The New Number Five

The Shackamaxon Lenape, still recovering from a long losing streak that put them on the outside of the playoff picture, have decided to make two major roster moves.

Ironman 1B David Seibel suffered the first injury of his career, a potentially season-ending herniated disk. While he is out, and having traded prospect Jaime Alvarez in the last sim, the Lenape are promoting heralded 1B/3B prospect Matt Stokes to man 1B for the rest of the season.

With the team holding an option on Seibel for 2025, this is an important audition for Stokes.

"We don't expect Matt to provide the same level of production that Dave did, at least at first," GM Michael Weintraub explained. "We're happy with the work our utility infielders, Ken Moore and Hernando Albacete, did during the past injury plagues. Now that Hukill and Miguel are back, we've decided to take a look at Stokes to see what he can provide for us."

Also, the team announced a trade for a starting pitcher. The Lenape have acquired swingman Jake Miller from division rivals Ohio Buckeyes in exchange for farmhand Pete O'Bryan, who has excelled in the crowded AAA Arizona Bay outfield this season.

"With all of our top outfield prospects, we just didn't have room for Pete," Weintraub explained. "The four guys we tried in the back of the rotation combined for a 3-10 record with a 6.17 ERA in twenty starts. We hope Miller can provide better than that."

In 12 starts for the Buckeyes this season, Miller has a 4-3 record with a 2.84 ERA.