Roman Pena goes to LA in a trade of minor league outfielders. Preston Mattingly, the Dodgers' No. 1 draft pick in 2006, batted .218 with two homers in 165 at bats at Class-A level this season.
Don Mattingly at a press conference on Sept. 17, when it was announced he would be the Dodgers' manager in 2011, with Joe Torre deciding to step down from the job.Cleveland -- A little more than a week after promoting Don Mattingly to be their next manager, the Los Angeles Dodgers have traded his son.
Los Angeles sent Preston Mattingly to the Cleveland Indians for Roman Pena in a swap of minor league outfielders Sunday.
Don Mattingly, the Dodgers' current hitting coach, will replace Joe Torre as manager next year in a move announced Sept. 17.
Preston Mattingly, the Dodgers' No. 1 draft pick in 2006, batted .218 with two homers and 17 RBIs at the Class-A level this season. He struck out 51 times in 165 at-bats.
The 23-year-old Mattingly bats and throws right-handed. His best season as a pro came in 2006, when he hit .290 with a home run and 29 RBIs for the Dodgers' rookie-level team in the Gulf Coast League.
Don Mattingly was a star first baseman for the New York Yankees during his playing career, winning the AL MVP award in 1985.
Pena, 23, was a ninth-round pick of the Indians in the 2005 draft. During five seasons in Cleveland's farm system, he hit .244 with 34 homers in 1,514 at bats, never playing above Advanced Class A Kinston. Pena bats and throws left-handed.