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So, I have decided to expand the rotation/bullpen once again, now teams should carry 5 starting pitchers and 6 relievers, which added to the 14 hitters allowed, make up a 25-player roster. There was also a lack of pitchers as well as some clubs just hoarding reserve pitchers, so I added around 60 "rookie" pitchers of varying age and quality to solve the issue. None of them are too crazy ratings-wise, with the best one being righty Javier Fernández (45/60/60) at only 23 years old. I did, however, add 2 legend potential pitchers in Durango left Antonio "Pony" Juárez and Mexico City lefty Ricky Repollet, both 17 years old. They both signed with Jaguares, who are looking to build on last year's championship, and immediately became the #1 and #2 prospects in the league. Probably coming soon will be a feeder league, but still no draft, so that players/teams are free to negotiate after players hit a certain age. This will ensure a steady input of Mexican players into the league.

Now, let's go over the biggest transactions in this offseason! As with last year, players 50+ in overall or potential included. Teams are shown in the order of the 1940 standings.

Jaguares de México
Lost:
Manager Julio Reyes - Retired
LF Ricardo Palacios - .335/.422/.517, 5.4 WAR - Signed by Águilas
RHP Jacinto Santos - 3.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 4.2 WAR - Traded to Tampico
CF Armando Rodríguez - .269/.311/.450, 1.0 WAR - Signed by Mérida
C José López - .244/.335/.369, 0.9 WAR - Free Agent
2B Oziel Rojas - Career .281/.317/.400, 0.5 WAR in 74 games - Traded to León

Signed:
Manager Joel Fuentes - 3 year deal, no previous experience in the league
RHP Juan González - 3.59 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 5.0 WAR - Traded from León
C Miguel de León - .302/.326/.405, 0.9 WAR - Traded from Tampico
SS José Serrano (70/70) - 27 y/o discovery from Mexico City
CF Manuel Vargas (65/65) - 28 y/o discovery from Huehuetla, Puebla
LHP Ricky Repollet (20/80) - 17 y/o discovery from Mexico City
LHP Antonio Juárez (20/80) - 17 y/o discovery from Durango, Durango

Flechas de León
Lost:
RHP Juan González - 3.59 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 5.0 WAR - Traded to Jaguares
LHP Jonathan Estrada - 2.78 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 3.3 WAR - Signed by Águilas
1B Mario Morales - .293/.402/.404, 1.1 WAR - Signed by Tampico
2B Sergio Ramírez (50/50) - 23 y/o discovery from Tijuana, Baja California - Traded to Monterrey

Signed:
LHP Urbano Sepúlveda - 3.62 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 4.2 WAR - Traded from Monterrey
RHP Antonio Aguilar - 4.26 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 2.9 WAR - FA from Puebla
2B Oziel Rojas - Career .281/.317/.400, 0.5 WAR in 74 games - Traded from Jaguares
LHP Esteban Ramírez (60/60 SP) - 23 y/o discovery from Querétaro, Querétaro
LHP Ramón Ortiz (60/60 RP) - 28 y/o discovery from Tierra Blanca, Veracruz
RHP Manuel Medina (55/55 RP) - 26 y/o discovery from Tototlán, Jalisco

León had made a big signing in former Mérida RHP Jesús Pérez (3.07 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 4.9 WAR), but just one month later he decided the ball game wasn't for him as he had found his true calling as a missionary. He gave up the 13 thousand dollars León had offered him in order to travel the world and help people. The 1936 Atlatl award recipient retires at age 36, after 5 years in the league. He won 57 of the 114 starts he made for Mérida, with a 2.38 ERA and 1.21 WHIP through 899.2 innings pitched. He struck 355 batters out. Pérez' 20.76 WAR at retirement make him the 3rd best thrower in the history of the league so far.

