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"\"&lt;table cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"2\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" class=\\\"width\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr class=\\\"headerRow\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;The&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDeal&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;Little more than a year after Arizona acquired righthander &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/statistics\\/players\\/cards\\/?pl_id=24193\\\"&gt;Jon Rauch&lt;\\/a&gt; as a bullpen boost for the stretch run, the club flipped him to another playoff hopeful. The Diamondbacks shipped the 30-year-old Rauch to Minnesota for a player to be named, who in a roundabout sort of way turned out to be Triple-A righthander &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/statistics\\/players\\/cards\\/?pl_id=46162\\\"&gt;Kevin Mulvey&lt;\\/a&gt;. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\t\\t\\t\\tThe explanation: The Twins originally claimed Rauch on waivers on Aug. 28, sending a player to be named to the Diamondbacks. Officially speaking, that player turned out to be cash considerations&amp;mdash;and not a player at all. Then in a corresponding move, the D&amp;#8217;backs claimed Mulvey on waivers from the Twins on Sept. 1 and subsequently sent cash considerations to the Twins.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\t\\t\\t\\tAt 6-foot-11, Rauch is the tallest pitcher in major league history. He&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsurpassed Randy Johnson in that department when he made his big league&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndebut in 2002. The Kentucky native was Chicago&amp;#8217;s third-round pick in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1999 out of Morehead State. In 2000, Rauch was named Baseball America&amp;#8217;s&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMinor League Player of the Year, but Rauch never figured things out as&lt;br \\/&gt;\\na starter and became a power reliever with the Nationals before moving&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto Arizona. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\t\\t\\t\\tSince settling into the bullpen role in &amp;#8217;06, Rauch has&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmade 305 appearances, more than any other big league pitcher. In 59 games&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfor the Diamondbacks this season, Rauch went 2-2, 4.14 with 12 holds and two saves.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe struck out 35 and walked 17 in 54 1\\/3 innings. Rauch uses a heavy&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n90-94 mph fastball, a mid-80s slider and a mid-70s curveball to induce fly&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nballs.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr class=\\\"headerRow\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;The Young&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPlayer&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;The  Mets&amp;#8217; second-round pick in &amp;#8217;06 out of Villanova, Mulvey was &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/majors\\/trade-central\\/2008\\/265535.html\\\"&gt;one of four players traded to the Twins&lt;\\/a&gt; for Johan Santana. Mulvey, 24, reached Double-A Binghamton in his first professional season and has posted above-average numbers ever since. This year for Triple-A Rochester, Mulvey was 5-8, 3.93 with 113 strikeouts in 149 innings. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\t\\t\\t\\tDespite the solid numbers, none of Mulvey&amp;#8217;s four pitches grade out as above-average. He locates an upper-80s fastball with sink and run, while featuring a slider, curveball and changeup. Still, Mulvey is tough against righthanded batters, and profiles as a back-of-the-rotation starter. He&amp;#8217;ll have a chance to compete for a rotation spot in Arizona next year.&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr class=\\\"headerRow\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;Quick&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTake&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;The Twins have had difficulty finding a set-up man for closer Joe Nathan all season, and Rauch will fill that void in September. At 3 1\\/2 games behind the Tigers in the AL Central, the Twins&amp;#8217; August activity (which also included trading for Carl Pavano and signing Ron Mahay) signified they were pushing their chips all-in.&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/majors\\/trade-central\\/2009\\/\\\"&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTrade Central 2009&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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