1963 Off Season
Welp, we had to break the bank. McCovey, 7 years at $235K. Javier, 7 years at $122K. Robinson, 7 year at $40K, which is a steal. With just those deals alone we push over our budget for next season. Ron Taylor gets $78K but that's pretty much so we can retain his rights and trade him.
Clendonon gets $90K in arbitration & Lehew gets $50K.
As far over budget goes it's clear we're going to have to move some people.
We move Lehew to Minnesota for a nice 4 player package, the cornerstone of which is 24 year old left fielder Manny Mota.
We then ship Clendonon to the Angels in exchange for good reliever Doug Gallagher and a prospect.
We ship Taylor to the Giants for reliever Don Brady, who isn't nearly as good but is making a lot less and is tied up for 3 seasons.
That pretty much wraps up our off season. The pen is weaker, but not weak and we should still be fine. We lost Clendonon but I think Mota will do just fine. Other than that we're the same team, just with another years maturity under our belt. We should be fine. Next year though we're gonna have to figure out a way to pay Lollich & Jenkins and that will probably mean letting McClain & Perkins walk.
Tim McCarver at C and Lou Johnson in LF are new to the lineup, Manny Mota joins our bench.