Interesting to see two future IRL teammates (and World Champs!) in Carney Lansford and Dave Stewart on opposite sides of one of the more notable trades, and to see both Luis Tiant and Jerry Remy come “home”, while Tom Seaver crosses town from the Mets to the Yanks and Pete Rose follows the historical timeline by heading to the Phils.
- 3B Buddy Bell: Red Sox, 6 years / $11900000
- C Ted Simmons: Cardinals, 7 years / $9540000 (extension)
- OF Mickey Rivers: Cubs, 4 years / $5920000
- 1B Bob Watson: Mets, 5 years / $5700000
- P Rudy May: Mets, 3 years / $5420000
- OF Ellis Valentine: Rangers, 3 years / $5380000
- C Butch Wynegar: Reds, 4 years / $5250000 (extension)
- P Dave Goltz: Reds, 3 years / $4700000 (extension)
- P Len Barker: Tigers, 3 years / $4120000 (extension)
- P Craig Swan: Twins, 3 years / $3960000
- 3B Larry Parrish: Astros, 3 years / $3800000
- 3B Doug DeCinces: Blue Jays, 3 years / $3540000
- OF Ruppert Jones: Red Sox, 4 years / $3468000 (extension)
- P Tom Seaver: Yankees, 3 years / $3340000
- OF Don Baylor: Dodgers, 3 years / $3170000
- 2B Manny Trillo: Rangers, 3 years / $3120000
- 1B Lamar Johnson: Yankees, 3 years / $3000000
- 1B Pete Rose: Phillies, 2 years / $2640000
- OF Claudell Washington: A’s, 3 years / $2360000
- P Les Cain: Royals, 3 years / $2280000
- P Doc Medich: Cardinals, 2 years / $2220000
- P Doug Rau: Indians, 3 years / $1930000
- 3B Bill Madlock: Brewers, 3 years / $1780000
- OF Dusty Baker: Expos, 3 years / $1590000
- P Luis Tiant: Red Sox, 1 year / $1380000
- OF Thad Bosley from Braves to Indians for OF Morris Nettles
- OF Jeffrey Leonard and SS Harry Chappas from Cubs to Rangers for C Bob Boone
- P Ross Baumgarten from Royals to Expos for P Steve Renko
- 3B Carney Lansford from Reds to Angels for P Dave Stewart and P Stan Perzanowski
- 1B Andre Thornton (retaining 80%) from Phillies to Indians for P Greg Minton and P Silvio Martinez
- P Mike Parrott and P Dave Ford from Astros to Phillies for OF Amos Otis
- P Dave Rozema and SS Todd Cruz from Royals to Padres for 1B John Mayberry
- P John Henry Johnson from Red Sox to Rangers for 2B Jerry Remy
- 2B Damaso Garcia from Rangers to Expos for 1B Dan Driessen (retaining 30%)
- P Moose Haas, 2B Domingo Ramos, P Lary Sorenson and P Matt Keough from Brewers to Giants for P Larry Christenson (retaining 60%)
- P Fergie Jenkins from Angels to Astros for 2B Tom Herr
ALL TRANSACTIONS
We go 13-5 in Spring Training with Pops Stargell missing a fortnight but back in time for OD.
Once again BNN Is seeing our division as a hectic tussle, although our expectations sit a bit lower than theirs. They really like the look of the Tigers this year and that is fair enough, they have one heck of a team.
FULL PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
