Dateline: Marietta, Ohio!
A deal was announced today between the Los Angeles Scorpions and the River Cities Sternwheelers. Coming to the confluence in the deal are two third basemen, Kenneth Lea and Britt Moroney. The cost to the league leading Sternwheelers? New reacquisition reliever Jefferson Theriault, third baseman Alfonso Barrenechea, single A reliever Andrew Barrett and a 2nd round pick in the upcoming minor league draft.
"Third base had been a concern for us since spring training", said River Cities owner Nate Wooley, reached on the campaign trail at the Washington County Farm Bureau dinner at the Career Center. "Cordoza was signed to be a supersub with some power but he'd been forced into a starter's role by the hole in the lineup. Sure, he hit well in April (.271/.382/.635(!!!)) but with the a closer-to-expectation first half of May (.115/.230/.192(!!!)) it was time to pick up a starter and, as it turns out, we got two of them. Vote for me in the upcoming election!" Wooley then ran off to chase a person holding an absentee ballot.
It wouldn't surprise this reporter if Theriault's $5.3MM salary this season had something to do with the deal. With River Citie's opening day payroll above $110MM any trimming is good trimming, in this reporter's opinion.
Apparently it's time for Michael to start the 2018 traded draft pick chart, before catastrophe strikes.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe that you were wheeling and dealing when there were those of us paying attention to the important work of farmers!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Mack, in addition to wondering who's going to play 3B for me, I'm going to work on the traded draft pick list this weekend.
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