1976-77 Offseason Thread

[J W]

The Skipjacks are looking to move one or both of two RH outfielders:

Juan Beniquez ($.25 FA '77) - CF with 478 PA at a 103 OPS+ and rated Vg/57-Av.

Carlos Lopez ($.25 draftee) - CF/RF with 319 PA at a 104 OPS+ and rated Av/132-Ex.

We're looking for a cheap middle-of-rotation pitcher or a nice RH setup man for the pen. Please PM if you're interested.

[leecemark]

--The Knights send their first pick in the 1977 rookie draft (15th overall) and pitcher Craig Swan to the Angels for pitcher John Candelaria. We make the move with some misgiving as Swan has show alot of potential and this draft is deep enough that a good player is likley to be available at #15. We are also concerned about how Candelaria's gopher ball tendancy will translate to Tiger Stadium. All that said, Candelaria is a legit ace still in his affordable years and we couldn't pass up the chance to land him.
--This does give us an extra starting pitcher. Doug Rau is on the block, offering 212 innings with a 3.42 ERA for a mere 1.5M in his last year of team controlled staus. I'm looking for an OF/1B of similar quality in return.

[Sockeye]

We confirm this deal!

Hate to give up the Candy man. But Swan gives us a solid ace in '78 and with '77 being such a deep draft we should be able to land a very good player with the #15 pick. Couldn't pass up this deal.

[catcher24]

The Skipjacks formally announce the trade with the Cloverleafs:

1B Willie McCovey (2.5 mil, FA '77)
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SP Tommy John (9.0 mil, FA '78)

Lew, please confirm.

Wow, sorry Jason. I didn't see this the first time through. The Cloverleafs confirm this deal, albeit a bit late.

[catcher24]

LEGENDS

Mark, I found the following errors in the Legends roster:
Bruce Bochte was traded and should not be on the roster.
Mike Cubbage was obtained in the above trade and SHOULD be on the roster.
Rico Petrocelli was signed as a free agent, but don't worry about him because he's being released anyway.
Ditto Doug Flynn - signed as FA but will be released anyway.
Burt Hooton is not listed on the roster. He is a free agent this year, but I haven't listed those yet.
Don Gullett - not listed on the roster, will be a free agent this year.
Gary Ross - not listed on roster, free agent this year.

CLOVERLEAFS
George Scott is not listed on the roster. He becomes a free agent this year anyway.
Roy Staiger is not listed on the roster. He becomes a free agent this year.
Jim Lyttle not on roster because he retires this year.
Gorman Thomas is not listed on the roster. He'll need a place holder since he didn't play in 1977.
Jimmy Wynn is not listed on the roster and becomes a free agent this year.
Willie McCovey is not on the roster; he was obtained via trade from the Skipjacks.
Tommy John is not listed; he has been traded to the Skipjacks and should be on their roster now.


I think that's all.

[catcher24]

The following players are leaving the Cloverleafs this off season:
Retired
Jim Lyttle, OF

Free Agents
Ron Hodges, C
Tom Paciorek, OF
George Scott, 1B
Rod Sperring, Inf
Roy Staiger, Inf
Jerry Terrell, Util
Jimmy Wynn, OF
Ramon Hernandez, RP
Dave Giusti, RP
Mike Caldwell, P (HTD eligible)

Non Tendered
Kevin Bell, Inf

Current Roster

Starters
C: Jim Essian 250K 1973 Rookie 73-78
1B: Willie McCovey* 2.5M 1974 FA 74-77
2B: Davey Lopes 2.5M 1972 Rookie 72-77
3B: Richie Hebner* 5M 1974 FA 1974-1977
SS: Rick Burleson 1.5M 1974 Rookie 74-79
LF: Glenn Adams* 500K 1975 Rookie 75-80
CF: Ruppert Jones* 1M 1976 Rookie 76-81
RF: Dave Winfield 3M 1973 Rookie 73-78
DH: Wayne Gross* 750K 1976 Rookie 76-81

Reserves
C: Biff Pocoroba# 750K 1975 Rookie 75-80
Inf: Dan Meyer 250K 1974 Rookie 74-79
Inf: Steve Dillard 250K 1975 Rookie 75-80
OF: Del Unser* 1M 1976 FA 76-77

