Catching Up With The Offseason

First off, I apologize about not getting any HOF ballots out. It should have been out day 1 of spring training, but as you all know, that was Thanksgiving. Seeing as how I had to cook for 30+ people, WiS wasn't a priority. Also, no one sent in any players. This is likely because no one truly historic has retired yet, but I still want the oppurtunity to go through the retired list for each of the last 7 seasons to make sure we're not missing anyone before I post the official ballot.

Until then, here's a quick post capping each teams biggest move(s) or lack thereof this offseason. No commentary or anything on the moves, just an easy way to catch up on all 32 teams.

*The Atlanta City Slickers signed Willie Tapies to a 4 year, $36 million contract, with a $2 million signing bonus, a no trade clause, and a team option for a fifth year.

*The Buffalo Thunderbolts signed Joel Daniels to a 3 year, $15.6 million contract.

*The Charlotte knights promoted Kevin Stone to the big league level.

*The Cheyenne Chilipeppers signed season 7 MVP Jose Rodriguez to a 5 year, $53.3 million contract extension.

*The Cleveland Steamers signed Scott Brosius to a 4 year, $18.4 million extension.

*The Colorado Springs AltiDUDES signed Tomas Hernandez to a one year, $1.8 million deal.

*The Detroit Tigers traded for pitcher Guy Jones.

*The Fargo Nines resigned season 6 AL MVP Darin Kingland to a four year, $25.2 million extension.

*The Fresno Fire Dragons acquired Darren Vina, Freddy Baines, and Achilles Mitchell in three seperate trades.

*The Hartford Defenders promoted Dario Welch to the big league level.

*The Houston Aggies promoted Bucky Perez and Luke Romero to the big league level.

*The Huntington Cousins traded for LF Del Cortez.

*The Indianapolis Racers resigned pitcher Rogers Marshall to a one year deal, while more importantly significantly cutting the team budget.

*The World Series Champion Jacksonville Juggernauts inked Julio De La Vega to a five year, $46 million extension.

*The Kansas City Shuffle resigned 1B Timothy Moore to a one year, $2.6 million deal.

*The Little Rock Big Rocks acquired Andrew Connelly via trade.

*The Memphis Hound Dawgs resigned 1B Victor Ozuna to a two year, $10.4 million contract.

*The Monterrey Cervezas signed P Harold Kingland to a three year, $17.4 million contract.

*The New Orleans Breeze signed free agents Seth Pierce, Howard Young, Archie Burke, and Orlando Javier.

*The New York Moon Shots promoted William Martin, Mule Einertson, and Brent Canseco to the big league roster, as well as signing free agent Trever Farley to a two year deal.

*The Norfolk Nomads signed Vinny Valentin, as well as resigning Bernard Jamison to a three year deal.

*The Pawtucket Polythene signed free agents Theo Lamb and Woody Key.

*The Richmond Moonshiners II signed 10 players in the arbitration period, most notably Jason Randall.

*The Rochester Raging Rhinos acquired Trenidad Alicea and Earl Mulder via trade.

*The Salem Dodgers moved to Salt Lake City, and then signed free agent Edgard Amaral.

*The San Francisco Sourdoughs acquired Nate Salmon and Louie Maxwell in two seperate trades.

*The Scottsdale T's signed a S.W. record 47 free agents, most notably Max Cortes, Mark Nation, and Norman Swann.

*The Scranton Dunder-Mifflins signed P Damion Lee to a three year, $18 million contract.

*The St. Louis Birdnals signed P Cy Patrick to a two year, $7.6 million deal with a team option for a third year.

*The National League Champion Texas Tittyballs acquired Willie Garcia and Footsie Burnett in a trade with the Big Rocks.

*The Trenton Tadpoles signed free agents Willie Osborne and Damon Foster.

*The Tuscon Turbocors promoted infielders Desi Maranon and Mark Jung.