Just the one FA signing for us:
P Ralph Comstock: 3 years, $7500
This proves most fortuitous as we lose Drucke in ST to a long-term injury and Mamaux has a serious dropoff in performance, to the point that he will be at AAA on OD.
The off-season market is a busy one:
- 2B Jim Viox: Reds, 5 years / $49500
- OF Elmer Smith: White Sox, 5 years / $43000
- 1B George Burns: Cubs, 5 years / $39500
- OF Braggo Roth: Tigers, 5 years / $38700
- OF Baby Doll Jacobson: Giants, 4 years / $32400 (extension)
- 2B Del Pratt: Phillies, 4 years / $30800
- P Erskine Mayer: Browns, 3 years / $15020
- P John Donaldson: Phillies, 3 years / $13420 (extension)
- OF Amos Strunk: Senators, 2 years / $11900
- OF Mike Menosky: Phillies, 3 years / $9780 (extension)
- SS Art Fletcher: White Sox, 1 year / $6700
- OF Ernie Walker: Browns, 2 years / $6320 (extension)
- P Les Backman: Senators, 3 year / $6180
- P Harry Suter: Robins, 1 year / $5900
- P Eddie Cicotte: Cubs, 1 year / $5700
- P Ray Collins: Senators, 2 years / $5280 (extension)
- 3B Dave Malarcher: Cardinals, 1 year / $5200 (extension)
- 3B Jim Doyle: Cubs, 1 year / $4900
- OF Casey Stengel: Robins, 1 year / $4820
- SS Chick Galloway and 1B Ivy Griffin from Red Sox to Indianss for P Stan Coveleski
- 1B Bob Jones from Reds to Phillies for P Alan Sothoron
- P Walter Anderson, 2B Marty Shay and C John Brock from White Sox to Cubs for 1B Rube Bressler
- 2B Jim Viox from Cubs to Phillies for OF Sammy Vick and OF Buzz Murphy
- OF Tillie Walker from the Tigers to the Cardinals for P Red Hoff and OF Babe Ellison
- P Jeff Tesreau and C Bubber Jonnard from the Giants to the Browns for P Bill Knowlton
- P Carl Zamloch and C Val Picinich from the Cubs to the Reds for P Fred Heimach
ALL TRANSACTIONS
A strong 14-4 for Spring Training and the lads look ready to go.
We are the experts’ tip in the NL but it will be close according to them. Same goes in the AL (of course), where the Red Sox are favoured ahead of a tightly bunched pack.
FULL PRESEASON PREDICTIONS