OUTS & OUTS
Nellie Fox (Royals Manager), Sal Maglie (Twins GM), Ralph Buxton (Twins Manager), Adrian Zabala (Rangers Manager), Chris Saunders (Mets GM) and Jeremy Maugeri (Astros GM) are all now looking for a new job.
ROSTER MOVES
For us, the biggest news is Roberto Clemente announcing his retirement. He ends his career as the club leader or thereabouts in almost every offensive stat cat and his #21 is retired along with him. We move Robin Roberts from AAA Manager to Pitching Coach, shift Fuzzy Smith to be the new AAA Skipper and make
Arriba our new Bench Coach. Looking forward to having him around the club in that capacity.
We execute the options for Ron Brand and - after much deliberation - Doc Ellis. With just 200k differential between his buyout and salary, and with us not being hugely stocked with suitable SP, it was the sensible decision. But if we get our hands on one or a trade presents itself then he is
gone. We void Gene Clines' final year and let Lou Marone walk, meaning none of our guys need arb this year.
SIM ACCURACY
*Ignore the SB figure, I always bump it up in the LTMs if I feel it's too low.
HANGIN' THEM UP
Wow, what a bunch are taking their leave of the game this year - including Henry Aaron, keeping Mickey Mantle as the HR King for a while longer. A notable mention for Jim O'Toole, who records 147 more wins in this timeline than IRL.
