Sunday, September 06, 2015

Frogg to the Penguins

The Florida Penguins have acquired Clyde Frogg from the Denver Rabbits in exchange for minor league pitcher Jarrod Magee.  Frogg will primarily play first base for the Penguins, though he is also capable of playing second and third.

Saturday, September 05, 2015

Trades

Here's' a rundown of a busy day in OOTP:

Denver trades OF Alex Hamilton to Hollywood for P Francisco Rosario, C Mark Rodriguez, and OF Miguel Gonzalez.

Orlando trades P Dan Mason to the Florida Penguins for P James Batts, P Matthew Brown, and C Domingo Mendoza.

Denver trades SS Ozzie Gaedel and pitchers Kirk Stephens and Javier Cavazos to Bay Area for OF Tyson Parker and pitchers Edgar Villa, Steven Kucera, and Charles Garrett.

Philadelphia trades pitchers Scott Bedard, Drew Pearson, and Billy Blackbuck to Detroit for SS Jeff Devone, pitcher Joe Jacobsen, 2B Wu Jung, 1b Migueł Velez, and P Sean Johnson.

Cleveland trades Bryan Hastings to LA for SS Mario Ortiz

Springfield trades P Felix Cabrera to Hollywood for 3B Mike Dawson

Louisville trades P Jason Thorpe to Baltimore for OF Randall Romanovsky.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Voltron traded north of the border

The Toronto Seagulls have acquired Carlos Voltron from the Cleveland Spiders in the first trade of the 2015 season.  Toronto will also receive relief pitcher Kenny Brown in exchange for pitchers David Reidling and Antonio Rodriguez, and outfielder Ramon Gonzalez.  Reidling was pitching in AAA and had 107 strikeouts in 99 innings.  Rated the league's #44 prospect, he throws a low 90s fastball with potentially above average pitches in his slider and change.  Martinez and Gonzalez were both playing in single A Dunedin.

Voltron, a free agent after the season, never fulfilled the promise of 5 tools combined into one robotic frame.  His offense was held back by contact problems, as he struck out as many as 199 times in 2014.  Voltron was only hitting .223 with 5 homers in Cleveland, Toronto will hope a change of scenery helps his offense, but realistically expects improved outfield defense.