Transaction Thursday

Afternoon, gentlemen. Here's a roundup of the weekly transgressions and gressions in this week in DCBA baseball. Not a week into the season and already people are getting their pink slips. That said, no transactions this week were the mysterious free, red kind. Just straight up honest purchases.

Reigning kings, The Slipstream Starlings, dropped 2B Plaicido Domingo Polanco to make room for Franklin Esai Morales, SP. $1. CBS Sportsline calls Morales a work in progress for NL only leagues. Polanco is a decent enough 2B for a league as deep as DCBA. But his bat went cold coming out of Spring Training. Also, rotating out was one time fantasy stud Pedro Martinez who "has a hamstring" in the vernacular, was replaced with Brian Bannister, flavor of the month, $1.



The Fairly Tough Flowers dropped Jonathan O. Sanchez to make room for Kevin Gregg, closer. $1. Sanchez would've been a deep cut in even the deepest of leagues. Gregg at least closes.



The Bastards couldn't stand pat with their hand either: Adam Jones' off field antics got him a trip to the principal's office. In his stead will be Evan Longoria, 3B. $1. The Bastards moved a far away prospect for a less far away prospect. I call it one of the better deals this week, but not the best:



Da Prop Joes dropped Aubrey Huff who's my age and apparently over the hill. Carlos Silva, SP, $1, takes his place and will fill out the back of the rotation. GONK!



Bucketheads, sans definite article, dropped chronic disappointment JD Drew for the chronically mundane Nick Johnson, $3. This would be a good deal if it wasn't for that price. I'm saying Buckets got beat.



All the Wrong Cubs win the award for most active team this week by moving three players! First, Nate McLouth, CF, replaced Chad Gaudin, SP for $1. McLouth will likely get playing time on a shitty team. He might pitch in, so to speak, if he gets hot. Gaudin is nicked up and had no reason to be on a DCBA roster.



TRADE!!!

All the Wrong Cubs send LF Carlos Lee to The Darnedsox for SPs Tom Gorzelanny and Chien-Ming Wang. Both teams addressed needs. An insider tells us that the Sox are banking on their knack for finding pitching during the season to compensate. Wang'll get wins just by being there. Gorzelanny... who knows. Lee should put up fine numbers in a park where most of the DCBA managers could hit one to the wall. Shrewd and practical. Clearly...