Brooklyn adds a bat...Sylva makes a splash

It is time for the trade season to begin and it did with one exchanging over $20M in salaries. Brooklyn added 2B Randy McGinn (and his $11M contract) and 2 prospects while Sylva gets SP Ayurou Hidetada (and his $8.5M contract) along with a reserve 3B and OF and a 3rd round pick in next year's draft.

"The championship trophy is not even here in Brooklyn yet and the team has already forgotten how to act like the team they were," stated the Bombers GM Jeremy Goldman. "The team has become lazy and complacent. It all started after Hidetada got the biggest contract in franchise history of $8.5M and wanted it paid to him in Yen. Do you know how many Yen that is...like 873 million Yen or something like that...we just could not do that." Hidetada has let it be known that he did not want to pitch in Brooklyn anymore with his 8.01 ERA and 2-8 record. "We just needed to move him, and Sylva seemed the perfect place for this pitcher from Japan," said Mr. Goldman.

In addition to Hidetada, Sylva is receiving reserve 3B Jose Collado and reserve OF Ivan Alustiza who is batting over .500 on the season and can play all 3 OF positions along with the Bombers 3rd round pick in the 2004 draft.

In return, the Bombers are going to get the all-star second bagger Randy McGinn from Sylva. "Sylva was the worst place I have ever played. They did not even have a McDonald's or a Burger King," said McGinn, "I cannot wait to get to the city. This is the place I was born to play in." McGinn is expected to play SS when he arrives in Brooklyn.

Also in this deal are 2 of the top prospects moving from Sylva's farm system to Brooklyn's. It is the start of the rebuilding process of the depleted Brooklyn Minor League System. SP David Kirklin is a 4 star prospect in AA and was the 4th pick overall in the 2003 draft. He will be heading to Charlottesville to anchor the rotation at Brooklyn's AA affiliate. 1B Ted Masson was the 8th overall pick in the 2002 draft and will now make it to his 3rd team this season as he was part of the computer trade between Winnipeg and Sylva earlier this season. "It is a great time when you can improve your ML roster while also start planning for the future, these young players show our fans that Brooklyn will not just be good this year, but also for years to come," said Mr. Goldman.

New Sylva GM Jason Krausert told this reporter that he is not done dealing this season and is ready to make the run for the playoffs. "I do not know what the computer was thinking," commented Jason, "$11M for McGinn, Brooklyn is in for a wild ride with that greedy bastard in their lineup. Everyone is better off cutting ties like this."

The trade season is on and with only 3 games separating first and 4th in the SL and the wild card battle looking like it is going to go down to the wire in the PL there should be plenty of action on the way to the playoffs because we all know that there is only one June-tober.