The successor of the FC Barcelona in the Spanish Division de Honor, Baseball Barcelona, is announcing its first acquisition for the 2012 season, which starts at the end of February. The 24-year-old American Kevin Malone is leaving the Astros Valencia after two years. He is moving to Barcelona due to work related reasons and joins a new club. In 2011 he was batting .311/.411/.467 with two homeruns, three triples, nine doubles, 32 runs and 20 RBI in 35 games. He is supposed to replace Emmanuel Febles as leadoff hitter, who is going to play for Baseball Navarra.