Keppinger....DFA Olmedo

Today the Reds traded Russ Haltiwanger for Jeff Keppinger. To make room on the 40 man, Rey Olmedo was DFA'd.

Jeff Keppinger Career Stats

Year Team Age Level AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG
2002 Hickory 22 A 478 75 132 23 4 10 73 47 33 .276 .344 .404
2003 Lynchburg 23 A+ 342 55 111 21 2 3 51 23 28 .325 .365 .424
2004 Binghamton 24 AA 47 14 17 3 1 0 5 6 2 .362 .426 .468
Altoona 24 AA 323 45 108 17 2 1 33 27 17 .334 .384 .409
Norfolk 24 AAA 19 1 6 1 0 0 2 4 2 .316 .458 .368
NY Mets 24 MLB 116 9 33 2 0 3 9 6 7 .284 .317 .379
2005 Norfolk 25 AAA 255 40 86 15 3 3 29 16 13 .337 .377 .455
2006 Norfolk 26 AAA 323 36 97 13 0 2 26 28 21 .300 .353 .359
Omaha 26 AAA 127 21 45 6 1 2 17 12 9 .354 .407 .465
KC 26 MLB 60 11 16 2 0 2 8 5 6 .267 .323 .400
MLB Totals 176 20 49 4 0 5 17 11 13 .278 .319 .386
Milb Totals 1914 287 602 99 13 21 236 163 125 .315 .368 .413

It looks like he has very little power, but hits for a good average and walks more than he strikes out. Sounds just like what Wayne wants....guys with no power, never strike out and can glove it.