Boston Red Sox Acquire Pitcher David Aardsma from Chicago Chicago White Sox for Pitchers Willy Mota and Miguel Socolovich

01/28/2008, BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox today acquired righthanded pitcher David Aardsma from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for righthanded pitchers Willy Mota and Miguel Socolovich.

The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.

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David Aardsma, 26, has been added to Boston's major league roster, putting that list at 39 players.

The righthander split the 2007 season between the White Sox and Triple-A Charlotte. He opened the season with Chicago and was 2-0, 1.31 with 26 strikeouts in 20.2 innings in his first 14 appearances through May 12. Aardsma led all A.L. relievers with 23 strikeouts in April. Overall, he was 2-1, 6.40 with 36 strikeouts in 32.1 innings in his 25 relief appearances with the White Sox. The righthander spent the second half of 2007 at Charlotte and was 3-2, 4.33 with 15 saves in 18 games.

David Aardsma is 6-1 with a 5.16 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 96.0 innings in 81 career major league relief appearances with the Giants, Cubs, and White Sox. He pitched in 11 games in his major league debut with San Francisco in 2004 and was 3-0, 4.08 in 45 appearances over four stints with the Chicago Cubs in 2006. He held the opposition to a .214 batting average in his season with the Cubs. Aardsma was selected by the Giants in the first round of the 2003 First Year Player Draft.

Willy Mota was 5-3, 2.60 with one save in 17 relief appearances at Single-A Lowell in 2007, his first season as a pitcher after four years playing the outfield in the Red Sox organization.

Miguel Socolovich split the year between two Single-A teams, going 2-2, 6.65 in 11 games at Greenville and 5-4, 3.56 in 14 games/13 starts at Lowell. He has been in the Boston system for four seasons.

Source: MLB