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4.25.2003
Mike Nicolas acquired by Boston After being placed on waivers by the Padres and claimed by Milwaukee, minor league pitcher Mike Nicolas now has a home in the Red Sox organization, being traded there for a PTBNL or cash. Baseball America indicates that San Diego made the move to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for reliever Matt Herges, and also notes that Nicolas has had some off-the-field problems, most notably his being charged with inflicting corporal injury on his wife in January. Personal problems aside (and whether or not they can be dismissed is very much up in the air, it would seem), Nicolas is a pretty good looking minor league reliever and could potentially be a real nice pickup for the Red Sox. Now 23, Nicolas was signed by the Padres out of the Dominican Republic in 2000 (when current Red Sox GM Theo Epstein was in that organization as the Director of Baseball Operations) and posted pretty impressive numbers last year, including the highest K/9 ratio in all of minor league baseball at 14.1. Obviously there's a lot to be worked out on the personal front, but with the PTBNL or cash equivalent unlikely to be anything consequential, there's the possibility that the Red Sox made a really nice acquisition here. He's reporting to AA Portland. - |