Second baseman Tadahito Iguchi was acquired by the Phillies from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for minor league righthander Michael Dubee, Senior Vice President & General Manager Pat Gillick announced today.
Iguchi, 32, was hitting .251 with 17 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 31 RBI in 90 games for the White Sox this season. In 16 games against National League teams this season, he hit .311 (19-61). A native of Tokyo, Japan, Iguchi batted .281 last season with 18 home runs and 67 RBI in 138 games and appeared in 12 playoff games for Chicago in 2005.

Prior to coming to the United States, Iguchi spent eight seasons with the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks of the Japanese Pacific League, where he was a four-time All-Star and won three Gold Gloves as a second baseman. With Fukuoka, Iguchi hit .271 with 149 home runs, 507 RBI and 159 stolen bases.

In 363 career games in the U.S. -- all with the White Sox -- Iguchi has a .273 average with 39 home runs and 169 RBI.

Dubee, 22, was 4-4 with one save and a 3.88 ERA in 30 relief appearances for single-A Lakewood. He is the son of Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee.

word, for just DUBEE??? sweet tad isnt that that bad....

I approve

It's fine...he's probably a step up from abe and he was cheap

now. find me a pitcher so it matters

definitely, for just Dubee is like for free really...... wonder if we'll give him back for dubee after the season is over, Sox did kinda did owe us one....

awesome. good solid move

its sad that this move is going to be considered one of gillicks best.

jemagee wrote:It's fine...he's probably a step up from abe and he was cheap

now. find me a pitcher so it matters

It may not matter, but "probably" a step up from Nunez is a underselling it.

Iguchi: .273 .346 .419 in 1300 AB

Nunez: .244 .313 .318 in 2300 AB

Interesting that Iguchi's contract has this clause: "contract includes clause requiring White Sox to sign Iguchi to an extension by sometime in 2007, or release him (effectively granting Iguchi free agency after three years of ML service)"

So, I guess that means you can't get draft picks if he walks because you "released" him?

My initial reaction is that I'm happy with it. If they had thrown in Rich too, I'd be very happy.

Trent Steele wrote:

jemagee wrote:It's fine...he's probably a step up from abe and he was cheap

now. find me a pitcher so it matters

It may not matter, but "probably" a step up from Nunez is a underselling it.

Iguchi: .273 .346 .419 in 1300 AB

Nunez: .244 .313 .318 in 2300 AB

Oh i know he's much better than nunez, but even with utley healthy, without a pitching improvement i don't think it would matter, so iguchi is a nice piece of duct tape on the whole, but the big leak is still running and i see no moves to repair it

yeah, but can he play 3B?

White Sox just wanted to get rid of him I guess. He's not having a great year with the bat but he does get on base pretty well and he has some power. Really nice move.

Oh my goodness. That's a really excellent trade.

steagles wrote:yeah, but can he play 3B?

hasnt played there in in 04 05 06 07 according to espn spilts

Can't play 3B; in fact, isn't a great 2B

Last 20 Games for Iguchi:

.271 .381 .471 .852

Giddy-up

maybe gillick pulled the "you owe me one" card for the pothead trade.

That is somewhat of a steal. Maybe Kenny Williams feels bad about the Garcia deal.

Very satistifed with this trade consdiering what we gave up. Better than having Abe at second.

Great deal. He has had a bit of a down year, but played better of late - and we gave up zilch.