Phillies Acquire Another Former Wizard
The San Diego Padres have traded Manny Ayala to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later. Aparently, he was set to be released, so I would not expect much in return. Ayala will report to the Phillies minor camp where he’ll meet up with another former Wizards, J.J. Furmaniak. Clay Condrey, who was a Wizard in 1999 is currently on the Phillies’ MLB roster.
Ayala appeared in 3 games with the Wizards in 2006. He compiled a 7.56 ERA with nine strikeouts and two walks in 8.1 innings pitched.
In a separate move, the Padres acquired right-handed pitcher Edward Mujica (pronounced MOO-he-kuh) from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. No Fort Wayne related implications yet, but a TinCap or former Wizard might end up being that PTBNL so we’ll have to stay tuned on that one.



