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Suicane75 · 07-03-2013, 06:22 AM

1948 Off season

Willie Wells retired at the age of 41. In his four seasons he had 339 hits for a .247 average, 15 homers, 136 RBI, 186 runs scored, 25 doubles, and 27 steals. He owned a .363 OBP and a .650 OPS. More importantly, he commited just 5 errors in 2758 innings at shortstop.

We traded 3B Roy Dandridge to the Boston Braves for a 21 year old 2B prospect named Roy Hartsfield and $40,000. I didn't want to do it, but Dandridge is 34 years old and Willie Jones is ready to play everyday. It was a move that had to be made.

We moved SS Dick Seay, SP Ted Radcliff and a couple of minor leaguers across town to the Athletics for 27 year old 3B Mickey Rutner who is nothing more than cheap organizational depth. This was nothing more than a cost cutting maneuver.

We sent LF George Suttles to Detroit for 20 year old pitcher Billy Pierce and $13,000.

We trimmed more salary by sending infielders Eddie Miller and Frankie Gustine to the Yankees in exchange for a decent pitcher name Butch Wensloff and a catcher and a shortstop, neither of whom are anything special.

Hilton Smith was one of 4 players sent to the Cubs in exchange for middling 31 year old pitcher Hi Bithorn. It saved us about $40K in salary.

We extended the contracts of 2B Lorenzo Davis for 4 years at $31K per year, Josh Gibson for 3 years at $41K per year, Luke Easter for 4 years at $35K per year, Roy Campanella for 7 years at $30K per year, SP Leon Day for 5 years at $40K per year.

This leaves only Irvin and Paige, both of whom want and deserve more money than we can offer. We'll play out the year and hope our coffers get padded now that we've trimmed a good deal of salary and see about extending them later in the year.

This is clearly not the same team, outside of Paige who is old, and Day, we are untested. The lineup should still be ok with Campanella, Easter and Gibson in the middle and Irvin and Davis at the top but I wouldn't be surprised if we did not win the NL this season.

07-03-2013, 06:22 AM	#61
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	1948 Off season Willie Wells retired at the age of 41. In his four seasons he had 339 hits for a .247 average, 15 homers, 136 RBI, 186 runs scored, 25 doubles, and 27 steals. He owned a .363 OBP and a .650 OPS. More importantly, he commited just 5 errors in 2758 innings at shortstop. We traded 3B Roy Dandridge to the Boston Braves for a 21 year old 2B prospect named Roy Hartsfield and $40,000. I didn't want to do it, but Dandridge is 34 years old and Willie Jones is ready to play everyday. It was a move that had to be made. We moved SS Dick Seay, SP Ted Radcliff and a couple of minor leaguers across town to the Athletics for 27 year old 3B Mickey Rutner who is nothing more than cheap organizational depth. This was nothing more than a cost cutting maneuver. We sent LF George Suttles to Detroit for 20 year old pitcher Billy Pierce and $13,000. We trimmed more salary by sending infielders Eddie Miller and Frankie Gustine to the Yankees in exchange for a decent pitcher name Butch Wensloff and a catcher and a shortstop, neither of whom are anything special. Hilton Smith was one of 4 players sent to the Cubs in exchange for middling 31 year old pitcher Hi Bithorn. It saved us about $40K in salary. We extended the contracts of 2B Lorenzo Davis for 4 years at $31K per year, Josh Gibson for 3 years at $41K per year, Luke Easter for 4 years at $35K per year, Roy Campanella for 7 years at $30K per year, SP Leon Day for 5 years at $40K per year. This leaves only Irvin and Paige, both of whom want and deserve more money than we can offer. We'll play out the year and hope our coffers get padded now that we've trimmed a good deal of salary and see about extending them later in the year. This is clearly not the same team, outside of Paige who is old, and Day, we are untested. The lineup should still be ok with Campanella, Easter and Gibson in the middle and Irvin and Davis at the top but I wouldn't be surprised if we did not win the NL this season.