The Denver Brewers today traded controversial but talented left fielder Jorge Gonzalez to the Pittsburgh Roadrunners for 24-year old second baseman Brad Sherman and 20-year old reliever Brandon Veach.
Sherman was placed on the active roster with defensive specialist Nick Ward demoted to AAA Chester. Sherman is a great contact hitter but below average defender but he helps fill a right-handed gap on the Brewers bench.
Veach is a groundball specialist who could develop into a decent bullpen arm. He was sent to AA Nashville for some seasoning.
(Note: Gonzalez is very highly regarded by the OSA and apparently by many other team's scouting staffs as well. I had to really struggle to find a trade that made sense for the Brewers but wasn't a case of ripping some other team off. I was offered a great many ace-level starting pitchers and star and even superstar position players, including potential future Hall-of-Famer's like Lazaro Lowndes and Curtis Horah. I also could have had the Oklahoma City Diamond Kings best starting pitching prospect, Danny McGrath. This is seriously one of the least advantageous deals I was offered in this case, just in case anyone is wondering. But at least it seemed to make some sense for both clubs. Now, had I been offered a current good big league reliever, what with Ben Flynn still struggling, I probably would have taken that offer. But alas, that is the one thing nobody was trying to give me.)