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2008 has been completed and I'm starting to be very glad that I couldn't sign the pitcher. I called the 20-year-old Garney up from the minors about a month into the season because my SS was struggling. In 358 AB he hit .249 with 3HR, 39 RBI, and 40 BB. His .324 OBP was pretty respectable for a 20 year old, I thought, and he's looking for a big year playing all of 2009.
Papplardo was traded at the deadline in 2008 from St Louis to the Houston Warthogs for a slugging 1B vet. He spent the whole year in AA, pitching 164 innings and going 7-9. His ERA was 5.98. He is still looked at very highly by the scouts, but he has yet to do much since being drafted.
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