This Week’s NL SWAT Report (May 25, 2009)

1. Trades:

– NONE.

2. Free Agents:

As always, contact me for errors:

– WALTON picks up Alcides Escobar for $2 (Walton 5; Kreutzer 1); DL’s Elijah Dukes

– SCHWARTZ picks up Angel Pagan for $4 (Walton 2 (cont); Lombardo 3; Hertz 2 (cont); Schwartz 10); DL’s Omar Infante.

– KREUTZER picks up Augie Ojeda for $0; NO DROP – open spot.

– HERTZ picks up Bobby Parnell for $0; drops Todd Coffey.

– ZOLA picks up Casey McGehee for $2 (Walton 2 (cont); Lombardo 0 (cont); Zola 2; Hertz 6 (cont); Kreutzer 0) – Hertz got a higher preference and Walton is higher in standings; drops Miguel Cairo.

– SCHWARTZ picks up Clay Condrey for $0 (Schwartz 0, Lombardo 0 – Lombardo higher in standings); drops Homer Bailey.

– WALTON picks up Diory Hernandez for $1 (Walton 2); drops Mitchell Boggs.

– LEIBOWITZ picks up Drew Stubbs for $1 (Leibowitz 2); drops Ramon Vazquez.

– HERTZ picks up Fernando Martinez for $1 (Hertz 3); drops Josh Whitesell.

– RAVITZ picks up Jake Fox for $1 (Ravitz 6); drops Pedro Martinez.

– SCHWARTZ picks up Jason LaRue for $0; DL’s Chris Iannetta.

– LOMBARDO picks up Joe Thurston for $3 (Lombardo 3 (cont); Zola 3; Hertz 5 (cont); Kreutzer 0) – Hertz’s got a higher preference and Zola is higher in standings; drops Paul Janish.

– ZOLA picks up John Bowker for $1 (Zola 2); drops Chris Duffy.

– HERTZ picks up Josh Bard for $0; drops David Ross.

– MELNICK picks up Merkin Valdez for $0; drops Ken Takahashi.

– COCKCROFT picks up Sean West for $4 (Walton 3; Cockcroft 5; Schwartz 0); DL’s Rich Harden.

– MELNICK picks up Tony Gwynn Jr. for $1 (Melnick 15); NO DROP – open spot.