Dave Williams was sort of the odd man out once Eric Milton came back from his knee injury. On top of that, Williams wasn’t even throwing well. He had a Reds’ like ERA of 7.20 in 40 innings. So in effect, we gave up Sean Casey (who’s been on the shelf most of the year) for Robert Manuel. The deal also cost the Reds $500k to cover half of Williams salary.
There’s not a lot on Manuel, either in John Sickels Prospect Book or Baseball Prospectus. Manuel did have a nice season in rookie ball last year (8-1, 2.06 ERA) so hopefully we picked up a decent enough prospect.


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