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01-15-2003, 01:38 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2003-01-15-colon-trade_x.htm
White Sox acquire Colon in 3-team deal
By Hal Bock, The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The Montreal Expos have traded pitcher Bartolo Colon to the Chicago White Sox in a three-way deal that sends right-handed pitcher Orlando Hernandez from the New York Yankees to Montreal.
In exchange for Colon, who won 20 games last season for Cleveland and Montreal, the Expos received Hernandez and another right-hander, Rocky Biddle, plus outfielder Jeff Liefer and cash.
The White Sox earlier acquired Hernandez and $2 million from the Yankees for right-handed pitchers Antonio Osuna and Delvis Lantigua, a minor leaguer.
Colon, a right-hander, went 20-8 with a 2.93 earned run average last season, but the Expos — run by major league baseball — had been expected to trade him as part of a salary dump to keep their payroll in check. The Yankees and Red Sox had been interested.
Instead of Colon, the Yankees came away from the deal with two other pitchers: Osuna, a reliever who was 8-2 in 59 games with a 3.86 for the White Sox last season, and Lantigua, 7-7 with a 4.38 ERA at Triple-A Charlotte.
Osuna is expected to move into the Yankees' bullpen as a replacement for Mike Stanton and Ramiro Mendoza, who left as free agents. Stanton signed with the Mets, Mendoza with the Red Sox.
White Sox acquire Colon in 3-team deal
By Hal Bock, The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The Montreal Expos have traded pitcher Bartolo Colon to the Chicago White Sox in a three-way deal that sends right-handed pitcher Orlando Hernandez from the New York Yankees to Montreal.
In exchange for Colon, who won 20 games last season for Cleveland and Montreal, the Expos received Hernandez and another right-hander, Rocky Biddle, plus outfielder Jeff Liefer and cash.
The White Sox earlier acquired Hernandez and $2 million from the Yankees for right-handed pitchers Antonio Osuna and Delvis Lantigua, a minor leaguer.
Colon, a right-hander, went 20-8 with a 2.93 earned run average last season, but the Expos — run by major league baseball — had been expected to trade him as part of a salary dump to keep their payroll in check. The Yankees and Red Sox had been interested.
Instead of Colon, the Yankees came away from the deal with two other pitchers: Osuna, a reliever who was 8-2 in 59 games with a 3.86 for the White Sox last season, and Lantigua, 7-7 with a 4.38 ERA at Triple-A Charlotte.
Osuna is expected to move into the Yankees' bullpen as a replacement for Mike Stanton and Ramiro Mendoza, who left as free agents. Stanton signed with the Mets, Mendoza with the Red Sox.