Dateline: Marietta 1/26/09
Another trade along the Ohio River tonight as the World Champion Paddlewheelers continue their astonishing purge of talent.
This time the trading partner is those Mile High marauders the Denver Zephyrs! Denver has sent hot pitching prospect Juan Villatoro, along with their 1st (#2) and 2nd (#14) round picks in the upcoming amatuer draft to River Cities in exchange for SP Sergio Alonso, MR Dalton Davis, SS Eduardo Diaz and all star and Gold Glove winner 3B Chet Edwards!
"Losing Chet is a real blow," owner and GM Nate Wooley remarked, caught at his vacation home in Barbados while polishing his trophy, "but realistically with Palacio at 2B, Fout at 3B and up and coming John Hukill at SS there simply wasn't room for him on the team. We felt it best to make sure he ended up in a location where he could play everyday."
Reached at his home in Tuscaloosa Edwards told this report 'Well, ain't that sweet. See how far loyalty gets you in this game. First I'm out of playing time in the series and now Denver? Am I going to be able to breathe there? Do we know that there's AIR? Do we?'
Rumors persist that River Cities is not yet done dealing. Reports indicate that GM Wooley would like to find a CF prior to the free agency period to line up with starting nine and providing stability to his planning. Who will go next? Theriault? Starner? Palacio? Welch?
Only time will tell.
A remark from the Denver General manager while on the golf course was recorded by a beat reporter and seems to say the following. "Yeah it was hard to give up the first rounf pick this year, and Villatoro was a major builing block, but we have to get some people in the stands and this team should get some blood flowing over last year. Hell the Adams league catchers better get their arms loosened up in spring training, cause with Edwards, Kruse and Diaz sitting at the top of the lineup, Henriquez to fill in on days off, and Francisco and Shunk all with the light locked on Green, there is gonna be larceny on a scale never seen before."
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