The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired short-stop Khalil Greene from the San Diego padres for pitcher Mark Worrell and a player to be named later. This was simply a salary dump, as the Padres can't afford Greene's $6.5M price tag for next season. He will be a free-agent after the 2009 season, finishing off a 2-year/$11M deal he agreed upon spring training of 2008.
The 2007 team-MVP couldn't produce as well in '08, producing a terrible season which ended with him breaking a bone in his left-hand after striking a storage compartment in the dugout. St. Louis still receives an upgrade at short, where Felipe Lopez roamed last season. I appreciate the success Greene has had in the past, especially in 2007 when he connected with 27 home-runs, but he looked so over-matched this year that repeating such success seems like a stretch. He still has above-average power for his position though, and plays adequate defense.
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