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The FWL Weekly: Hot Stove Speical
One Lost One Added
With David Peterson (17-6, 3.61) lost to Monroe via Free Agency, the Bandits made a deal to nab 28 year old SP Jack Lewis. Lewis has been a hard-luck pitcher for the past three seasons, but the Bandits are hoping he will regain his 200 strikeout a year form he showed his first two seasons.
Lewis is 58-68 for his career with a 4.03 ERA, but only has 3 seasons with more than 180 IP.
Stavely to Sandusky
The Sandusky Marauders, apparently dissatisfied with the worst record in the league, plucked catcher Matt Stavely from the FA market for a cool 283,920 dollars. The 4 year deal makes him the highest paid player on a per-season basis, and is the 4th largest contract ever awarded.
Stavely, 28, posted a .260/.357/.510 line last season as a catcher for the Joliet Thunder. His 38 HR and 108 RBI kept his name in the discussion for the “Will Turner Award”. His career line is .267/.317/.486 and he has 195HR and 608 career RBI.
The Rich Get Richer
Coover Cup champions, The Dayton Storm, signed former Gary closer Carlos Silva to a 1 year deal. Silva picked up 37 saves last season and posted 64 strikeouts in 70 innings.
Dayton also made a move to acquire Fred Richardson from South Bend. Richardson who struggled to a 12-15, 5.82 mark last season. However, Richardson is a career 55-39 starter and has just one season with an ERA over 4.00. Richardson is only 27, and about to enter only his 5th season, despite pitching over 190 innings his first four.
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