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05/29/2009 11:26 PM ET
Mets acquire RHP Lance Broadway from the White Sox
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FLUSHING -- The New York Mets today announced that they have acquired right-handed pitcher Lance Broadway from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for catcher Ramon Castro. Broadway will report to Triple-A Buffalo of the International League.
Broadway, 25, is 0-1 with a 5.65 ERA in eight games with the White Sox this year. In 16 innings, he's allowed 19 hits, 10 runs, nine earned, with nine walks and nine strikeouts. In addition, the 6-3, 195-pounder made three starts for Triple-A Charlotte of the International League, going 0-2 with a 5.63 ERA. In 16 innings, he allowed 18 hits, 11 runs, 10 earned, with four walks and 15 strikeouts.
The former first-round pick in the 2005 June First-Year Player Draft from Texas Christian University made his Major League debut in 2007.
Broadway is 2-2 with a 4.69 ERA in 19 games with the White Sox. In 40 1/3 innings, he's yielded 44 hits, 23 runs, 21 earned, with 19 walks and 30 strikeouts.
He went 1-0 with a 7.07 ERA in seven games, one start, last season for Chicago. In 14 innings, he surrendered 20 hits, 11 runs with five walks and seven strikeouts. Broadway also was 11-7 with a 4.66 in 24 games, 23 starts with Charlotte.
Castro, 33, was hitting .253 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in 26 games. A member of the Mets since 2005, Castro has .237 career batting average with 58 doubles, 51 home runs, and 174 RBIs in 476 games with the Marlins and Mets.
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