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1978
California sends: Rich Mathes and 9th round pick (Zorro Sirin)
California receives: Michael Claxton (Virginia)
Thoughts: Mathes has been a total disaster posting a -48 VORP in his BLB career. To be fair, he has posted good numbers in '82 and so far in '85... but outside of that... ouch. Claxton is a ghost. No clue how he turned out. Sirin has leveled off at AA and struggled in AAA before being released this season by the Colonials.
California sends: Ernie Hearn
California receives: Sixto Berru (Baltimore)
Thoughts: Hearn is basically a ghost player as there are no stats on him whatsoever. Berru actually went out and threw a no-hitter against Baltimore in '78. Who says players don't forget the teams that traded them away. Otherwise he was a flop. He's currently a -35 VORP in his four years in the BLB. Currently in Pitt's AA.
California sends: (3rd round pick in '78- Joe Frayo)
California receives: 4th and 5th round pick (Oscar Saldanha) from Washington
Thoughts: Saldanha has turned into a solid AAAA player for the Kodiaks posting a positive VORP in every season he has been with the BLB team. The 5th round pick did not go to either team... just seemed to vanish into thin air.
California sends: SP Frank Dallyn
California receives: OF - Joe Truex, SP Matt Walls from Baltimore
Thoughts: Matt Walls.... who?
1979
California sends: SP Caden Marcus
California receives: SP Lou Walkup from Philadelphia
Thoughts: Walkup was a solid up and coming young pitcher who was on the verge of becoming a 10 game winner in '82 when he blew out his shoulder and was on the DL for 12 months. Development hits soon followed and by '84 he had been released and had changed his skin color.
California sends: MR Jude White, SP Gaspar Rodriguez, C Edgar Williams
California receives: LF Ernesto Adron, SP Brian Glenurguhay, (2nd round pick in 80 draft - Jose Compres)
Thoughts: Adron went on to star with Los Lunas and Indianapolis, Glenurguhay became the first reality TV star with 'Being Brian Glenurguhay' and Compres is a platoon player on my club at the ripe old age of 22.
1980
California sends: SP Filiberto Delrosario, OF Amistad Guarneso, 2B German Hozven
California receives: OF Montez Dardon, SS Orlin Ariago, 3B Harry Kerns from Hartford
Thoughts: Dardon became a power bat after being traded to Windy City. Ariago is a back up utility IF for my club who made the team because of his glove, not his bat... Kerns was traded to Wilmington and soon after suffered a CEI.
1981
California sends: OF Ernesto Adron, SS Jesse Blaine (3rd round pick Amoldo Andradez) 6th round pick (never appears again)
California receives: OF John Lankin, SP Kelly Carpenter, IF Joe Ballestero and C Brad Creel from Los Lunas
Thoughts: Looking back, previous owner Khrog described Lankin as a 'star player for my OF'... I beg to differ. Adron and Andradez would look mighty nice in a Kodiaks uniform right about now.
California sends: (1st pick in '81 draft - Tardif, David)
California receives: (2nd pick in '81 draft - OF Steve Boyd), IF Tom Morris, C Bob Clapp (LOSA)
Thoughts: Did I mention that Khrog was an idiot? How'd letting David Tardif slip through your fingers work out for you pal? And I quote,
"I have 2 potentially #1/#2 BLB starters (who, who, who???? Roberts and Duncan, maybe?) drafted that still look like they will be that kind of talent. Even so, Tardif is still very tempting, but with the # of holes left by previous management moving down 1 pick and picking up a prospect that looks like a BLB starting catcher in a short time and an additional draft pick makes this worth the while.
I also don't want my fans to dissipate completely while I'm righting the ship. The 2nd overall pick has some more mature options (WTF?) that will help that cause earlier than Tardif would have."
This ends the previous management of the Wildfire/Kodiaks... from 1982 on I have taken control of the team and proceeded to make tons and tons of trades... by far the most in the BLB. I'll post those in as second article.
Thanks for reading, and once again, the wonderful idea all belongs to Jim for starting this look back through history with the posting of Dallas's trade history.
