1959 Off Season
C Earl Averill gets a nice raise in arbitration, it was to be expected and it's fine with me since we can sell him off to the Red Sox for $25K.
We send 3B Andy Carey & RP Don Bessent, or as I like to call them, $16K of suck, to Chicago for RP Bob Davis.
Monte Irvin resigns with us for about $17 grand less than he was making.
We deal pitchers Warren Hacker and Ron Mroznski to the Browns for 4 players including a decent young reliever named Bill Smith. We clear out a bunch more of our shitty AAAA type pitchers for various parts.
It's going to be another shitty season but things are looking up. We have a lot of good arms in the minors probably just a year away from contributing and while the offensive side doesn't have the quantity of prospects, there are a couple of solid pieces coming.
Our staff remains pretty much the same, only youngster Jim Bailey is new. Our new closer, Bill Smith looks decent but the rest of our pen is just a menagerie of shit. Our lineup remains fairly unchanged save for the departure of our best power hitter. That's a scary thought.