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Friday, August 3, 2012

Monterrey / Jackson

To Monterrey (0): Vernon Diaz and over 2mil in cash

To Jackson (4): Theodore Hume Vladimir Lee Norm Ebert

(brackets beside the teams signifies their advance scouting budget)

The dismantling of the Jackson franchise has begun (departing owner has said he is rebuilding the club for the next owner) with 29 year old and multiple time all-star short-stop Vernon Diaz. Diaz is a former gold glove winner as well and multiple time silver slugger (although I think this is a bit more to being in a league that favors defense more than offense) and will definitely be missed in Jackson. Coming to Jackson in return is Ebert who holds a similar bat to Diaz only behind the plate. Diaz is however a weaker defensive catcher. Lee is a future cf/2b type who will definitely have a future at the major league level. and carries a nice bat. Lee will be a subpar defender in center but a very nice addition defensively if he plays second. He also will hold a low overall but play better than that, thus in the future he will cost his team less in a long term contract. Rounding out the haul is SS Hume. Hume will provide very capable defense. Hume also has a surprisingly decent bat despite low contact as he has nice splits and they are magnified by being a switch hitter, although I think this is small sample size and if played full time his stats will drop.  Diaz's high overall should of brought back more and this is definitely a victory for Monteray. A 3 for 1 rarely works out in favor of the team receiving the 3, especially when there are no true stars in that group of 3, not too mention that Jackson is paying most of the remaining salary for Diaz. I think next years Jackson owner will be very dissapointed looking back at this deal.

Verdict: Monteray: 100%, (10 vetoes out of 10)

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