Yankees owner Mike Meek passes away, with control of the club passing to his son, Mike jr.
The Tigers lose offseason recruit Barney Brown for a couple of months in ST.
The Tigers and Yanks make some huge moves to try and reassert their superiority in the AL, only for the A’s to counter with the Cronin signing. Not sure what’s going on with the Red Sox, who let Satchel walk and then trade away Hilton Smith as well.
Here are the big signings and switches:
- P Satchel Paige: Yankees, 6 years / $201200
- Joe Cronin: Athletics, 5 years / $133000
- P Johnny Allen: Tigers, 5 years / $122000
- C Clarence Palm: Giants, 5 years / $114800
- OF Bruce Campbell: Cardinals, 4 years / $100000
- P Bill Walker: Yankees, 4 years / $96000
- 2B Lyn Lary: Dodgers, 4 years / $92800
- SS Red Kress: Senators, 3 years / $66000
- P Leon Day: Athletics, 4 years / $58700 (extension)
- P Lefty Grove: Yankees, 2 years / $56400
- C Gabby Hartnett: Reds, 2 years / $45200
- C Harry Danning and 2B Al Cuccinello from Bees to Cubs for P Bob Weiland and C Tommy Heath
- SS Leo Norris and 2B Dick Culler from Browns to Indians for OF Jesse Hill
- P Barney Brown from Indians to Tigers for OF Buster Mills and P Al Milnar
- P Hilton Smith from Red Sox to Dodgers for OF Dixie Walker and P Eddie Smith
- P Archie Campbell, 2B Jimmy Bloodworth and C Ben Huffman from Bees to Athletics for OF Vince DiMaggio
- P Hal Smith and 1B Les Scarsella from Bees to Giants for 2B Stu Martin
ALL TRANSACTIONS
We look strong in ST, going 14-4, but lose Neck Stanley for the first month of the season with a shoulder strain.
The pundits believe we’ll bounce back to win 100+ and take back the division; I’m not so sure about that, for reasons I’ll explain in my OD post. We do agree, however, that the Yanks are the team to beat this season – BNN has pegged them for 107 wins.
FULL PRESEASON PREDICTIONS