Tunas de San Luis
Lost:
LF Miguel Muñoz - .292/.378/.419, 3.0 WAR - Signed by Aguascalientes
RF Carlos Mendoza - .297/.354/.451, 2.4 WAR - Traded to Mérida
RF Manuel Gil - .257/.341/.410, 0.9 WAR - Free Agent
1B Julio Pera - .197/.246/.295, -0.4 WAR - Free Agent
RHP José Martínez (20/55 SP) - Acquired from Mérida, later traded to Tampico

Signed:
1B Efraín Cuxum - .333/.385/.480, 2.4 WAR - FA from Aguascalientes
CF Jesús Rodríguez - .262/.319/.415, 0.5 WAR - Re-signed
LF Carlos Torres - .289/.357/.390, 0.3 WAR - Traded from Tampico
RHP Félix Alemán (60/60) - 27 y/o discovery from Tehuacán, Puebla
2B David Paz (50/50) - 25 y/o discovery from Navolato, Sinaloa
RHP Miguel Mata (50/50 RP) - 28 y/o discovery from San Lucas Camotlán, Oaxaca

Tuzos de Aguascalientes
Lost:
1B Efrraín Cuxum - .333/.385/.480, 2.4 WAR - Signed by San Luis
3B Gustavo Ruiz - .276/.336/.406, 1.2 WAR - Free Agent

Signed:
LF Miguel Muñoz - .292/.378/.419, 3.0 WAR - FA from San Luis
LHP Felipe Osorio (65/65 SP) - 24 y/o discovery from Juárez, Chihuahua

Aulladores de Mérida
Lost:
RHP Jesús Pérez - 3.07 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 4.9 WAR - Signed by León, then retired
LHP Andrés Amaya - 3.21 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 4.1 WAR - Signed by Monterrey
1B Celestino de la Rosa - .288/.380/.484, 1.8 WAR - Signed by Tampico
3B David Herrera - .282/.360/.398, 1.4 WAR - Free Agent
2B Octavio Torres - .301/.365/.403, 1.1 WAR - Free Agent
2B Quirino Ek - 55 G, .380/.393/.560, 0.7 WAR - Retired
RHP José Martínez (20/55 SP) - 21 y/o discovery from Navojoa, Sonora - Traded to San Luis
SS Heraclio Rincón (35/50) - Traded to Tampico

Signed:
RF Edwin Esparza - .348/.418/.535, 4.4 WAR - FA from León
2B Max Braud - .269/.359/.368, 3.5 WAR - FA from Puebla
3B Héctor Pérez - .305/.369/.443, 3.4 WAR - FA from Águilas
LHP José García - 3.73 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 2.9 WAR - FA from Puebla
RF Carlos Mendoza - .297/.354/.451, 2.4 WAR - Traded from San Luis
CF Armando Rodríguez - .269/.311/.450, 1.0 WAR - FA from Jaguares
LHP Daniel Sánchez (50/50 SP) - 29 y/o discovery from Tihuatlán, Veracruz

Serpientes de Puebla
Lost:
2B Max Braud - .269/.359/.368, 3.5 WAR - Signed by Mérida
RHP Antonio Aguilar - 4.26 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 2.9 WAR - Signed by León
LHP José García - 3.73 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 2.9 WAR - Signed by Mérida
1B Miguel González - .312/.352/.439, 1.7 WAR - Free Agent
RF Guillermo Villanueva - .260/.335/.370, -0.6 WAR - Free Agent

Signed:
RHP Israel Pastrana - 3.43 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 5.0 WAR - FA from Tampico
1B Eleuterio Villarreal - .491/.508/.754, 1.4 WAR in 61 PA - Traded from Monterrey
RHP Pedro Avilla - 17 SV, 2.75 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 0.8 WAR - FA from Guadalajara

Cardenales de Monterrey
Lost:
LHP Urbano Sepúlveda - 3.62 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 4.2 WAR - Traded to León
1B Eleuterio Villarreal - .491/.508/.754, 1.4 WAR in 61 PA - Traded to Puebla
3B Rico Santistevan - .280/.333/.378, 1.2 WAR - Signed by Águilas

Signed:
LHP Andrés Amaya - 3.21 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 4.1 WAR - FA from Mérida
2B Sergio Ramírez (50/50) - Traded from León

