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Stewart-for-Kielty
2003-07-16 14:16
by Mike Carminati

Lee Sinins reports:

The BlueJays traded LF Shannon Stewart and a player to be named later to the Twins for OF Bobby Kielty.

My first question is why? They are not that dissimilar: bith have OPSs in the .790s. Stewart once was a speedy baserunner but has only one stolen base this year. He is only 29 but has been declining steadily since 2000.

Kielty is three years younger and showed a lot of promise last year though he hasn;t fulfilled it this year. He also makes a fraction of what Stewart makes ($325K to $6.2 M) and Stewart is only signed for one year.

I see this as a win-win for the Blue Jays. It looks like an act of desparation on the Twins' part.


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