The big news from a hectic offseason is the massive splash the Reds make to get Willard Brown back, not something we’ve seen a lot of from Cincy over the years. The Cards get a nice add with Dizzy Trout - is this finally their year? Not if the Cubs have anything to do with it, with them arguably the busiest of all.
Here are the major moves:
- OF Willard Brown: Reds, 6 years / $328400
- P Johnny Mize: Cubs, 5 years / $285000
- P Dizzy Trout: Cardinals, 6 years / $280000
- 3B Whitey Kurowski: Yankees, 6 years / $254800
- OF Johnny Hopp: Giants, 5 years / $204000
- 3B Pete Reiser: Cubs, 5 years / $199000
- OF Dick Wakefield: Giants, 3 years / $139400
- OF Jim Gleeson: Cardinals, 4 years / $136000
- 1B Hank Greenberg: White Sox, 3 years / $117400
- P Mickey Harris: Yankees, 3 years / $117200
- P Jack Kramer: Red Sox, 3 years / $115800
- OF Bobby Estalella: Red Sox, 3 years / $114600
- P Al Smith: Browns, 3 years / $102600
- 3B Hank Majeski: Cubs, 5 years / $101200 (extension)
- C Aaron Robinson: Red Sox, 5 years / $98800 (extension)
- P Spud Chandler: Red Sox, 2 years / $91200
- OF Dixie Walker: Red Sox, 2 years / $86400
- P Leroy Matlock: Cubs, 2 years / $68800
- 2B Al Cihocki and P Mike Modak from Dodgers to Tigers for P Red Embree
- P Rex Cecil and 1B Howie Schultz from Browns to Reds for IF Howard Easterling
- P Cal McLish from Tigers to Phillies for OF Johnny Barrett
- SS Al Dark from Athletics to Tigers for P Virgil Trucks
ALL TRANSACTIONS
We go 8-10 for S/T and the boffins are picking us to finish bang on 500 this year. That's a fair call, this is a consolidation year for us and we've set 80 wins as our target. They do think the NL race will be a bunched finish, so anything can happen. They see the Red Sox' AL dominance continuing - can they join our 1924-27 legends as the only group to win four straight?
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