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Originally Posted by UKRedSox

An active off season this time around after cutting a lot of dead money from the organisation last year we were in a position to make a move in the FA market.

December saw us trade Bryan LaHair the expendable 1B with Rizzo's performance in the 2013 season to the Columbus Blue Claws for RF Will Venable. In a minor deal Gerardo Concepcion (SP) moved to Cleveland for SP Jeanmar Gomez.

The big deal was on December 9th as Free Agent SP Josh Johnson signed a 6 year deal for $114,000,000 and immediately become the ace at the top of the rotation.
Christmas Eve we signed Yohan Flande (SP) to a one year deal and in February we signed RF Michael Burgess to a 1 year deal.

Spring Training was a success in the fact we finished second (13-11) behind the Cardinals (15-9).

Pre season predictions see us winning the division with a 89-73 record. Other divisional winners are Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Los Angeles (A), Washington & Los Angeles (N). Worst team predicted as the Columbus Blue Claws.

Opening Day Roster:-
SP: Josh Johnson, Ryan Dempster, Ervin Santana,Paul Maholm & Jeff Samardzija

RP: Jeffrey Belivaeu,Ricardo Gonzales,Randy Wells,James McDonald, Len Elmore, Rafael Dolis & Greg Holland (CL)

C: Geovany Soto & Steven Clevenger

1B: Anthony Rizzo

2B: Adrian Cardenas & Darwin Barney

3B: Ian Stewart

SS: Starlin Castro

LF: Joe Mather & Micheal Burgess

CF: Brett Jackson

RF: Brian Bogusevic, Ty Wright & Will Venable

What happened to Vitters?