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Suicane75 · 07-06-2013, 04:06 PM

1956 Off Season

Bud Black gets a big raise in arbitration to over $50K but we make a long term deal with him for about $43K per. Maybe playing with fire given how bad he was last year but Troy Herriage still looks like a solid pitcher to me so I give him a long term deal.

We make a deal with the Cubs that sends them Vic Wertz, starting 3B Vern Morgan and decent prospect LF Stan Palys in return for 22 year old stud SP Joe McClain. The deal saves us a little more than $20 grand and gives us that 3rd ace. Interesting trade between rivals but they have a real good starting staff.

So we enter the year with a bit of a different look. Gale Wade takes over CF and Irvin moves to RF for the time being. 24 year old Andy Carey is our new 3B, he's decent. Our staff is really strong 1 through 3 and Simmons is a solid 4th but Herriage is a wild card and we've got little depth.

Hank Aaron is developing ok and probably has at least another year in the minors. Dunno if we've got enough to overtake the Cubs but we'll see.

07-06-2013, 04:06 PM	#128
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	1956 Off Season Bud Black gets a big raise in arbitration to over $50K but we make a long term deal with him for about $43K per. Maybe playing with fire given how bad he was last year but Troy Herriage still looks like a solid pitcher to me so I give him a long term deal. We make a deal with the Cubs that sends them Vic Wertz, starting 3B Vern Morgan and decent prospect LF Stan Palys in return for 22 year old stud SP Joe McClain. The deal saves us a little more than $20 grand and gives us that 3rd ace. Interesting trade between rivals but they have a real good starting staff. So we enter the year with a bit of a different look. Gale Wade takes over CF and Irvin moves to RF for the time being. 24 year old Andy Carey is our new 3B, he's decent. Our staff is really strong 1 through 3 and Simmons is a solid 4th but Herriage is a wild card and we've got little depth. Hank Aaron is developing ok and probably has at least another year in the minors. Dunno if we've got enough to overtake the Cubs but we'll see.