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I posted this the other day but I have a feeling Andrew's out of town since it hasn't been approved yet. I'll go ahead and post it below so you can get a sneak peak. What I did was make a spreadsheet with every trade I've made (if anyone wants to do the same thing and wants my spreadsheet to copy the formatting just let me know....it really helped me keep track of things).
I would guess it took about 4-5 hours from start to finish when I was doing my research to find all trades in Snappers history. It was interesting to look back on the trades I've made over the seasons. I got the idea from a series of articles they had on the Rangers website last year. It's probably more interesting to me since it's my team but the teams who were involved in these trades might be interested too.
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Dallas Snappers - A Retrospect of Trades (Pt. 1)
The Dallas Snappers franchise has been around since since the inception of the BLB in 1978. The franchise has certainly endured its ups and downs over the years and over that time the Dallas front office has tried to improve the team through all measures possible, including trades, the amateur draft and free agent acquisitions.
This two-part series will analyze every trade made over the 8+ years of the Snappers' history.
1978
Player(s) traded: B. Hanrahan (BAL)
Player(s) received: C. Vanstone
Trade Analysis: Hanrahan is currently in the midst of a great career--he currently has 173 saves with career ERA of 2.18. Vanstone ended up being traded for A. Wetton.
Trade Grade: F
1979
Player(s) traded: I. Goderie (CAR)
Player(s) received: C. Lance
Trade Analysis: Goderie only played marginally well for Dallas but really picked up steam with Los Lunas. He has close to 100 wins for Los Lunas and he's a great value making just over $1 million. Lance was a great defensive catcher, winning 2 gold gloves while with Dallas, but the bat was never there, only hitting .258 while with the Snappers. Was later traded to Carolina with a 5th round pick for B. Vialla & a 2nd round pick.
Trade Grade: D
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Player(s) traded: D. Mack (WIL)
Player(s) received: P. Ortega
Trade Analysis: Mack never made the Wilmington BLB team. He ended up being released in '83 and was picked up by the Mississippi organization. In 4 seasons with the Snappers, Ortega really only had one good season in '81 with a 3.52 ERA. The other 3 years were terrible. Ortega is currently a FA after being released after the '84 season.
Trade Grade: C
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Player(s) traded: G. Chiasson, C. Griffin & D. Columpton (LOS-A)
Player(s) received: J. Brabant
Trade Analysis: Chiasson never made the Los Alamos BLB team and he has been mulling around the minors since 1980 after he hit an atrocious .195 for the Bats in 48 games. Griffin is now 28 and the Dallas scout thinks he's pretty good, however he's had an ERA over 4.00 in 3 of his last 4 BLB seasons. Columpton doesn't have any history associated with him. Brabant was a good player for Dallas while they had him (no history available in game).
Trade Grade: C
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Player(s) traded: M. McAuliffe (CAR)
Player(s) received: K. Mulcahy
Trade Analysis: McAuliffe has won a couple gold gloves while with Carolina but his bat has been very anemic, hitting under .230 for the last 4 seasons. Dallas went after Mulcahy after he put up huge HR numbers in AAA. He could never reproduce those HR totals in the BLB and retired at a young age.
Trade Grade: C
1980
Player(s) traded: C. Vanstone (LOS)
Player(s) received: A. Wetton, 3rd round pick, $750k
Trade Analysis: Wetton was injured for 8 months just 4 weeks after being traded and only played in 20 games for Dallas. Vanstone had had medicore career, BLB ERA of 4.99 in 83 games. The 3rd round pick was Ramon Gort, who has had a decent minor league career but is still stuck in A. Up until this season he's never had outstanding numbers. In '85 thusfar he has a 3-3 record with 24 saves and a 2.13 ERA. While the Snappers scout doesn't think he'll ever been a bonafide BLB player he will probably be promoted to AA sometime soon.
Trade Grade: C
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Player(s) traded: C. Chavarraga (WAS)
Player(s) received: E. Covtreras, 6th round pick
Trade Analysis: Chavarraga went on to have amazing career with ERAs usually under 2 and over 250 k's per season. He was a part of the 1983 Washington Bats championship team. Covtreras is still hanging around the minor leagues and will never amount to anything. The 6th round pick was J. Hoskins, currently in AAA. He's had a decent AAA career but he probably won't have much of a BLB career.
