Lidge Goes To Phillies from Astros for Bourn, Gear

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7th November, 2007 - 11:18 pm
ESPN - The Philadelphia Phillies acquired reliever Brad Lidge from the Houston Astros in a five-player trade on Wednesday night.

The Phillies sent outfielder Michael Bourn, pitcher Geoff Geary and minor leaguer Mike Costanzo to Houston, and received infielder Eric Bruntlett in addition to Lidge.

It was the first trade of the general managers' meetings this year.

The 30-year-old Lidge was 5-3 with 19 saves in 27 chances for the Astros last year. He struggled to close out games but held batters to a .218 average and averaged 11.8 strikeouts per nine innings.

Philadelphia intends to move Brett Myers, who had been their closer, back into the starting rotation.

who do you think got the better of the trade

[hp93]

I think that the Phillies got that better trade. Even though Lidge blew 8 saves, besides that he seemed to have had a pretty decent year. Bourn has only appeared in 122 games for his 2 year career, and from the stat sheet, the only thing that you can really be impressed with is Bourn's speed. He stole 18 bases in 119 AB's.

[chisox100]

Lidge just has not been the same pitcher since the Pujols Home Run in the 05 NLCS, blowing game 2 of the 05 series and giving up the go-ahead run in game 4 of the series.

[diehardmetsfan]

i think each team got wut they needed