Trade Reactions

So the Bravos get Texiera. Yippee. Personally, I never have been that high on this guy. Then I see the details on the trade. We shipped out Salty, a fringe pitcher, one of our best prospects, and someone else...for this guy and a toss-us-a-bone pitcher? Ugh.

As much as I don't want to like Davies for Dotel, I suppose it makes sense, as Davies has been gassed compared to the early flashes of brilliance he showed. Dotel can help shore up the back end of the bullpen, so Davies made it a relative bargain. Plus, who knows? Maybe the kid can shine in KC, or get back to his old form. Doubtful, since the Royals are the Sultans of Suck, but stranger things have happened. They did win a ring, after all.

The Quarter

As the Winter Meetings loom large, there are only so many teams that I can contact. Out of the 200+ teams there, I have no time to contact the vast majority of them. For that reason, I'm reigning in the number of teams I'm contacting, and listing who's on that elite list. Updates will likely follow.

Already contacted initially:
Memphis Redbirds
Visalia Oaks
Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino
Staten Island Yankees
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
Lehigh Valley IronPigs

To contact soon (doing games):
Tennessee Smokies
Appy League Teams in Knoxville Area (K-Mets, JC Cards, Elizabethton Twins,
Greeneville Astros, Bristol [White] Sox)
Huntsville Stars
Louisville Bats
Lexington Legends
Chattanooga Lookouts
Rome Braves

To contact:
Stockton
San Jose
Jacksonville
Rome
Colorado Springs
Brooklyn
Bakersfield
Lansing
Las Vegas
Tulsa
Quad Cities
West Michigan
Rochester
Corpus Christi