GM Altman pulled the trigger on a 10 player trade with the Texas Gunners nabbing two top prospects, a AAA middle infield and an elite closing prospect.
The trade shakes out as this. The Bombers ship out SP Jeremy Rogers, SP Aaron Nelson, MR Mark Thompson, SP Emerson Webber, and 1B Gerald Becker. The key component was Rogers on this side of the ledger.
In return South Carolina receives LF Roy O'Quinn, 2B Walt Dobson, CL Jose Parra, SS Stephen Cook and SP Yamaguchi., with the key players coming back being O'Quinn and Yamaguchi.
Altman was quoted as saying that O'Quinn has off chart power and that is something every team could use, but especially us since we're ranked last in the TML in HR's. O'Q has been promoted and is expected to spend the rest of the season in South Carolina patrolling RF.
Yamaguchi is the wild card in this trade. Anonymous sources within the league have raved about acquiring Hit Squad. He turns 26 on July 12th and his age is a factor as he is a little older than most prospects. However, according to scouts from other teams if Yamaguchi develops this trade will be a steal. Hit Squad throws almost 100 MPH and throws ground balls 76% of the time. He's a stud in the making!
After this trade was agreed to, South Carolina went 6-0 for the first time in a SIM, but followed that up by going 2-4 within their division, but only losing a half game in the standings.
Multiple rumors out of South Carolina were reporting that Dave Nicholson was being shopped around, and one deal almost had him going to Nottingham. I was quite the shock in the press circles to hear Rogers name being bandied about.
When asked about the mindset about moving one of the Young Guns this is what Altman said,
"We wish all the players we've moved to Texas well the rest of this season as well as for the remainder of their careers. They were good soldiers here, but to get quality we had to move some quality as well.
In Rogers, we gave up a fully developed SP who will sit atop the leader boards for a long stretch of his career. But we knew in a months time we'd be getting Flipper back and that made one of our arms expendable as well as having Aaron Harris (2013 1st Rd Draft Choice) developing quite nicely, giving us 4 above average arms in the system. We knew getting back Yamaguchi would give us 5 and we'd be a very tough team to beat in a year or so. Yamaguchi is anticipated to arrive sometime next season.
In Nelson, he's an average back end of the rotation starter, but by no means would he be held back to keep this deal from happening. His ratings are in stark contrast to his performance and we didn't feel like we were losing much, if anything by including him in this deal. The same could be said of Thompson, who has just 1 option left, yet has shown no flashes of brilliance that a player of his talent should possess.
Webber and Becker are so young and so far from the ABL right now to even think what they can or cannot do. Webber has some talent and I would not be surprised if he makes it in 3 or 4 seasons. I think it would be great for him and for Texas if he did."
Walt Dobson, while traded for as he's on the DL for an oblique strain is being seriously considered to be brought up to the show this season, to give a little boost to the SS position. Management has liked the increased production Casas is showing, the team is expecting more.
We'll see.
More Next Time on the Bomber Blast!
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