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In late February, an opportunity arose to dump Jake Bonnie on the Crusaders, who sent a trade offer to take him on for SP Jim White, who had gone 9-13 with a 3.36 ERA in 2047 and looked like he could do much better with a proper defense (and offense). Pat Degenhardt was actually quite enthused about him, and he would certainly make for a much better plug in the #5 hole than Jeremy Baker.

The thing was, the Crusaders did not only want Bonnie. They would also like a piece of Rafael de la Cruz (didn’t everybody?), another prospect in Loren Decker (they could have that one), and… oh, just to round out the package, Bryce Toohey.

Pass.

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March 7 – The Cyclones add ex-RIC CL Kurt Crater (60-66, 3.69 ERA, 205 SV), who won his third saves title in 2047 at age 34, on a 3-yr, $3.45M contract.
March 14 – IND 1B/LF/RF Aaron Brayboy (.300, 125 HR, 594 RBI) is traded from the Miners to the Indians, who send outfielder Nelson Galvan (.283, 3 HR, 159 RBI) to Pittsburgh.
March 27 – The Condors get OF Cullen Tortora (.259, 40 HR, 291 RBI) from the Rebels while sending SP Marc Hubbard (67-76, 4.15 ERA) to Richmond.

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Brayboy’s back in the division? With the Indians? Okay, we’ll go 2-16 against them this year, but maybe we can scratch out enough wins against the other teams…….

Recent Raccoons relocating round the realm: Jon Craig took $396k from Vegas; and that’s all.