Trade Grade: F
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Player(s) traded: J. Brabant (MAI)
Player(s) received: M. Ryusaki, 6th round pick
Trade Analysis: Brabant won the BLB title with Maine in 1980 and retired soon thereafter (career stats not in game). Ryusaki never panned out and will finish his career in the minors.The 6th round pick Dallas got was Charlie Chattaway (for some weird reason though I can't find any record of him in game). Regardless, he was on the Snappers but he was nothing special.
Trade Grade: D
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Player(s) traded: J. Sargentini, 2nd round pick (VIR)
Player(s) received: Ikebe, 2nd round pick, 5th round pick
Trade Analysis: At the time of this trade, the Snappers were going nowhere fast and needed to get younger. Sargentini had a couple good years in Virginia before moving on to Los Lunas. Not sure what happened to the 2nd round pick Virginia got from the Snappers (traded?). Ikebe is still only 22 and the Snappers have hope for him but he appears to be possibly suited for a back-up role if he makes it to the BLB. The Snappers selected Wayne Smith with their pick who was later traded. The 5th round pick, Jeremy Walker, was also traded.
Trade Grade: B+
1981
Player(s) traded: 7th round pick (WAS)
Player(s) received: Jack Cantrell
Trade Analysis: Cantrell did ok with the Snappers (5-6 with a 3.52 ERA in '82 and 2-7 with a 4.05 ERA in '83) and he only cost a 7th round pick. He ended up being selected in the expansion draft by Morgantown in 1983 but hasn't fared as well there with ERA's of 5.09 & 4.53 in just about 30 games. The 7th round pick was Jody Kurtz. Kurtz currently has a 2.89 ERA in AAA and may see some time in the BLB after having a pretty good season in AA too in '85.
Trade Grade: C
1982
No trades completed by the Snappers in 1982
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That concludes part 1 of this series. Part 2 will cover years 1983-1985, the top 3 worst trades in the Snappers history as well as a trade that fell apart and what the trade would've meant for both teams if the trade had gone through.
I would guess it took about 4-5 hours from start to finish when I was doing my research to find all trades in Snappers history. It was interesting to look back on the trades I've made over the seasons. I got the idea from a series of articles they had on the Rangers website last year. It's probably more interesting to me since it's my team but the teams who were involved in these trades might be interested too.
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Dallas Snappers - A Retrospect of Trades (Pt. 1)
The Dallas Snappers franchise has been around since since the inception of the BLB in 1978. The franchise has certainly endured its ups and downs over the years and over that time the Dallas front office has tried to improve the team through all measures possible, including trades, the amateur draft and free agent acquisitions.
This two-part series will analyze every trade made over the 8+ years of the Snappers' history.
1978
Player(s) traded: B. Hanrahan (BAL)
Player(s) received: C. Vanstone
Trade Analysis: Hanrahan is currently in the midst of a great career--he currently has 173 saves with career ERA of 2.18. Vanstone ended up being traded for A. Wetton.
Trade Grade: F
1979
Player(s) traded: I. Goderie (CAR)
Player(s) received: C. Lance
Trade Analysis: Goderie only played marginally well for Dallas but really picked up steam with Los Lunas. He has close to 100 wins for Los Lunas and he's a great value making just over $1 million. Lance was a great defensive catcher, winning 2 gold gloves while with Dallas, but the bat was never there, only hitting .258 while with the Snappers. Was later traded to Carolina with a 5th round pick for B. Vialla & a 2nd round pick.
Trade Grade: D
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Player(s) traded: D. Mack (WIL)
Player(s) received: P. Ortega
Trade Analysis: Mack never made the Wilmington BLB team. He ended up being released in '83 and was picked up by the Mississippi organization. In 4 seasons with the Snappers, Ortega really only had one good season in '81 with a 3.52 ERA. The other 3 years were terrible. Ortega is currently a FA after being released after the '84 season.
