Phase two of the league’s expansion happens this year, with the Mets and Colt .45s joining the NL and our schedule expanding to 162 games, same as the AL. As with last year, we’ll cover all this in more depth come Draft time in mid-December.
Cleveland’s Ralph Judd is the only Manager given the old heave-ho.
We send Johnny Blanchard and Andre Rodgers to arbitration, but non-tender Hal Smith, Seth Morehead, Rocky Bridges and Fred Green, and also let Danny O’Connell walk - freeing up over $100k in payroll.
Retirees in a fairly quiet offseason include George Kell, Mike Garcia, Ned Garver, Walt Dropo, Earl Torgeson, Red Schoendienst, Cass Michaels and one guy who gets a post to himself.
