Minor League Player Traded for 10 Bats...

I couldn't remember this guys name or anything but when I was watching First Take today on ESPN 2 they interviewed a minor league baseball player that was traded for 10 bats...  This is disgraceful.  The guy said he had never even played yet this season, and he didn't even know somebody could get traded for equipment, but he heard of players that got traded for food.  Either this dude is a serious scrub or he gets no respect.  In the interview though, he made humor out of it, which I thought was good instead of being depressed.  However, I think that you shouldn't even be allowed to trade players for equipment, or any other possession.  Seriously, something is wrong with the minor leagues, or major leagues since they own minor league teams.  The front offices need to do something about this because this is down right cruddy!!!