[dgally]

Spoiler, we don't have much money. With about 15 million in the bank, we need to grab someone who can pitch decently and a SS who isn't a negative WAR guy.

The International Complex goes poorly. Both the guys we want don't want us. Understandable as Montreal is where talent goes to wither-- perhaps under the French blaise gaze. We sign a 3b who needs defensively help if he's to be of use to us. But that's a tomorrow problem.

Crazily, over the course of a month we see former Lynx SP Figueroa go down with a career ending injury. (He reminds me now of McWilliams who I wrapped up in a terrible contract). Hindsight. Then, we see utility man Hopkins go down. Only 25, solid bench guy who could field 6 positions decently. Something's in the water here.

For free agency, we sign Valdez in a steal (imo). 5.7/m over 1 year. He'll take the #2 spot and he's a leader which we need. We also sign Gubernick, another slow speedy guy but who is shifty on the basepaths with a 22/23 stealing/baserunning split.

Dev center goes alright. Pitching prospects Castro (#79) and Gurrola (#135) succeed with improve secondary pitches and movement respectively. Gurrola is a Sept call up maybe sooner while Castro looks like he needs another year or two.

Spring training is uneventful as we sit below the .500 mark. Opening day is once again in mid-March. At least we're improving with predictions. Or are we? I'd have to look back. It might be the same. 76-86 is the prediction, 3rd in the division. The division's weak with only Managua proposed to be above .500. We're gonna be a speedy team, with over 200 bases bagged via predictions. We'll need to make a trade sometime for BP help.

Here we go. The rebuild continues next. Oh, and budget hasn't budged since inaugural season, so, neat.