Vipers-Mallards Swap Confirmed
It's all done except the paperwork. The <Arizona Vipers:team#6> and the <Minnesota Mallards:team#5> have agreed to a trade that will send 26-year old minor league RF <José Villarreal:player#9874>, 34-year old minor league SS <José Pérez:player#5342>, and a 4th round draft pick to <Minnesota:team#5>, while 19-year old minor league LF <David Lautenbach:player#6707> and 22-year old RHP <Jorge Maldonado:player#6270> will be shipped to <Arizona:team#6>. A top front office executive with the Vipers described the trade talks as "quick and easy." "We're glad to get this deal done. We think it's something that helps our ball club and it didn't take too long at all to sort this one out," he said.


During his career <Villarreal:player#9874> has compiled a .320 batting average and collected 879 hits, 80 home runs and 362 RBIs. 