It didn't take long for the transactions to start being made this offseason, as the Kansas City Royals and Florida Marlins have already made a swap. The Royals will acquire first-baseman Mike Jacobs from Florida, while the Marlins will land reliever Leo Nunez from KC. The Royals injected quite a bit of power with Jacobs now in their reigns, as the 28-year old Jacobs hit 32 HRs and drove in 93 last season. As for Florida, Nunez had a career year in 2008 while posting a 2.98 ERA in 48.3 innings. He seems to get hurt often, but is only 24 and seems to be growing rapidly.The deal seems pretty equal, as no matter how bad Jacobs fields over at first 30+ is superb and the 24-year old Nunez seems to be a closer candidate for the Fish in 2009. This move also seems to push one of Ryan Shealy or Ross Gload into the trade-market as the Royals have far too many first basemen.
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