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Offseason news, 1970-1971
-The Cincinnati Reds traded 30-year-old RP Bucky Brandon to the Boston Red Sox, getting 21-year-old minor league SP Mark Ballinger in return.
-The New York Yankees traded 23-year-old minor league CF Angel Mangual to the Washington Senators, getting 31-year-old RP Bob Miller and 22-year-old RP Ken Brett in return.
-The St. Louis Cardinals traded 25-year-old 2B Ted Sizemore and 24-year-old 3B Dan Monzon to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 21-year-old minor league C John Wockenfuss and 23-year-old minor league DH Terry Ley in return.
-The Chicago Cubs traded 20-year-old minor league 2B Mike Phillips and $143,000 in cash to the Cincinnati Reds, getting 33-year-old RP Bo Belinsky and 21-year-old minor league SP Mark Ballinger in return.
-The Cincinnati Reds traded 31-year-old LHP Claude Osteen to the Boston Red Sox, getting 21-year-old minor league LHP Bob O'Brien in return.
-The Houston Astros traded 23-year-old RF Terry Crowley to the Atlanta Braves, getting 30-year-old 2B Glenn Beckert in return.
-The San Diego Padres traded 30-year-old RP Frank Linzy and 23-year-old minor league SP Bill Butler to the Chicago White Sox, getting 20-year-old minor league 2B Larvell Blanks and 22-year-old minor league RF Art Kinnaugh in return.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates traded 31-year-old CF Ed Stroud, 24-year-old 3B Bill Sudakis, and $98,000 in cash to the Cleveland Guardians, getting 25-year-old 1B Tony Horton in return.
-The Minnesota Twins traded 28-year-old RP Roberto Rodriguez (retaining 10%) to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 24-year-old minor league RF Leroy Stanton in return.
-The Baltimore Orioles traded 23-year-old CF Jim Nettles to the Kansas City Royals, getting 33-year-old RP Diego Segui and 23-year-old RP Pedro Borbon in return.
-The Atlanta Braves traded 30-year-old RP Harry Fanok and 22-year-old 1B Ed Goodson to the Boston Red Sox, getting 22-year-old minor league SSP Darrel Chaney in return.
-The Cleveland Guardians traded 18-year-old minor league SSP Bucky Dent to the Kansas City Royals, getting 32-year-old RP Art Quirk and $12,000 in cash in return.
-The Chicago White Sox traded 19-year-old minor league 2B Rick Burleson and 23-year-old RP Ron Cook to the Montreal Expos, getting 30-year-old 1B Roger Repoz in return.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates traded 24-year-old LF Joe Lis and 23-year-old minor league 2B Doug Griffin to the Baltimore Orioles, getting 30-year-old SP Luis Tiant in return.
-The San Francisco Giants traded 22-year-old RP Ed Figueroa and 18-year-old minor league 1B Michael Satterlee to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 33-year-old RP Dick Radatz in return.
-The Philadelphia Phillies traded 23-year-old minor league C Tim Hosley and 22-year-old minor league 1B Hiroshi Suzuki to the Atlanta Braves, getting 35-year-old RP Ed Rakow in return.
-The Cincinnati Reds traded 34-year-old C Jerry McNertney to the Detroit Tigers, getting 27-year-old 2B Ron Theobald and 22-year-old RF Wayne Nordhagen in return.
-The Baltimore Orioles traded 27-year-old RF Merv Rettenmund and 18-year-old minor league LF Omar Moreno to the New York Mets, getting 28-year-old 3B Tony Perez, 28-year-old RP Jose Pena, and 19-year-old 2B Derrel Thomas in return.
-The Montreal Expos traded 32-year-old RP Dale Willis to the Chicago White Sox, getting 18-year-old minor league SP Rick Waits and 23-year-old minor league SP George Dixon in return.
-The Los Angeles Dodgers traded 23-year-old 1B Pat Bourque to the Montreal Expos, getting 37-year-old 3B Jim Davenport and $666,200 in cash in return.
-The San Diego Padres traded 27-year-old SP Jim McGlothlin, 24-year-old RP Jim Colborn, and $476,600 in cash to the Cleveland Guardians, getting 24-year-old LF Oscar Brown, 23-year-old minor league CL Charlie Hough, and 23-year-old CF Jose Ortiz in return.
-The San Francisco Giants traded 25-year-old C George Mitterwald to the Chicago Cubs, getting 28-year-old RP Jack Whillock and 23-year-old 2B John Lowenstein in return.
-The Detroit Tigers traded 18-year-old minor league SP Don Demola and 20-year-old minor league 2B Lonnie Keeter to the Kansas City Royals, getting 32-year-old 3B Ron Hansen in return.
-The Cleveland Guardians traded 29-year-old 2B John Kennedy to the Cincinnati Reds, getting 27-year-old SP Jerry Robertson in return.
-The Montreal Expos traded 31-year-old RP Stover McIlwain and 19-year-old minor league SP Dan Spillner to the New York Yankees, getting 19-year-old minor league C Ed Ott in return.
-The Minnesota Twins traded 29-year-old SP Clyde Wright (retaining 100%) to the Philadelphia Phillies, getting 20-year-old minor league SP Wayne Garland in return.
-SP Warren Spahn is inducted into the 1971 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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