The Red Sox acquired RHP David Aardsma from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for two long-shot prospects, righthanded pitchers Willy Mota and Miguel Socolovich. As OverTheMonster mentions, Aardsma struck out 90 and walked 55 in 96 Major League Innings. He was drafted as a first-rounder (22d pick) by San Fran in 2003, has spent time with both Chicago franchises, and (perhaps appropriately) has an award named after him which was presented at the “2008 Recycled Baseball Items (RBI) Foundation Banquet.”
Best Second best stat on this guy?
He “is the first player listed alphabetically in the Baseball Encyclopedia, ahead of Hank Aaron ” [MLB.com Player Profile] And you all thought that losing the HR record to Barry was rough…
Update: Best stat on this guy? His sister is an actress and has a saucy photo on IMDB:
Thanks to The Chief for flagging the transaction, if not the hot sister angle.
