Huge Trade

A shocking trade was completed today, between two of the best teams in the league of the last several years. The Baltimore Colts, who just lost Mighty Joe Young via free agency to the Miami Stars, have made a big splash. Joining them at the pool is the New York Cobra, themselves no strangers to unprecedented offseason acquisitions. Here is the deal:

Baltimore sends OF W. Gehrig Bear, OF Parker Brouthers, and P Jason Baret to New York in exchange for P Suzuke Mazdahonda, 3B Chris Phillips, and P Mark Shields.

Bear is one of the greatest hitters in the game today, and won the 2008 MVP award. Although Bear did not request a trade, it was rumored that after the loss of Mighty Joe Young, it would be difficult for Baltimore to retain his services past this season, when he is scheduled to become a free agent. Brouthers is included in the deal as a pure salary dump. Jason Baret, coming off a 20 win season in Baltimore's high profile offensive system, will be New York's #3 or #4 starter. New York Manager Eddie of Utah, is thrilled to have Baret in his rotation, as he is "a winner".

Going to New York is Mazdahonda, who has been one of the leagues dominant starting pitchers ever since coming over from the Elven leagues in 2007. He is signed until the 2012 season. 3B Chris Phillips disappointed in part time play last year, but is still relatively young and skilled (and cheap). He may play some at 1B for Baltimore. Mark Shields may be the key to this deal however. Shields is a 24 year old rookie who with a 9Y rating, may be destined to become a front of the order starting pitcher.

This move immediately shifts the focus of the fantasy sports talk world away from Miami, and towards New York again. This may have been one of the motivations for the trade. One wonders if the trade had been made a few days ago, would Joe Young have opted to sign in New York? We can only wonder.

Clearly, the big winner in this trade is Eddie of Utah. Eddie has been lobbying Brad for a number of years to abandon the dominant and expensive power pitching that Brad had built the Cobra foundation upon in favor of a more dominant offensive team. Eddie believes that he can build a winning pitching staff "on the cheap", but truly elite hitting talent can only be acquired at a high cost.

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