Carlos Quentin: White Sox Slugger Dealt to Padres for Pitching Prospects

The White Sox will be without one of their bashers next season. C. Trent Rosecrans of CBS Sports is reporting that the White Sox have traded Carlos Quentin to the Padres for minor league pitchers Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez.

Quentin will be a free agent at the end of the 2012 season. In 118 games in 2011, he hit 24 home runs, drove in 77 runs and had a .254 batting average and .340 OBP. 

The value of this trade for the Padres will come down to one question: Can Quentin hit at PETCO Park? Since the park opened...

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