Harry Lyerly, the former Denver Brewers pitching phenom who was the MGL Pitcher of the Year in 1970, after having demolished AAA hitters the past two seasons finally returned to the big leagues earlier this season, only to lose his first three starts for the Jacksonville Wolf Pack in fairly spectacular fashion (although he did strike out 11 batters in his second start). The power pitcher with the propensity to give up the long ball then got two wins in a row, neither exactly convincing but an improvement nevertheless.
Apparently that was enough to convince the San Antonio Keys to take a chance on him and they sent a rather pedestrian left field prospect (?) to Jacksonville to get Lyerly. It is believed that the move was largely made in order to provide a little protection for an aging and injury prone rotation and to bolster a bullpen that was left short handed when left-hander Tommy Egli suffered a torn rotator cuff injury at the end of June.