Trade Grade: C
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Player(s) traded: G. Chiasson, C. Griffin & D. Columpton (LOS-A)
Player(s) received: J. Brabant
Trade Analysis: Chiasson never made the Los Alamos BLB team and he has been mulling around the minors since 1980 after he hit an atrocious .195 for the Bats in 48 games. Griffin is now 28 and the Dallas scout thinks he's pretty good, however he's had an ERA over 4.00 in 3 of his last 4 BLB seasons. Columpton doesn't have any history associated with him. Brabant was a good player for Dallas while they had him (no history available in game).
Trade Grade: C
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Player(s) traded: M. McAuliffe (CAR)
Player(s) received: K. Mulcahy
Trade Analysis: McAuliffe has won a couple gold gloves while with Carolina but his bat has been very anemic, hitting under .230 for the last 4 seasons. Dallas went after Mulcahy after he put up huge HR numbers in AAA. He could never reproduce those HR totals in the BLB and retired at a young age.
Trade Grade: C
1980
Player(s) traded: C. Vanstone (LOS)
Player(s) received: A. Wetton, 3rd round pick, $750k
Trade Analysis: Wetton was injured for 8 months just 4 weeks after being traded and only played in 20 games for Dallas. Vanstone had had medicore career, BLB ERA of 4.99 in 83 games. The 3rd round pick was Ramon Gort, who has had a decent minor league career but is still stuck in A. Up until this season he's never had outstanding numbers. In '85 thusfar he has a 3-3 record with 24 saves and a 2.13 ERA. While the Snappers scout doesn't think he'll ever been a bonafide BLB player he will probably be promoted to AA sometime soon.
Trade Grade: C
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Player(s) traded: C. Chavarraga (WAS)
Player(s) received: E. Covtreras, 6th round pick
Trade Analysis: Chavarraga went on to have amazing career with ERAs usually under 2 and over 250 k's per season. He was a part of the 1983 Washington Bats championship team. Covtreras is still hanging around the minor leagues and will never amount to anything. The 6th round pick was J. Hoskins, currently in AAA. He's had a decent AAA career but he probably won't have much of a BLB career.
Trade Grade: F
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Player(s) traded: J. Brabant (MAI)
Player(s) received: M. Ryusaki, 6th round pick
Trade Analysis: Brabant won the BLB title with Maine in 1980 and retired soon thereafter (career stats not in game). Ryusaki never panned out and will finish his career in the minors.The 6th round pick Dallas got was Charlie Chattaway (for some weird reason though I can't find any record of him in game). Regardless, he was on the Snappers but he was nothing special.
Trade Grade: D
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Player(s) traded: J. Sargentini, 2nd round pick (VIR)
Player(s) received: Ikebe, 2nd round pick, 5th round pick
Trade Analysis: At the time of this trade, the Snappers were going nowhere fast and needed to get younger. Sargentini had a couple good years in Virginia before moving on to Los Lunas. Not sure what happened to the 2nd round pick Virginia got from the Snappers (traded?). Ikebe is still only 22 and the Snappers have hope for him but he appears to be possibly suited for a back-up role if he makes it to the BLB. The Snappers selected Wayne Smith with their pick who was later traded. The 5th round pick, Jeremy Walker, was also traded.
Trade Grade: B+
1981
Player(s) traded: 7th round pick (WAS)
Player(s) received: Jack Cantrell
Trade Analysis: Cantrell did ok with the Snappers (5-6 with a 3.52 ERA in '82 and 2-7 with a 4.05 ERA in '83) and he only cost a 7th round pick. He ended up being selected in the expansion draft by Morgantown in 1983 but hasn't fared as well there with ERA's of 5.09 & 4.53 in just about 30 games. The 7th round pick was Jody Kurtz. Kurtz currently has a 2.89 ERA in AAA and may see some time in the BLB after having a pretty good season in AA too in '85.
Trade Grade: C
1982
No trades completed by the Snappers in 1982
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That concludes part 1 of this series. Part 2 will cover years 1983-1985, the top 3 worst trades in the Snappers history as well as a trade that fell apart and what the trade would've meant for both teams if the trade had gone through.
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