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July 16, 2007

Transaction Analysis

National League Roundup

by Christina Kahrl

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Placed LHP Randy Johnson on the 15-day DL; promoted RHP Enrique Gonzalez from Tucson; acquired OF-R Aaron Cunningham from the White Sox for 2B-L Danny Richar; optioned MI-S Alberto Callaspo to Tucson; purchased the contract of INF-S Augie Ojeda from Tucson; designated RHP Mike Schultz for assignment. [6/16]
Optioned RHP Enrique Gonzalez to Tucson [6/20]
Optioned RHP Jailen Peguero to Tucson; purchased the contract of LHP Randy Choate from Tucson. [6/26]
Activated LHP Randy Johnson from the 15-day DL; designated LHP Randy Choate for assignment. [6/28]
Placed LHP Randy Johnson on the 15-day DL (sore back), retroactive to 6/29; recalled RHP Yusmeiro Petit from Tucson. [7/3]
Optioned RF-R Carlos Quentin to Tucson; recalled OF-L Jeff Salazar from Tucson. [7/6]

Big Move: The Big Unit bouncing on and off the roster like a bad check. Yusmeiro Petit has delivered a winnable (if unexceptional) pair of ballgames in his place, but Micah Owings hasn't delivered a quality start in a month, and Doug Davis is coming off of a rough June (allowing a 6.34 ERA and 67 baserunners in only 32 2/3 IP). By some measures, Livan Hernandez has been the reliable stalwart he was expected to be, delivering 13 quality starts (one blown) in 19, but striking out only 4.4 batters per nine means he's not really fooling people with the same frequency. So, absent the Unit, they're in danger of still just being the Brandon Webb Show, and while that's still must-see moundsmanship, it's not quite where they thought they'd be.