독립리그 선수 2명과 계약

Los Angeles Dodgers Acquire Two Golden Baseball League Players
INF Dustin Yount of the Tucson Toros and OF Sergio Pedroza of the Victoria Seals

(San Ramon, CA. February 24, 2010) The Golden Baseball League (GBL) announced today that the Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the contracts of INF Dustin Yount from the Tucson Toros and OF Sergio Pedroza from the Victoria Seals.

Yount, 27, the power hitting son of Hall of Fame Shortstop Robin Yount, hit .310 for the Toros in 2009, while leading the team in home runs (11) and walks (32). The 27-year old also played an integral role in helping the Toros reach the GBL Championship Series in their inaugural season by reaching base 21 times via hit or walk in 9 postseason contests last year. He was originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 9th round of the 2001 amateur draft and spent six seasons in their organization, reaching as high as the Double-A level.

Pedroza, 25, was previously in the Dodgers' organization after being taken in the third round of the 2005 amateur draft. He reached as high as AA before being released at the end of the 2008 season. In 2009, he joined the Victoria Seals in the inaugural year and led the GBL in homeruns (20) and was second in RBI (81). He also hit .322 in 304 regular-season at-bats. Late in the season he was traded to the Calgary Vipers where he led the team to the GBL Championship and was named Championship Series MVP.

Yount is the fourth member of the 2009 Tucson Toros and Pedroza is the third member of the 2009 Victoria Seals to have their contracts acquired by a major league organization.
다저스가 독립리그에서 뛰고 있는 2명의 선수와 계약했습니다.

더스틴 욘트(Dustin Yount)는 이름에서 알 수 있듯이 로빈 욘트(Robin Yount)의 아들입니다. 그렇지만, 아버지만큼의 재능은 없나 봅니다.

욘트의 사촌도 다저스의 마이너팀에서 뛰고 있죠. 오스틴 욘트(Austin Yount)인데, 이 선수는 왜 투수로 키우지 않았는지 궁금하네요.

세르지오 페드로자(Sergio Pedroza)는 과거에 다저스에 의해 드레프트되었지만, 훌리오 루고(Julio Lugo)딜때 조엘 구즈만(Joel Guzman)과 함께 템파로 트레이드되었다가 08시즌 이후 방출되어서 작년에 독립리그에서 뛰었습니다.