Pitchers
SP: Jim Bibby 1M 1972 Rookie 72-77
SP: Jim Palmer 12M 1960s Franchise Player YTY
SP: Jerry Reuss 8M 1975 HTD FA 75-77
SP: Nolan Ryan 16.5M 1975 FA 75-79
SP: Don Stanhouse 500K 1972 Rookie 72-77
RP: Tippy Martinez 500K 1974 Rookie 74-79
RP: Grant Jackson 5M 1974 FA 74-77
RP: Bruce Sutter 3M 1976 Rookie 76-81
RP: John Verhoeven 250K 1976 Rookie 76-81

Minor Leagues
C: Rick Cerone 250K 1975 Rookie 75-80
C: Charlie Moore 500K 1973 Rookie 73-78
OF: Dave Collins# 1.5M 1975 Rookie 75-80
OF: Gorman Thomas 500K 1973 Rookie 73-78
P: John D’Acquisto 500K 1973 Rookie 73-78
P: Wil McEnaney 250K 1974 Rookie 74-79
P: Randy Lerch 250K 1975 Rookie 75-80

29 Players, 69.75M

[catcher24]

The following players will be dropped from the Legends roster this off season:
Retired
Bill Freehan, C Thanks for the memories, Bill! (Bill will however be retained by the Legends as their bullpen coach)
Rico Petrocelli, Inf

Free Agents
Mike Phillips, Inf
Chuck Scrivener, Inf
Pat Kelly, OF
Catfish Hunter, P
Burt Hooton, P (HTD eligible)
Fred Norman, P
Don Gullett, P
Gary Ross, P

Non Tendered
Doug Flynn, Inf
Rowland Office, OF
Gary Beare, P
Jeff Terpko, P

STARTERS
C: Jim Sundberg 1.5M 1974 Rookie 74-79
1B: Jason Thompson* 2.5M 1976 Rookie 76-81
2B: ???
3B: Larry Parrish 750K 1974 Rookie 74-79
SS: Alan Bannister 250K 1974 Rookie 74-79
LF: Jerry Turner* 250K 1974 Rookie 74-79
CF: Jose Cruz* 10M 1976 FA 3 years 76-78
RF: Dwight Evans 3M 1972 Rookie 72-77
DH: Ken Griffey* 2M 1973 Rookie 73-78


BENCH
C: Alan Ashby# 500K 1973 Rookie 73-78
C: Joe Ferguson 1.75M 1975 FA, 3 Years 75-77
IF: Lamar Johnson 750K 1974 Rookie 74-79
IF: Mike Cubbage* 500K 1974 Rookie 74-79
OF: Gary Thomasson* 750K 1972 Rookie 72-77
OF: Wayne Nordhagen 1M 1976 Rookie 76-81
OF: Dan Ford 2.5M 1975 Rookie 75-80

STARTING PITCHERS

SP: Fergie Jenkins 18M 1975 FA (HTD), 4 Years 75-78
SP: Pete Vuckovich 2M 1975 Rookie 75-80 (Originally drafted by Hard Cider)
SP: Rick Langford 1.5M 1976 Rookie 76-81
SP: Larry Gura* 8M 1976 FA (HTD), 5 years 76-80

BULLPEN
P: Butch Metzger 250K 1974 Rookie 74-79
P: Charlie Hough 3.5M 1976 FA 2 years 76-77
P: Ken Forsch 6M 1976 FA 4 years 76-79
P: Manny Sarmiento 750K 1976 Rookie 76-81

MINOR LEAGUES
SS:*Craig Reynolds 1M 1975 Rookie 75-80
3B: Phil Mankowski* 250K 1976 Rookie 76-81
IF: Larvell Blanks 500K 1972 Rookie 72-77
P: Jack Kucek 250K 1974 Rookie 74-79
P: Greg Minton 1M 1975 Rookie 75-80
P: Elias Sosa 750K 1972 Rookie 72-77

TOTAL SALARY = 73.75M for 29 Players

[mac195]

Mark, I forgot to put Joe Lis on my list of FAs. He should be a free agent and not on my roster.

[catcher24]

The Legends and Cloverleafs are offering the following players for trade. If interested in any of them, send me a PM!

Legends
Joe Ferguson
Larry Parrish
Larvell Blanks
Dwight Evans

Cloverleafs
Jerry Reuss - This one is strictly a salary dump and you can have him for a fourth rounder - and I'll listen to any offer as well.
Dan Meyer
Dave Collins
Wil McEnaney
Randy Lerch

[buppers]

Remove the following from Badgers roster

Chaney, Healy, Lahoud, Oates, Sadek, Tolan, Bacsik, Broberg, Dunning and Hughes.

