Dateline New York City:
New York and Seattle pull off a blockbuster trade today, as New York trades ace SP Ronald Placencia to Seattle, in exchange for three players - starter Isaac Diehl, middle reliever Harry Johnson and top prospect OF Mohammed Stelly.
Reached at a rest are on the New Jersey Turnpike after finalizing the trade, NY GM Paul Michael said "Well, I never thought I'd trade Placencia, after nurturing him since my team's inception, when he was my second ever draft pick. He's been great for us, and has all the potential in the world, but sometimes you have to move on."
"I've been after Mohammed Stelly for years now - he's as close to a can't miss prospect as there is. He'll be at home in center field in New York for years now, and getting him will let me move Kevin Rubio back over to left."
"Diehl's a young SP with success at the major league level, despite his struggles for Seattle so far this year. I'm sure he'll do his best to fill Placencia's spot in the rotation".
"Harry Johnson give me a young arm in middle releif, which is something new for me, I admit. I hope he gets along with the rest of my AARP crew in the bullpen".
"Plus, whenever you can pull off a trade for an Isaac and a Mohammed, how can you turn it down?"
The NY GM denied that he had any plans to go after Jesus Dones or Jesus Morales.
Also, I think my team probably won't go on that February tour of Sudan in the next offseason.
ReplyDeleteNow can we PLEASE get on with this sim? We've done some sort of Chinese Fire Drill with everyone's teams!
ReplyDeleteI know. I can't image how crazy it's going to be in a few sims at the trading deadline.
ReplyDelete"This was a very tough decision," said Seattle Monarchs Owner/GM Mack Shultz when reached for comment. "I've no doubt that Stelly will be a perennial All-Star outfielder or that Diehl and Johnson won't live up to their promise. I wish them all the best in the Big Apple."
ReplyDelete"But," he continued, "with the re-signing of David Kerry to a contract extension we had three other perennial All-Star outfielders under contract or club control for at least the next four seasons. An outfield of Cedeno, Arant, and Kerry is nothing to sneeze at. We needed to move one of the four. I looked around to try to find the best way to improve the team, both to win this year's Cecil Cup and in the future. I decided that adding another superstar starting pitcher was the best way to accomplish that. Paul was a tough negotiator and, in the end, we had to meet his price to add Ronald Placencia to our rotation."
"We'll be able to roll out Nelligan, Hester, and Placencia as our three-man rotation for the Cecil Cup. Can't do any better than that, in my opinion."
When asked how he would measure the success of the trade, Shultz replied, "If I keep the Cecil Cup trophy on my bookshelf for another season, then that's a success."
My precious! Me wants!
ReplyDeleteHe stoles it from us!