[Hekeziah]

A busy off-season for the Senators; pundits graded it well, with a big bat acquired and aggressive spending on amateur free agents (with generous use of signing bonuses) leading to a wholescale restocking of the minors. While it will be several seasons, at least, before the majority are ready for the majors, BNN praised the additions grading the new-look system as one of the best in the majors.

The big splashes were two trades - top batter and fan favorite Gene Woodling (39 years old) was traded back to the Yankees for three minor leagues. While Woodling had a strong year, his age was a concern and we wanted to trade him at peak value. The Sens picked up Bob Cerv from the Angels to replace him for five minor leaguers. Cerv had a monster 1961 for the Angels (320/362/610, 48HR, and a league-leading 150 RBIs and 7.4 WAR). While he’s not likely to be quite as good with us, he should still be a valuable middle-of-the-order bat acquired for a bunch of warm bodies.

Players Out (38):
P Gerard Andrews (retired); OF Hank Bauer (retired); P Paul Beebe (retired); IF Chet Boak (trade to LAA); OF Jay Bucher (retired); P Pete Burnside (minor league free agent); C Willis Cheesman (retired); OF Jerry Cocktell (retired); P Dalton Coram (retired); 2B John DeJarnette (retired); 2B Thomas Dunn (trade to LAA); P Mike Garcia (retired); P Juan Gomez (released); OF Joe Hicks (expansion draft to NYM); P Dennis Hill (trade to NYY); OF Vincent Hoch (retired); C Walter Holloway (trade to LAD); C Alan Kirkes (trade to PHI); P Johnny Klippstein (trade to DET); P Thomas Kraus (retired); 1B Roger Lacny (retired); 2B Jim Lefebvre (trade to LAD)
3B Phil Linz (trade to LAA); P Hector Maestri (minor league free agent); 3B Jim Mahoney (minor league free agent); SS Stanley Majesky (trade to LAA); P Carlos Medrano (trade to LAA); 2B Richard Nichols (retired); 3B Lawrence Plet (retired); OF James Reidy (retired); P Frank Slusser (retired); OF Jesse Snead (released); IF R.C. Stevens (trade to NYM); 2B Harold Templin (retired); OF Gene Woodling (trade to NYY); P Al Worthington (expansion draft to NYM)
2B James Yarbrough (retired); OF Bud Zipfel (expansion draft to HOU)

Players In (48):
P Ted Abernathy (trade from NYM); 2B Sparky Anderson (free agent); 2B Mike Andrews (amateur free agent); P Jose Arcia (amateur free agent); 3B George Banks (trade from NYY) SS Mark Belanger (amateur free agent); SS Paul Blair (amateur free agent); OF Curt Blefary (amateur free agent); P Jim Britton (amateur free agent); OF Ellis Burton (free agent); OF Bob Cerv (trade with LAA); OF Ernie Fazio (amateur free agent); C Joe Foy (amateur free agent); OF Jim Frey (free agent); 2B Tito Fuentes (amateur free agent); C Francisco Garcia (amateur free agent); P Manuel Gazmuri (amateur free agent); OF Jim Gosger (amateur free agent); P Granny Hamner (free agent); P Bob Hartman (Rule 5 pick from MLN); 1B Jack Hiatt (trade from NYY); OF Willie Horton (amateur free agent); P Fergie Jenkins (amateur free agent); OF Alex Johnson (amateur free agent); 2B Davey Johnson (amateur free agent); C Ed Kirkpatrick (amateur free agent); OF Ed Kranepool (amateur free agent); P Frank Kreutzer (trade from NYY); 2B Jim Lefebve (amateur free agent); 2B Bob Lillis (trade from LAD); 3B Phil Linz (trade from NYY); P Pete Lovrich (amateur free agent); P Jim McGlothlin (amateur free agent); P Denny McLain (amateur free agent); P Vinegar Bend Mizell (free agent); OF Bubba Morton (trade from DET); 1B Bobo Osborne (Rule 5 pick from DET); OF Lou Pinella (amateur free agent); P Linwood Robinson (amateur free agent); P Herb Score (free agent); 3B George Scott (amateur free agent); P Bill Singer (amateur free agent); OF Rusty Staub (amateur free agent); OF Carl Taylor (amateur free agent); 2B Hector Torres (amateur free agent); P Dwight Weatherholtz (amateur free agent); P Rooney Williams (amateur free agent); 3B Ron Woods (amateur free agent)