Obsidianas de Guadalajara
Lost:
Manager Roberto Rodríguez - Fired
1B Guillermo Balandran - .311/.398/.514, 1.3 WAR - Free Agent
RHP Pedro Avilla - 17 SV, 2.75 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 0.8 WAR - Signed by Puebla

Signed:
Manager Pedro Amores - 132-120 career, won 1936 Championship with Mérida
RF Antonio Tapia - .290/.337/.438, 2.0 WAR - FA from Tampico
RHP Pedro León - 11 G, 4.71 ERA, 1.65 WHIP, -1.1 WAR in 1939 - Traded from Jaguares
RHP Javier Fernández (65/65 SP) - 23 y/o discovery from Mérida, Yucatán
LHP Leo López (60/60 SP) - 29 y/o discovery from Mexico City
LHP Pablo Hinojosa (55/55 SP) - 25 y/o discovery from Puebla, Puebla
LHP Manuel Jiménez (55/55 RP) - 26 y/o discovery from Rafael Delgado, Veracruz

Jaibas de Tampico
Lost:
RHP Israel Pastrana - 3.43 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 5.0 WAR - Signed by Puebla
SS Andrés Martínez - .270/.324/.374, 2.7 WAR - Signed by Águilas
RF Antonio Tapia - .290/.337/.438, 2.0 WAR - Signed by Guadalajara
C Miguel de León - .302/.326/.405, 0.9 WAR in 65 games - Traded to Jaguares
LF Carlos Torres - .289/.357/.390, 0.3 WAR - Traded to San Luis
RHP Pedro León - 4.71 ERA, 1.65 WHIP, -1.1 WAR in 11 games in 1939 - Traded to Guadalajara

Signed:
RHP Jacinto Santos - 3.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 4.2 WAR - Traded from Jaguares
CF Raúl Pérez - .281/.325/.457, 4.1 WAR - FA from Mérida
RF David Arroyo - .294/.346/.450, 3.2 WAR - FA from Águilas
LF Celestino de la Rosa - .288/.380/.484, 1.8 WAR - FA from Mérida
1B Mario Morales - .293/.402/.404, 1.1 WAR - FA from León
1B Gregorio Pérez - .289/.345/.466, 1.0 WAR - Re-signed
RHP Enrique Cruz (50/50 RP) - 27 y/o discovery from Altotonga, Veracruz
SS Heraclio Rincón (35/50) - Traded from Mérida
RHP José Martínez (20/55 SP) - Traded from San Luis

Águilas de México
Lost:
3B Héctor Pérez - .305/.369/.443, 3.4 WAR - Signed by Mérida
RF David Arroyo - .294/.346/.450, 3.2 WAR - Signed by Tampico
C Alfredo Hernández - .237/.298/.320, 0.3 WAR - Free Agent

Signed:
LF Ricardo Palacios - .335/.422/.517, 5.4 WAR - FA from Jaguares
LHP Jonathan Estrada - 2.78 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 3.3 WAR - FA from León
SS Andrés Martínez - .270/.324/.374, 2.7 WAR - FA from Tampico
3B Rico Santistevan - .280/.333/.378, 1.2 WAR - FA from Monterrey

Here are the clubs ranked by payroll prior to the 1941 season:
1. San Luis - $52.1k
2. León - $48.4k
3. Mérida - $47.8k
4. Jaguares - $42.6k
5. Puebla - $42.3k
6. Guadalajara - $42.1k
7. Tampico - $40.5k
8 Águilas - $37.4k
9. Aguascalientes - $35k
10. Monterrey - $33.3k

And the best paid players:
1. LF Ricardo Palacios (AGU) - $4.6k
2. P Felipe Osorio (AGS) - $4.2k
3. P Antonio Aguilas (LEO) - $4.1k
4. 3B Héctor Pérez (MER) - $4.1k
5. P Jacinto Santos (TAM) - $4.1k

The next update will go over the preseason predictions. Thanks for reading!