In what should be the final trade for the Pirates this
off season, Spokane picked up a little left handed help
for their bullpen. Rick Blair, formerly of Lairamar, is the
cherry on top of the pitching ice cream sundae acquired
this off-season by Jeremey Stephens.
"We keep saying that we are done trading, but these
deals we cant pass up are continually offered. We were
looking forward to seeing Mark Lewis in our line-up.
But a better deal came along, and we were able to
further solidify our pitching staff. After looking at last
seasons numbers, it is painfully obvious that every other
team in the league was able to laugh at us because of our
pitching. Sure, we hit more homers than any other team, but
we gave up more by far. My motto is 'Do it my way, or
watch your butt!', but I had to listen to the fans. Apparently
they don't want to see this team run into the ground. They
said get some pitching, we went out and got pitchers. This
is about them after all. They pay my salary in the end!"
Fact is they may have acquired too much pitching.
Rumor has it that they have been in contact with a few
other clubs in attempts to trade away a fifth starter.
From what I could gather, McDowell, Guzman, Cone,
Sele and Wright are untouchable, but they have some
other talent that can EASILY start for most teams. If you
need that one last solid starter to complete your
rotation, give Spokane a call!
