And we're in contact with a few more players. They used Chinapen, another Canadian, to land an additional home run hitter, one they needed last year. Chinapen was traded to Richmond Roosters for first baseman Macky Waguespack, who was second in the league in home runs with 16. Nadeau won the league's MVP award despite having no one to really protect him at the plate. We decided to build this team around Nadeau.
Baseball is like most businesses, the best laid plans can go off the rails by unexpected events.
In baseball it's better offers and the professional draft. Londoner Geoff McCallum is expected to return at shortstop. Last year's second baseman, Alex Zardis, was traded to Kalamazoo for future considerations. His place will be taken by Gabriel Delgado, a Puerto Rican who played with Oklahoma City University for four years. He can hit and he can run.