Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Huge Surprise at MVP Press Conference
As Brian Frison stepped to the microphone to accept the SDMB OOTP Outstanding Batter of the Year Award, the crowd was looking forward to nothing more than the usual bland platitudes that accompany such occasions. However, this was far from a normal press conference.
As Frison was saying, "I'd like to thank my teammates for their support," or some similarly mind-numbing soporofic, Seattle Monarchs Owner/GM Mack Shultz and Saskatoon Amigos patriarch Eric Lent strode into the room together. A hush came over the room as the assembled media wondered what could have brought these two bitter rivals together.
Frison stumbled to the end of his remarks and yielded the podium to Lent and Shultz. Lent took the stage and thanked Frison for his 12 years of exemplary service to the Amigos and then stunned the crowd by announcing that Frison, a lifelong Amigo, had been dealt to the Seattle Monarchs, effective immediately. Lent then began sobbing and ran out of the shocked room.
Shultz took the microphone and, smiling, announced the details of the trade. Seattle acquired Frison and Saskatoon's second round pick in next spring's draft in exchange for starting pitcher Floyd Crown, catching prospect Cristobal Cordero, and $800,000 cash.
Shultz then turned to Frison, said, I think this actually belongs to you, and handed the surprised outfielder $800,000 in cash. "This is your bonus for the MVP award, right?" asked Shultz. "We like to pay our players their bonuses promptly and in cold, hard cash. That's just how we roll." Shultz then pulled out a Seattle Monarchs jersey with Frison's name and number 82 on it, Frison's long-time number with the Amigos.
Although Frison has just one year left on his contract, it remains to be seen whether the Monarchs will be able to extend the long-time star before free agency in 2018-19.
As Frison was saying, "I'd like to thank my teammates for their support," or some similarly mind-numbing soporofic, Seattle Monarchs Owner/GM Mack Shultz and Saskatoon Amigos patriarch Eric Lent strode into the room together. A hush came over the room as the assembled media wondered what could have brought these two bitter rivals together.
Frison stumbled to the end of his remarks and yielded the podium to Lent and Shultz. Lent took the stage and thanked Frison for his 12 years of exemplary service to the Amigos and then stunned the crowd by announcing that Frison, a lifelong Amigo, had been dealt to the Seattle Monarchs, effective immediately. Lent then began sobbing and ran out of the shocked room.
Shultz took the microphone and, smiling, announced the details of the trade. Seattle acquired Frison and Saskatoon's second round pick in next spring's draft in exchange for starting pitcher Floyd Crown, catching prospect Cristobal Cordero, and $800,000 cash.
Shultz then turned to Frison, said, I think this actually belongs to you, and handed the surprised outfielder $800,000 in cash. "This is your bonus for the MVP award, right?" asked Shultz. "We like to pay our players their bonuses promptly and in cold, hard cash. That's just how we roll." Shultz then pulled out a Seattle Monarchs jersey with Frison's name and number 82 on it, Frison's long-time number with the Amigos.
Although Frison has just one year left on his contract, it remains to be seen whether the Monarchs will be able to extend the long-time star before free agency in 2018-19.
Brooklyn-Seattle Trade
The Brooklyn Wolves executed their first trade in well over a year by shipping young reliever Robert Riddick to the Seattle Monarchs in exchange for prospects and cash.
"We all recognize Robert's talent," said Zev Steinhardt, the Brooklyn GM. "But our bullpen in Brooklyn is so strong that we felt we could deal from that strength to improve ourselves in other areas. In fact, even after this trade, we still have potential excess relief pitching that we can trade."
In exchange for Riddick, the Wolves acquire SS Luis Cedeno, OF Rocky Washington and $2 million in cash.
"We like the players we're getting in return," Steinhardt said. "Cedeno's a great young shortstop who has shown continuous improvement during his three minor league seasons. He can hit for average, has soft hands in the field and even has some pop in his bat. We expect that he's going to give [starting shortstop] Jeff Wardlaw a run for his money.
"Washington's a young outfielder whom we feel has a bright future. We believe that he's going to blossom into a fine hitter with excellent running speed and basestealing ability. He won't be Rickey Henderson, of course, but we think he has the tools to become someone special.
"Riddick's been a fine player for us in the Wolves bullpen for the last three seasons. We wish him the best of success as he continues his career on the Pacific coast."
"We all recognize Robert's talent," said Zev Steinhardt, the Brooklyn GM. "But our bullpen in Brooklyn is so strong that we felt we could deal from that strength to improve ourselves in other areas. In fact, even after this trade, we still have potential excess relief pitching that we can trade."
In exchange for Riddick, the Wolves acquire SS Luis Cedeno, OF Rocky Washington and $2 million in cash.
"We like the players we're getting in return," Steinhardt said. "Cedeno's a great young shortstop who has shown continuous improvement during his three minor league seasons. He can hit for average, has soft hands in the field and even has some pop in his bat. We expect that he's going to give [starting shortstop] Jeff Wardlaw a run for his money.
"Washington's a young outfielder whom we feel has a bright future. We believe that he's going to blossom into a fine hitter with excellent running speed and basestealing ability. He won't be Rickey Henderson, of course, but we think he has the tools to become someone special.
"Riddick's been a fine player for us in the Wolves bullpen for the last three seasons. We wish him the best of success as he continues his career on the Pacific coast."
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sim Done
High school feeder league added.
Next sim -- tomorrow night.
Zev
(PS -- someone has to put up a trade post)
Next sim -- tomorrow night.
Zev
(PS -- someone has to put up a trade post)
Los Angeles re-acquires the best pitcher in the game
Rehabbing superstar shortstop Ricky Peppers cut his workout short today and rushed back to team headquarters at the Scorpion Pit when he heard the news that the team had traded for all-universe closer Junior Cuomo.
"Junior and I are best buds," Peppers said. "And, when he won the Cecil Cup in Seattle this year, he told me that it just wasn't the same as when we won it together in '07." 2007 was the last of a league-record four-straight Cecil Cup championships for the Scorpions franchise.
"We decided to do it again, and petitioned our GMs to make it happen."
And, it happened. The Los Angeles Scorpions traded prospects Barney Maxon, a catcher who was the team's first round pick in the 2017 draft, outfielder Steve Keo, and the Scorps's second round pick in the 2018 draft, to Seattle in exchange for Junior Cuomo.
"I have lunch with the Man all the time," Peppers said, referring to GM Michael Weintraub. "And we both agreed that our bullpen was our weak link this past season. Nothing against the hard work the guys did, but we definitely needed to get one more quality arm out there."
Rookie closer Joseph Curry, who had 40 saves for the Scorpions this past season, welcomed the move. "He's the best, and I'm still learning," Curry stated through his agent. "I welcome the opportunity to learn from the best."
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