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Macias and Ekstrom to Join Padres Roster

September 6th, 2008 | Author: Chad Gramling

MadFriars is rerpoting that former Wizards, outfielder Drew Macias and right-hander Mike Ekstrom have had their contracts purchased by the San Diego Padres and will join the team in Milwaukee today.

Drew Macias with the Wizards in 2004Macias, who played in Fort Wayne during the 2004 season, made his Major League debut during September callups in the 2007 season. He played in one game with no official at-bat and scored a run. Looks like he is set to get a little more action this time around. He finished the season with a .288 average at Double-A San Antonio with 145 hits, 27 doubles, four triples and 11 home runds. He also tallied 92 runsand 66 RBIs while leading the Padres minor league system with 83 walks.

With the Wizards in 2004, Macias appeared in 129 games. He collected 127 hits, 8 home runs and 55 RBIs while drawing 49 walks on 478 at-bats. His .266 batting average in Fort Wayne was his career high until this season, where he hit .289 with Portland. He was selected in the 35th Round (1045th overall) of the 2004 draft by San Diego (who also drafted him in the 22nd Round (660th overall) of the 2001 draft). 

Mike Ekstrom on the mound for the Wizards in 2005Ekstrom caught me by surprise. In fact, he wasn’t even on my radar until I saw the headline. On the season, he appeared in 41 games and boasted an 11-8 record with a 4.58 ERA, that included 101 strikeouts and 34 walks over 108 innings pitched. He started in 15 games and also collected one save in relief.

He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round (342nd overall) of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft. He appeared with the Wizards in 2004 and 2005.

In 2004, he appeared in only two games in Fort Wayne before returning for the 2005 season where he appeared in 28 games (all of them as a starter) and compiled a 13-6 record with a 3.70 ERA, 112 strikeouts and 36 walks over 167 innings pitched. He also had one complete game shutout.

Ekstrom is set to become the 75th former Wizard to debut in Major League Baseball and the thirteenth on the season; which extends the record set when Wade LeBlanc appeared last Wednesday.

Photos by Chad Gramling.

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