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Our first deal in the books. Al Bumbry looks to be a guy who is a good player for a bad team, but on a good team, he's not good enough. After averaging 3 WAR his first 2 full years, he dipped to 1 last year as younger players earned time over him. We picked up Donn Clendennon last year to be our DH and he helped lead us to the World Series. But he is 39 and really tapered off down the stretch.
So we sent them to the Cubs where both will start. In return we received 26 year old LHP Larry Gura. Though he went just 10-17 last year, his 3.13 ERA was top 10 and a 3.7 WAR pitching in Wrigley. Given that Rudy May has turned 30 and has been hurt in 3 of the last 4 years, my next deal is to deal him for either a SS or a CF.
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