Trade: Seattle and Ohio

It was a trade of excesses between Seattle GM Mack Shultz and Ohio GM Brian Hockin. Ohio had too many catchers, and Seattle just had too many...players.

Going east to Ohio are AA pitchers Lan-quing Shu and Armando Sosa, and going back to the great northwest is C Mark Porter, who grew up in Beaverton, Oregon.

The trade frees up a couple of crucial spots on the 40 man roster for the Monarchs, while giving the Buckeyes some depth in an otherwise shallow organization.

Ohio is still shopping for infield help and has some money to burn, so this may not be the last that you hear from them.