Phillies Acquire Victor Arano to Complete Roberto Hernandez Trade

A couple of weeks ago the Phillies acquired the first of two PTBNL in a trade that sent Roberto Hernandez to the Dodgers, in second baseman Jesmuel Valentin.  Today they completed the trade by acquiring 19 year old RHP Victor Arano.  Arano is already physically mature for a 19 year old (6’2″ 200lbs) so it … Read more

Phillies Acquire 2B Jesmuel Valentin for Roberto Hernandez

The first of the two PTBNL for Roberto Hernandez have been revealed, and it is Dodgers’ supplemental first round pick in 2012 Jesmuel Valentin  (#51 overall).  Valentin is the  son of Jose Valentin who played 16 years in the major leagues.  As an amateur he played second base next to Carlos Correa, and while there was some chance he would play SS, he has found his natural spot at 2B in the Dodgers system.  Baseball America had this to say about him when he was drafted:

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