CUBS and Angels BLOCKBUSTER

[ittme]

More of a blockbuster salary dump for me. The Cubs and Angels have come to an aggreement:

Angels Receive
Ted Lilly, 33 - $12,000,000 - 2yrs - 84/84
Kosuke Fukudome, 31 - $12,666,666 - 3yrs - 83/83
Junior Lake, 19 - $15,800 - Arb '11 - 61/81
Ryan Flaherty, 22 - $21,000 - Arb '11 - 68/83
Jay Jackson, 21 - $21,000 - Arb '11 - 64/80

Cubs Receive
Bobby Abreu, 35 - $5,000,000 - 1 - 85/85
Juan Rivera, 30 - $4,250,000 - 3 - 76/76

Cubs do this deal to rid themselves of Lilly's contract. No use paying $12 mil to a 5th starter (after acquiring Cliff Lee earlier in the day, Lilly was moved down to the #5 spot in the rotation). They also rid themselves of an overrated Fukudome and his $13mil over 3 years.

Abreu will come in immediately and leadoff for the already potent Cubs' lineup.

The Angels recieve 3 prospects, plus a younger replacement for Abreu. Lilly will help shoulder the load for the Angels with their big three starters out (Lackey, Santana, Escobar).

[koufax123]

I walked into Arte Moreno's office and said "Arte, I have good news and bad news."

He peered over his desk, "whats the good news?" he asked me.

"I just got rid of both Bobby Abreu and Juan Rivera! That's 9.5 million we don't have to pay this year! Plus I got us three more low 80's level prospects who will flourish in our farm system!"

"what's the bad news?" He queried.

"I had to take on 25 million dollars of salary in the form of a Japanese guy with a dirty last name and the corpse of Ted Lilly"

"can the corpse of ted Lilly take the mound every fifth day until we get back the big three?" Arte inquired.

"We'll see" I told him as i left his office and walked off to a costume shop to buy Ted a Hawaiian shirt and a pair of glasses. "If i play it right....." I thought to my self, "no one will ever know he is dead."

corpses can't have no trade clauses, can they?

[Fish Troll]

Apperently there are some NTC players for this game file, and Lilly is one and he refused to waive his NTC.

Trades approve. All NTC contracts have been clear out. For now on NTC players cannot be traded at all.