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NYY #23 · 04-29-2013, 07:00 PM

The first deal of the offseason was sending Gregg Jeffries, David Eckstein, and reliever Chick Brandom to the Washington Senators for catcher Frankie Pytlak. While Jeffries was a little difficult to give up since he was one of our better hitters, his age is a negative, and I'm hoping Pytlak can step in behind the plate.

The second deal of the offseason was a bigger deal (actually a little bigger deal than I like), but we sent SP Walter Thornton, 2B Ollie Bejma, RF Jeff Conine, RF Torii Hunter, and CF Bill Ramsey to the Reds and received back 3B Doug DeCinces, RF Jack Clark, and CF Russ McKelvy.

This trade already makes me uneasy. Walter Thornton was the top prospect in baseball at 19 years old with a full season of baseball under his belt. Ollie Bejma was our starting second baseman and he hit .271/.389/.370 last year while Bill Ramsey hit .306/.340/.402. Not to mention both Conine and Hunter were going to play a role on the team next year. They are veterans, but still could contribute.

We are getting back two very good players though.

DeCinces - .281/.350/.455, 23 HR
Clark - .271/.396/.508, 32 HR

DeCinces is 25 and Clark is 24 while McKelvy is a throw in. Luckily both DeCinces and Clark have some pop, because I've now traded away my top three home run hitters - Conine (16), Hunter (13), and Jeffries (9).

This trade also means that Kevin Jordan is our new second baseman, but at least he's good defensively. By default Russ McKelvy is our new starting centerfielder.

04-29-2013, 07:00 PM	#680
NYY #23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 13,112	4/1/1948 - Offseason Report The first deal of the offseason was sending Gregg Jeffries, David Eckstein, and reliever Chick Brandom to the Washington Senators for catcher Frankie Pytlak. While Jeffries was a little difficult to give up since he was one of our better hitters, his age is a negative, and I'm hoping Pytlak can step in behind the plate. The second deal of the offseason was a bigger deal (actually a little bigger deal than I like), but we sent SP Walter Thornton, 2B Ollie Bejma, RF Jeff Conine, RF Torii Hunter, and CF Bill Ramsey to the Reds and received back 3B Doug DeCinces, RF Jack Clark, and CF Russ McKelvy. This trade already makes me uneasy. Walter Thornton was the top prospect in baseball at 19 years old with a full season of baseball under his belt. Ollie Bejma was our starting second baseman and he hit .271/.389/.370 last year while Bill Ramsey hit .306/.340/.402. Not to mention both Conine and Hunter were going to play a role on the team next year. They are veterans, but still could contribute. We are getting back two very good players though. DeCinces - .281/.350/.455, 23 HR Clark - .271/.396/.508, 32 HR DeCinces is 25 and Clark is 24 while McKelvy is a throw in. Luckily both DeCinces and Clark have some pop, because I've now traded away my top three home run hitters - Conine (16), Hunter (13), and Jeffries (9). This trade also means that Kevin Jordan is our new second baseman, but at least he's good defensively. By default Russ McKelvy is our new starting centerfielder.