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1974-75 off season notes
All Star RP Ramon Hernandez received in the Patek trade was injured during the 1974 season and will miss all of 1975. His estimated arb amount is $110k and he's asking for more than that. If he's able to play the next year he will be 36 years old. There's no choice for a low payroll team like the Pirates but to release him.
The trade section "Team Needs" has listed Good RP for a long time. Oct 29 an offer was received offering 26 yo LH RP Dave LaRoche for 30 yo C Manny Sanguillen. Negotiation turned this into Sanguillen and 26 yo AA C Rimp Lanier and 23 yo AA RP Jim Sadowski for 25 yo LH RP Gary Lavelle and 29 yo C Rene Lachemann. Payroll dropped $160k. Fan interest dropped 5 points.
24 yo C Milt May is ready for prime time. Ed Ott in AAA is ready too but hits lefty like May so right hitting Lachemann gets the backup job.
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