Sep 12th 2008 4:45PM by Mullet (author feed)
In April, this guy was their best pitcher their best hitter. But in September, the Diamondbacks have made him the player named later in the Adam Dunn trade.

It was a poorly kept secret, so the actual announcement is a bit anti-climactic. But Micah Owings has moved on to the Cincinnati Reds after an injury initially kept him from being moved as part of the Dunn trade. He went 4-0 to start the season with a 2.42 ERA. But since then, he’s gone 2-9 with an ERA of 7.09 before going down with a shoulder injury. Now that he’s healthy, Dusty Baker gets to put him in the rotation (Dusty should be very familiar with pitchers who have had shoulder issues.)

Owings is going to the perfect division, where three teams have batted their pitcher eighth. With five career home runs in a season and a half and a career .895 OPS, Owings could raise the bar for NL Central pitchers and bat sixth.