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WINTER MEETINGS:
12/14 They open with a flurry of day 1 activity.
1) RP Leslie Daniels signed a 3 year 10.08M dollar deal with Arizona. He's 30-34 3.03 with 57 lifetime saves.
2) RP Donald Kelly signs a 2 year 12M dollar deal with Buffalo. 33-26 3.24 ERA with 93 Saves.
3) Pittsburgh sends 2016 RotY Vincente Elisary to Las Vegas for Travis Graham (19, OF, 2.5* huge speed decent bat guy) and Cris Zamora (22, OF, 1*, very good defender, great runner, below avg bat). Elisary was 11-17 5.04 last season and 19-24 in his 1.5 seasons with the Bulldogs. He's 69-57 4.15 in his career.
4) Michigan sent 29 year old 1B/DH Devlin Peterson to Houston (where he spent 2016-18) for 26 year old RP Adam Sanders. Peterson is a career .318 hitter in 158 games, Sanders is 14-32 5.08 in 338.1 IP.
5) Brooklyn dealt 27 year old SP Sonny Miller (35-41 4.95 career) to Green Bay for Dave Vogel (SP/MR, 19, 2*, #3 potential) and Alfredo Lopez (1B/OF, 19, 1*, top tier runner, decent bat, ok defender with immense range)
6) Houston sent 27 year old SP Dave Burbidge (10-12 5.92) to West Michigan for Carlos Gonzalez (3B, 21, 2*, outstanding defender, decent bat) and Kyle Blevins (DH, 20, 1*, not a prospect).
7) In the Roughriders 3rd deal of the day they sent 27 year old OF Carl Welch (.305-0-24 in 51 games, 190 AB's, likely top of the order bat, reserve OF) and Gerald Buckley (SP, 18, .5*) to Fresno for 26 year old SP Cordell Bond. Bond is 7-11 with 2 Saves and a 4.24 ERA in 41 games, 19 starts over 172 IP with 78 K's and 66 BB's.
8) We've dealt from strength, mainly our SP depth, and managed a coup in my opinion. Send SP Eric Arnold (38-18 sub 3 ERA last 3 years in AAA) and super utility man Vincius Montaury and our 2021 4th round draft choice to Boston for 20 year old 4.5* Catching prospect Alex Vela (outstanding runner for a catcher, above avg defender, cannon for an arm with a HUGE bat) and 4.5* OF prospect Ramon Castro (another HUGE bat), and Boston's 2021 3rd rounder. Castro was the Tulsa Driller 2016 1st rounder, Avela was signed out of Cuba.

12/15 DAY 2
1) Fresno signed former Brooklyn 3B Casey York to a 2 year deal. The 33 year old will make 20M over the 2 years and is a .266 career hitter with 98 HR's.
2) El Paso opened the checkbook for former MVP Angelo Gomez, today signing the 32 year old OF to a 4 year 71.6M dollar deal. Gomez is a career .309 hitter with 289 HR's.
3) Houston made it's 4th deal in 2 days. Today sending SP Felipe Torres (10-13 4.87 last year) to Las Vegas for Jud Lambert (IF, 20, 3*, huge runner, plays all 4 IF spots, 2B is his best, and top of the order bat with 0 pop).
4) And then they turned around and made their 5th trade. Sending P Julio Perez (60-55 5.05 career) and Kazuhiko Yamauchi (1B/DH, 18, projectible bat, 1*) to Alaska for 1B Ed Thomas. Thomas is a career .276 hitter with 206 HR's and 686 RBI's in 958 games. He is eligible for free agency at years end.

12/17 DAY 4
1) Baltimore continues to rebuild, today grabbing young superstar Edgar Nava from San Antonio for an elite young arm in 25 year old Mike Warner and 19 year old Olezka Leschenya (whom they just acquired from Baltimore 2 weeks ago). Nava is a career .331/.398/.438 hitter in 393 games with 58 2B's 23 3B's and 14 homers. He's k'd just 57 times to 154 walks and stolen 28-48 bases. He is slated to hit 2nd, ahead of newly signed 3B Alex Rodriguez. Warner has a monster arm, and will be part of a newer and younger Silver Star bullpen.