Ed

[leecemark]

--The Corsairs send SS Derrell Thomas and their first round pick in 1979 to the Badgers for pitcher Phil Neikro. Corsairs GM Bob Howam said "we really needed somebody who could give us alot of innings and there aren't many pitchers who can do that as well as Neikro". We still have some work to do shoring up the pen, adding a 5th starter and a guy who can hit some balls over the wall in our new park, but this trade goes a long way towards getting us into the hunt this year". "We are still open to trades to fill those spots if the price is right, but we think the draft and free agency are likley better options at this point."

[buppers]

Badgers confirm. We were overstocked at pitching and short at Short and short of cash.

Ed

[leecemark]

Wishing all the best to you and your families this holiday season

[buppers]

Badgers still looking to move some salary. Available are Luzinski, Carlton, Perez and Hiller.

Ed

[J W]

Happy Holidays everyone.

[Sockeye]

The Angels have the following players available

Ed Glynn: 0.25K salary thru 1978. '78 season, 130 ERA+, 1.02 WHIP. Only 60 BF so he is a injury replacement, september call up, or possible playoff ringer in an injury situation. A 5th rd pick between 1978-85 gets him.

Tom Walker: 0.25K salary. RP with a 1.19 WHIP this season. Only 83 BF so he is a injury replacement, september call up, or possible playoff addition in an injury situation. A 5th rd pick between 1978-85 gets him.

Tom Hutton: 0.25K salary. 1B with a .309 AVG, .394 OBP, .420 SLG, 115 OPS+. Only has 95 PA's so he is a injury replacement, september call up, or possible playoff addition in an injury situation. A 5th rd pick between 1978-85 gets him.

Tim Blackwell: 0.25K salary, '74 draftee, catcher. '78 season .367 OBP in 132 PA's. A 5th rd pick between 1978-85 gets him.

Bob Beall: 0.25K salary, '75 draftee, 1B. '78 season .368 OBP in 225 PA's. A 5th rd pick between 1978-85 gets him.

[leecemark]

The Knights will give you a 5th roundr for Beal. You can pick the year

[Sockeye]

The Knights will give you a 5th roundr for Beal. You can pick the year

We'll accept the offer Mark. Make the 5th rounder from 1979.

[Sockeye]

ROSTER

RP: Bill Atkinson 0.50K Contract: 1976 Rookie Exp 1981
C: Tim Blackwell 0.25K Contract: 1974 Rookie, Exp 1979
SP: Larry Christenson 1.50M Contract: 1973 Rookie, Exp 1978
1B: Dan Driessen 1.50M Contract: 1973 Rookie, Exp 1978
RP: Rawly Eastwick 1.00M Contract: 1974 Rookie, Exp 1979
SP: Nino Espinosa 0.50K Contract: 1974 Rookie, Exp 1979
SP: Mark Fidrych 2.50M Contract: 1976 draftee/trade Exp 1981
RP: Rollie Fingers 10.00M Contract: 1974 FA, 5 Years Exp 1978
RP: Ed Glynn 0.25K Contract: 1976 FA, 3 Years Exp 1978
OF: Greg Gross 1.50M Contract: 1973 Rookie, Exp 1978
SP: Ed Halicki 1.00M Contract: 1974 Rookie, Exp 1979
1B: Mike Hargrove 3.00M Contract: 1974 Rookie, Exp 1979
1B: Tom Hutton 0.25K Contract: 1976 FA, 2 Years Exp 1977
C: Cliff Johnson 1.50 Contract: 1972 Draftee/trade Exp 1977
3B: Ray Knight 0.25K Contract: 1974 Rookie, Exp 1979
SP: Kevin Kobel 0.50K Contract: 1973 Rookie, Exp 1978
SP: Dennis Leonard 2.50M Contract: 1974 Rookie, Exp 1979
SP: Mark Littell 0.75K Contract: 1973 draftee/trade, Exp 1978
RP: Skip Lockwood 4.00M Contract: 1976 FA/trade 3 Years Exp 1978
CF: Lee Mazzilli 2.00M Contract: 1976 Rookie, Exp 1981
RP: Paul Mitchell 0.75K Contract: 1975 Rookie, Exp 1980
SP: Mike Norris 1.00M Contract: 1975 Rookie, Exp 1980
3B: Steve Ontiveros 1.50M Contract: 1973 Rookie, Exp 1978
OF/IF: Ron Pruitt 0.50K Contract: 1975 Rookie, Exp 1980
SP: Eric Rasmussen 1.00M Contract: 1975 Rookie, Exp 1980
SP: Craig Swan 0.75K Contract: 1973 draftee/trade Exp 1978
RF: Otto Velez 0.75K Contract: 1973 Rookie, Exp 1978
RP: Tom Walker 0.25K Contract: 1976 FA, 2 Years Exp 1977
C: John Wathan 0.75K Contract: 1976 Rookie, Exp 1981
OF: Jerry White 0.25K Contract: 1974 Rookie, Exp 1979

