Shackamaxon and London trade

The Shackamaxon Lenape, finishing up their offseason improvements, announced a trade with the London Dragons late last night.

The Lenape, who had a disappointing 76-86 record a season after their first playoff spot in 15 years, reïnforced their outfield by acquiring Tomas Kalakay from the Dragons.

Heading to the Dragons is a bounty featuring catcher Miguel Angel Ramirez (until recently the top prospect in the game, and a Rule 5 selection this season), outfielder Cheung Ying, infielder Qi-Zhen Huang, and shortstop prospect Roy Nickerson.

"We had two areas of interest in our lineup to improve this offseason, third base and right field," Lenape GM Michael Weintraub stated. "John Hukill, the best in the game, will improve us at the hot corner, and now Kalakay will complete our outfield, along with veterans Sherman Evanoff and Steve Keo."

The Lenape also acquired stud outfield prospect Duncan Swanson and a sixth round pick in the upcoming amateur draft.

"Our AAA OF is now full of top prospects, and we could afford to deal Ying and Huang since we got their replacements," Weintraub said. "It hurts to lose a good prospect like Nickerson, as well as Ramirez, but we have faith in our team to perform well and return to postseason glory this upcoming season."