Another trade--Hendrickson to the Royals

by Jeff Sackmann on Mar 27, 2007 2:27 PM CDT in Transactions

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers today acquired C Maxim St. Pierre from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for RHP Ben Hendrickson. The announcement was made by Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Melvin.

St. Pierre, 26, was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 26th round of the 1997 First-Year Player Draft. He has played 10 seasons in the minor leagues for Detroit, batting .254 with 43 HR and 331 RBI in 762 games. St. Pierre was a Midwest League All-Star at Class-A West Michigan (2000), a Florida State League All-Star at Class-A Lakeland (2001-02) and an Eastern League All-Star at Double-A Erie (2003-05).

St. Pierre joined the Royals as a minor-league free agent on Jan. 24, 2007. He has been added to the roster at Triple-A Nashville.

Hendrickson, 26, was selected by the Brewers in the 10th round of the 1999 First-Year Player Draft. He went 1-10 with a 7.41 ERA in 14 games (12 starts) during Major League stints in 2004 and 2006.

With all due respect to Mr. St. Pierre, we just traded Little Ben for a bag of balls. May he pitch well in Omaha. Or something.

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well..

when you trade someone who throws balls you get balls...or something like that.

in seriousness, i wish we would have received more, then again i'm not sure what we could get. maybe de la rosa back?

Brewers in 07!

by Michael M on Mar 27, 2007 2:51 PM CDT 0 recs

What?

WHY would we trade for a catcher? This makes no sense whatsoever. 10 years in the minors?

by engbjm06 on Mar 27, 2007 3:10 PM CDT 0 recs

Compassion

Hendrickson had no future with the Brewers, and really doesn't have much of a future in baseball. The kindest thing to do for him was trade him to a team that is so bad, they might actually have to use him.

by Marty McSuperFly on Mar 27, 2007 3:24 PM CDT up 0 recs

Wow, uh...

The new guy really sucks. At least trade for a pitcher or something...

by battlekow on Mar 27, 2007 3:54 PM CDT 0 recs

Nonsense!

We have someone in our system named Maxim St. Pierre! That name is downright Kieschnickian.

"C'mon, boys, let's get 'em some RUNS!" --- Daron Sutton, pretty much every game of the 2005 season.

by roguejim on Mar 27, 2007 6:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

Played in 2006 World Baseball Classic for Canada.

I see what's going on here.

by nmc on Mar 27, 2007 6:42 PM CDT up 0 recs

bingo

thank you. the master plan is revealed.

Bring Back The Old Logo!

by jacob on Mar 28, 2007 10:54 AM CDT up 0 recs

if we get Jason Bay...

I like this master plan.

by Jeff Sackmann on Mar 28, 2007 12:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

Heh

Do we get Stubby Clapp too?

by TheJay on Mar 28, 2007 1:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

there's worse

double-A roster depth :).

by Jeff Sackmann on Mar 28, 2007 1:39 PM CDT up 0 recs

about time

its about time we got rid of him. I wish we didnt get a catcher though.

by baseballdan1092 on Mar 27, 2007 4:01 PM CDT 0 recs

i say we trade basballdan...

for just plain dan...thoughts?

Brewers in 07!

by Michael M on Mar 27, 2007 4:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

maybe

if you get something for me then maybe....

by baseballdan1092 on Mar 27, 2007 4:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

ha

i'm taking calls now

Brewers in 07!

by Michael M on Mar 27, 2007 4:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

Melvin's thoughts..

I wonder if this deal was done because Doug thought there was no way Rivera would make it through waivers. I sure didn't. But, the time discrepancies have the deal being announced after Rivera accepting assignment. Given that neither Hendrickson nor St Pierre will probably amount to much, I suppose the trade is inconsequential anyways. But as someone else said, a pitcher, even if a long shot, would have been preferable.

"Are we going to get there and win a world championship? I'm 100% convinced of it," Ned Yost

by throughhyperspace on Mar 27, 2007 6:09 PM CDT 0 recs

Palmisano

So what does this mean for Lou Palmisano other than making him look better in AA by comparison?

by TheJay on Mar 27, 2007 9:29 PM CDT 0 recs

Cap'n Lou

I guess that means we have Palmasano in Huntsville not hitting, Maxim St. Pierre (very dickensian name) not hitting in Nashville every third day behind either Rivera who will hit and Rotino who might, and we have Estrada and Miller who might stay healthy and hit in Milwaukee. Aggregate, still no prospects of an above average catcher unless Estrada hits like he did last year.

by hyattff2003 on Mar 27, 2007 10:49 PM CDT 0 recs

One more thing

You ever have one of those moments where you read something, sit back, and listen to the 1812 Overture followed by Ode to Joy run through your head? Thats Hendrickson getting traded.

by hyattff2003 on Mar 27, 2007 10:50 PM CDT 0 recs

Catcher

Why not trade him fora real life scale Kevin Mench Bobble Head. It would be more useful than this catcher.

Let's go Brew Crew

by madison mallard on Mar 28, 2007 1:49 PM CDT 0 recs

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