30 PLAYERS = 42.75M

FREE AGENTS

1B: Rico Carty
2B: Jerry DaVanon
DH: Tommy Davis
C: Dave Duncan
3B: Wayne Garrett
3B: Ed Goodson
LF: Jerry Hairston
2B: Vic Harris
CF: Bobby Jones
SP: Jim Kaat
SP: Don Kirkwood
RP: Darold Knowles
SP: Rick Kreuger
SP: Dan Larson
RP: Paul Lindblad
SP: Jim Lonborg
LF: Davey May
SP: Bo McLaughlin
2B: Dave Nelson
RP: Roger Nelson
SP: Gary Nolan
RP: Harry Parker
SS: Freddie Patek
1B: Bob Robertson
C: Ellie Rodriguez
INF: Dave Rosello
RF: Tommy Smith
RF: Charlie Spikes
SS: Danny Thompson

[catcher24]

Busy Christmas Day here, but I wanted to log in for just a minute to wish all of my good friends in the Classic Keeper League

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I hope you all had a nice day and some quality time with family and friends!

[buppers]

[QUOTE=rmadachik;1813344]The Gamblers will trade Mike Torrez and their 3rd round pick in 77 to the Milwaukee Iron for Bobby Murcer and their 2nd round pick in 77 and a conditional 4th round pick in 77 if their 2nd round pick is less than 4 picks better than the Gamblers 3rd round pick ....

Iron 2nd round pick is #29 and Gamblers 3rd round pick is #33. Since that is NOT less than 4 picks better I declare no conditional pick. Of course, Commisioner can overrule me .

Ed

[leecemark]

The Dust Bunnies have traded Doug Rader to the Hard Cider for the HC 3rd round pick in 1977. Mac, please confirm.

Jack

According to the transactions thread this pick was previously traded from the Cider to the Thunder. Please advise.

[leecemark]

Draft Trades for this year
--according to transaction involving draft picks thread and updated from this thread
Gamblers - 3 to Iron
Beavers - 3 to Spikes (if they are formerly Wranglers) or 3 to Thunder (if they aren't)?
Gold Sox - 1 to Beavers, 3- Cider, 4 - Cider
Angels - 1 to Legends and 2 to Bunnies
Badgers - none
Leafs - none
Blues - none
Skipjacks - 2 to Iron, 3 to Angels, 4 to Legends
Bunnies - 1 to Corsairs, 2 to Angels, 4 and 5 to Thunder
Corsairs - 3 to Gamblers
Legends - 3 to Angels
Cider - 3 to Thunder
Iron - 2 and 4 to Gamblers
Thunder - 2 and 3 to Legends
Knights - 1 to Angels
Spikes - 3 to Thunder and 4 to Loggers (who is this now?)

--Please advise of any errors ASAP. I'd like this cleaned up before the draft thread get sposted. Thanks

[mwiggins]

Draft Trades for this year

Beavers - 3 to Spikes (if they are formerly Wranglers) or 3 to Thunder (if they aren't)?

--Please advise of any errors ASAP. I'd like this cleaned up before the draft thread get sposted. Thanks

The Beavers are formerly the Wranglers. The Spikes own the Beavers/Wranglers #3 pick this year. We got it from Lew for Carl Morton back in the offseason before the 1974 season.

[dust bunnies]

According to the transactions thread this pick was previously traded from the Cider to the Thunder. Please advise.

See Post #16 and #19 in this Thread. In the Seaver trade the Dust Bunnies forgave the Cider for the error, thereby not requiring them to send another pick to the DB because of that error.

Jack