1978
California sends: Rich Mathes and 9th round pick (Zorro Sirin)
California receives: Michael Claxton (Virginia)
Thoughts: Mathes has been a total disaster posting a -48 VORP in his BLB career. To be fair, he has posted good numbers in '82 and so far in '85... but outside of that... ouch. Claxton is a ghost. No clue how he turned out. Sirin has leveled off at AA and struggled in AAA before being released this season by the Colonials.
California sends: Ernie Hearn
California receives: Sixto Berru (Baltimore)
Thoughts: Hearn is basically a ghost player as there are no stats on him whatsoever. Berru actually went out and threw a no-hitter against Baltimore in '78. Who says players don't forget the teams that traded them away. Otherwise he was a flop. He's currently a -35 VORP in his four years in the BLB. Currently in Pitt's AA.
California sends: (3rd round pick in '78- Joe Frayo)
California receives: 4th and 5th round pick (Oscar Saldanha) from Washington
Thoughts: Saldanha has turned into a solid AAAA player for the Kodiaks posting a positive VORP in every season he has been with the BLB team. The 5th round pick did not go to either team... just seemed to vanish into thin air.
California sends: SP Frank Dallyn
California receives: OF - Joe Truex, SP Matt Walls from Baltimore
Thoughts: Matt Walls.... who?
1979
California sends: SP Caden Marcus
California receives: SP Lou Walkup from Philadelphia
Thoughts: Walkup was a solid up and coming young pitcher who was on the verge of becoming a 10 game winner in '82 when he blew out his shoulder and was on the DL for 12 months. Development hits soon followed and by '84 he had been released and had changed his skin color.
California sends: MR Jude White, SP Gaspar Rodriguez, C Edgar Williams
California receives: LF Ernesto Adron, SP Brian Glenurguhay, (2nd round pick in 80 draft - Jose Compres)
Thoughts: Adron went on to star with Los Lunas and Indianapolis, Glenurguhay became the first reality TV star with 'Being Brian Glenurguhay' and Compres is a platoon player on my club at the ripe old age of 22.
1980
California sends: SP Filiberto Delrosario, OF Amistad Guarneso, 2B German Hozven
California receives: OF Montez Dardon, SS Orlin Ariago, 3B Harry Kerns from Hartford
Thoughts: Dardon became a power bat after being traded to Windy City. Ariago is a back up utility IF for my club who made the team because of his glove, not his bat... Kerns was traded to Wilmington and soon after suffered a CEI.
1981
California sends: OF Ernesto Adron, SS Jesse Blaine (3rd round pick Amoldo Andradez) 6th round pick (never appears again)
California receives: OF John Lankin, SP Kelly Carpenter, IF Joe Ballestero and C Brad Creel from Los Lunas
Thoughts: Looking back, previous owner Khrog described Lankin as a 'star player for my OF'... I beg to differ. Adron and Andradez would look mighty nice in a Kodiaks uniform right about now.
California sends: (1st pick in '81 draft - Tardif, David)
California receives: (2nd pick in '81 draft - OF Steve Boyd), IF Tom Morris, C Bob Clapp (LOSA)
Thoughts: Did I mention that Khrog was an idiot? How'd letting David Tardif slip through your fingers work out for you pal? And I quote,
"I have 2 potentially #1/#2 BLB starters (who, who, who???? Roberts and Duncan, maybe?) drafted that still look like they will be that kind of talent. Even so, Tardif is still very tempting, but with the # of holes left by previous management moving down 1 pick and picking up a prospect that looks like a BLB starting catcher in a short time and an additional draft pick makes this worth the while.
I also don't want my fans to dissipate completely while I'm righting the ship. The 2nd overall pick has some more mature options (WTF?) that will help that cause earlier than Tardif would have."
This ends the previous management of the Wildfire/Kodiaks... from 1982 on I have taken control of the team and proceeded to make tons and tons of trades... by far the most in the BLB. I'll post those in as second article.
Thanks for reading, and once again, the wonderful idea all belongs to Jim for starting this look back through history with the posting of Dallas's trade history.