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sharknut · 07-26-2025, 06:24 PM

Before I recap July, I will go over our comings and goings at the deadline and through the month

On the 5th I dealt P Sheldon Andrews to the Astros for 24 year old IF/OF Ernie Young who will get playing time to see if he's someone who can develop. We needed another arm in the bullpen and OF Matt Mieske really wasn't going to pan out so we dealt him to the Twins for leftie Danny Jackson.

Closer Bryan Farmer made it very clear he was not going to sign with us so we dealt him on the 23rd to the Royals for AA middle infielder Jason Bates who becomes our top 2b prospect.

On the 27th, the Cubs placed the #98 prospect Micah Franklin on waivers so we claimed him because the AI is dumb. He can play 1st, 2nd, left and right with speed

We had a very busy deadline day. We gave Arthur Martinez a 1-year deal at $400,000 in the offseason since the Orioles were using him as a starter. I put him back as a reliever and is 4-0 with 10 saves and 0.96 ERA. We approached him and he wanted 4 years and $3.4 million a year.

So we had to move on from Martinez and got 26-year old catcher Brent Mayne from the Yankees. He's a career .280 hitter, but his main attribute is he is a 75 out of 80 for defense and calling a game. He's signed for 2 more years and will help all our pitchers out.

Our last big trade was dealing 31 year old UFA to be SS Tony Fernandez and 24 year old 3B Jeff Barry to the Yankees for 24 year old Eduardo Perez, the #86 prospect. He is a great 1b, but we just signed our best player, Jeff King, to a 3 year deal. Perez can play third at an average level and left in a below average level. He can hit with power and run and will be better than Jeff Barry, so since Fernandez won't be back next year, it was basically Barry for Perez

We dealt our (now) 3rd catcher Rick Wilkins to the Reds for reliever Kevin Gross. We also dealt AAA leftie Chris Nabholz to the Tigers for reliever Timothy Barr.

07-26-2025, 06:24 PM	#544
sharknut All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 1,124	Before I recap July, I will go over our comings and goings at the deadline and through the month On the 5th I dealt P Sheldon Andrews to the Astros for 24 year old IF/OF Ernie Young who will get playing time to see if he's someone who can develop. We needed another arm in the bullpen and OF Matt Mieske really wasn't going to pan out so we dealt him to the Twins for leftie Danny Jackson. Closer Bryan Farmer made it very clear he was not going to sign with us so we dealt him on the 23rd to the Royals for AA middle infielder Jason Bates who becomes our top 2b prospect. On the 27th, the Cubs placed the #98 prospect Micah Franklin on waivers so we claimed him because the AI is dumb. He can play 1st, 2nd, left and right with speed We had a very busy deadline day. We gave Arthur Martinez a 1-year deal at $400,000 in the offseason since the Orioles were using him as a starter. I put him back as a reliever and is 4-0 with 10 saves and 0.96 ERA. We approached him and he wanted 4 years and $3.4 million a year. So we had to move on from Martinez and got 26-year old catcher Brent Mayne from the Yankees. He's a career .280 hitter, but his main attribute is he is a 75 out of 80 for defense and calling a game. He's signed for 2 more years and will help all our pitchers out. Our last big trade was dealing 31 year old UFA to be SS Tony Fernandez and 24 year old 3B Jeff Barry to the Yankees for 24 year old Eduardo Perez, the #86 prospect. He is a great 1b, but we just signed our best player, Jeff King, to a 3 year deal. Perez can play third at an average level and left in a below average level. He can hit with power and run and will be better than Jeff Barry, so since Fernandez won't be back next year, it was basically Barry for Perez We dealt our (now) 3rd catcher Rick Wilkins to the Reds for reliever Kevin Gross. We also dealt AAA leftie Chris Nabholz to the Tigers for reliever Timothy Barr. __________________ Last edited by sharknut; 07-26-2025 at 06:25 PM.