King traded to Brewers for Andrew Lefave

[Dave B]

meet andrew lefave

http://www.wvpower.com/power/meetthepower/andrewlefave.aspx

favorite food: italian
favorite restaurant: olive garden

i think he needs to get out more

[KnorrForYourMoney]

Per Ballparkguys:

The Washington Nationals today acquired 23 year-old outfielder/first baseman Andrew Lefave from the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the September 4 trade in which Milwaukee acquired left-handed pitcher Ray King in exchange for a player to be named later. Nationals Vice President and General Manager Jim Bowden made the announcement.

The Single-A South Atlantic League batting champion, Lefave hit .345 (146-for-423) with 25 doubles, 17 home run, 79 RBI and 59 walks in 112 games for the West Virginia Power this season. Lefave’s batting average ranked second in minor league baseball among players with at least 350 at-bats. He also led all Single-A batters with at least 350 at-bats in batting and on-base percentage (.432). Lefave, who bats and throws left handed, led the entire Brewers organization in hitting in 2007.

In one-plus seasons, or 147 professional games, Lefave is a .347 career hitter with 18 home runs and 101 RBI. He also sports stellar career on-base (.431) and slugging (.517) percentages. Lefave originally signed with the Brewers as a non-drafted free agent on July 1, 2006 after attending Missouri Valley College.

That's pretty damn good.  I didn't expect that we'd get a real prospect like that for King.  I suspect the only reason we got him was because he's 23 and still at low-A.

[ronnynat]

Well that's nice! We desperately needed a younger 1B in the system...and this one looks like he can hit!

[metssuck]

wow in never imagined we'd get a actual prospect for King, let alone a decent one.  Something got to be wrong with him. Whats his history with injurys?

[PANatsFan]

wow in never imagined we'd get a actual prospect for King, let alone a decent one.  Something got to be wrong with him. Whats his history with injurys?

IMO, it's because he's an undrafted free agent. I read that scouts tend to be very biased towards their high round picks - it's much harder for the low round guys. Otherwise, the scouts make it seem like they don't know what they are doing when it comes to early round picks.

[saltydad]

meet andrew lefave

http://www.wvpower.com/power/meetthepower/andrewlefave.aspx

favorite food: italian
favorite restaurant: olive garden

i think he needs to get out more

 

Maybe we can hook him up with TomTerp's new ex-girlfriend. She's the only one I know in West Virginia. Oh that's right; she's kind of busy for now.

[Obed_Marsh]

Good trade. A better return than what we lost. I suspect Ray King may be back someday anyway.

[mikehughes]

They probaly did it because, they have a good young first base already.
Plus they drafted a 1b/OF with their first pick in the draft this year.

[Evolution33]

So I guess now we have peace of mind and a prospect. I was fine with just peace of mind.

[Roarin Storen]

He is good, but I am wondering why he is 23 years old and not in double A.

[The Chief]

Merged the King threads and put the combined topic in trades discussion.

[Dave B]

He is good, but I am wondering why he is 23 years old and not in double A.

he has only been a pro for a year. so he's gotta start somewhere.  maybe this is a case of the brewers being stacked at his position and us benefitting from it

[tomterp]

Maybe we can hook him up with TomTerp's new ex-girlfriend. She's the only one I know in West Virginia. Oh that's right; she's kind of busy for now.

We had to break up, whenever we went out together she was always drawing stares, it was making me too jealous.

[kimnat]

I think I'm going to put Tom up for the Clown of the Year award!  lolol!

[saltydad]

We had to break up, whenever we went out together she was always drawing stares, it was making me too jealous.