by bjs73 » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:57 pm
bjs73(AP)
GM Simpson announced a blockbuster trade between the Keepers and the
Has to Go team. Here are the details:
Keepers send:
C. Fisk, M. Scott, H. Baines, and B. Russell
for
T. Raines, M. Norris, J. Niekro, C. Swan, and T. Pena
Asked to comment, Simpson said, "Raines was the obvious target of this
deal. He's easily a 1st round draft pick year in and year out. Raines will
be a fixture in LF for us while Ricky will move to full time duties in CF.
We get a switch hitting LF that can complement Ricky Henderson and can
provide another opportunity to score 100 runs per season by making
things happen with his OBP and speed.
We felt that with our most recent acquisitions in the past 2 seasons that
the time was right to try and bring balance to the bottom line with our
starting rotation. The anchors of the staff will continue to be Higuera and
Sutton and then we'll look to get more out of the rest of the bunch in
Black, Gullickson, Niekro, Swan, Leal, Heaton, and O'Neil.
We're trading for the future and the future looks nice but season 3 looks
like it is in the crapper."