OK, so we get things underway with a bang in the form of this blockbuster-ish deal with the Evil Empire:
I could say this was necessitated by us being left with two expensive 1B-only players in our group. Which it was, but I only ever saw Jason Thompson as one of the key pieces in us snagging the title in either '80 or '81. Neither happened and at age-34 the return on Al Oliver in the trade market was zero so that left Jason as the one to make way.
On the credit side of the ledger book, we get a guy who we'll start this season as our everyday CF in the strong side of a platoon with Hendu. The retention means he costs us next to nothing - $650k for two years that he should repay healthily.
The other two guys are more depth pieces but such is the dire state of the LH side of our BP that Will might very well be part of it next season.
The minor FA signing I mentioned in the Draft post is the return of Tim Foli to the fold, via a 1+1/400 tiddler of a deal.