The Dodgers will have Sandy K for at least 2 more years and he’ll have a top-notch battery mate to fling ‘em to in Pudge Fisk, who pushes the $1m annual rate with his contract before Rusty Staub breaks it with his Royals deal and Hal McRae smashes it with his Cubs contract. And if you thought I could possibly let Jose Cardenal becoming a Cardinal pass without comment, well then you really haven’t been paying close enough attention. Here are the other notable transactions from the break.
- OF Hal McRae: Cubs, 4 years / $5360000
- C Carlton Fisk: Dodgers, 5 years / $4560000 (extension)
- OF Rusty Staub: Royals, 4 years / $4320000
- SS Chris Speier: Yankees, 4 years / $3480000
- OF Gary Matthews: Padres, 5 years / $3398000 (extension)
- OF Greg Gross: Dodgers, 5 years / $2900000 (extension)
- P Luis Tiant: Phillies, 4 years / $2710000
- P Sandy Koufax: Dodgers, 2 years / $2120000 (extension)
- OF Juan Beniquez: White Sox, 3 years / $2050000
- P Ken Forsch: Phillies, 3 years / $2040000
- OF Jose Cardenal: Cardinals, 3 years / $1950000
- 3B Steve Ontiveros: Mets, 4 years / $1936000 (extension)
- 1B Tony Perez: Reds, 4 years / $1668000 (extension)
- OF Richie Zisk: Expos, 3 years / $1602000 (extension)
- P Jim Rittwage and OF Jerry Mumphrey from Tigers to Brewers for 1B Cecil Cooper
- 1B Billy Williams and 3B Ray Knight from Tigers to Angels for P Charlie Beamon and 1B Bruce Bochte
- OF Benny Ayala, 1B Pete LaCock, OF Jerry Hairston and P Jim Hughes from Tigers to Rangers for P Doc Medich
- C Bill Freehan (retaining 90%) from Yankees to A’s for P Ed Figueroa
- 2B Manny Trillo, OF Bob Coluccio and OF Jorge Orta from Braves to Mets for P Rick Wise
- C Marc Hill from Angels to Dodgers for P Don Drysdale (retaining 100%)
- SS Jerry DaVanon from Orioles to Rangers for OF Larry Herndon and C Jim Sundberg
- P Rick Waits from Yankees to Expos for 3B Buddy Bell
- OF Garry Maddox from Mets to Reds for P Chris Knapp
- OF Oscar Gamble (retaining 10%) from Mets to White Sox for OF Omar Moreno
ALL TRANSACTIONS
We have an 11-7 Spring Training without any injuries of note.
BNN is predicting super close races in all four divs, with us just behind the Phils—somewhat more bullish than we are about our chances this season.
FULL PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
