The Seattle Monarchs have finally addressed the surplus in starting pitching by sending three players to Danville and getting back ... uh ... the right to get a player in 10 months.
Seattle sent starting pitchers Joseph Macaluso and Jaime Cruz, reliever Daryl "Dopey" Welburn, $7 million in cash, and a fourth-round pick in next March's amateur draft to Danville in exchange for Danville's first-round pick in that draft.
Macaluso, the prime piece of the trade, is 5-1 with a 2.49 ERA and three complete games in six starts this season. He is 97-46 with a 3.66 ERA for his career. He has spent his entire career in the Monarchs organization after being a second-round pick by Seattle in 2008.
Now, Seattle is left hoping that their pitching prospects, who this trade is intended to make room for, are as good as advertised and that the draft class next year is strong.
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