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News: Aguila Headed to Shea, per Daily News

by Matthew Cerrone on June 11th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

According to Adam Rubin at his blog for the Daily News, Triple-A OF Chris Aguila is on his way from New Orleans to Shea Stadium.

For more on Aguila, be sure to read Rubin’s post.

Aguila was hitting .318 with 17 HR and 40 RBI in 218 at bats.

He is batting .353 against left-handed pitching, with a .413 OBP.

In a recent report for ESPN.com, fantasy baseball guru Erik Karabell wrote:

“The Mets might want to take a look at Aguila in the outfield…Yes, this is the same singles hitter who did very little in the Marlins outfield…but he’s playing well and hitting for power now.”

Aguila hit .234 with 18 extra base hits and nine walks in 141 games played for the Marlins between 2004 and 2006.