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| 16th November, 2007 - 6:13 pm | RealGM Staff Report - The Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros completed a two-player trade this afternoon, as the Braves acquired outfielder Josh Anderson from the Astros in exchange for right-handed relief pitcher Oscar Villarreal.
Anderson, 25, hit .358 (24-for-67) in 25 games for the Astros this year. He spent the majority of the season at Triple-A Round Rock, where he played all three outfield positions and batted .273 (140-for-513) with 17 doubles and 64 runs scored. He ranked third in the Pacific Coast League with 41 stolen bases.
A 2003 fourth-round draft pick, the left-handed hitting outfielder was the MVP of the 2006 Texas League All-Star game, and in that same year he led the league for the second consecutive season in stolen bases and he also ranked first with 173 hits. In 2004 Anderson led all of minor league baseball with 78 stolen bases, and in 2005 he was rated as the best defensive outfielder and the fastest base runner by Baseball America.
Villarreal, 26, went 2-2 with a 4.24 ERA in 51 games for Atlanta in 2007. [READ] |
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