Offseason Trades Completely Reshape Team

The Tampa Bay Seminoles have been one of the busier teams on the trade front this off season. If you told this reporter all of the trades the team was going to make, he would have called you crazy. The Seminoles have been very aggressive but the trades were designed to help the team continue to be competitive now and in the future. Let's look at a brief recap:

The first major trade of the off season was a three way block buster deal with Albuquerque Dukes and the Boston Beaneaters. The Seminoles sent Bernie Alvarez and Glenn Sabel to the Dukes while Boston received Phillip Parrish and Ricardo Arias and $5 mil in cash considerations while the Seminoles received Rafael Cruz, Daniel Brantley, Mariano Manzanillo, and Pablo Mota.

The second trade of the season was a bit of a surprise as the Seminoles traded away Steven Walsh to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Derek Swan. Walsh being traded was a surprise considering the Seminoles had just given him a $15 million 3 year contract extension at the end of the season.

The third trade of the season saw newly aquired Rafael Cruz and $800 moved to the Omaha Spikes for P Barney Blue.

The fourth trade of the season saw LF Mariano Guerrero get moved to the Jackson Senators for Javier Pineda, Adam Logan, and Timothy Battle.

The fifth trade of the season saw Tampa Bay send newly aquired P Barney Blue to the Montral Shamrocks for C Donald Jacquez and $5 million.

Confused yet fans? Well the team currently has two trades additional trades pending but are expected to go through. Those trades are:

Pending trade with Jackson Senators who are sending Glendon Lawrence, Chris Barrett, and Howard Brown while the Seminoles are sending Pablo Mota, Matt Hill and $1 million.

Pending trade with the St. Louis Maroons who are sending Chad Connelly and Von Norman while the Seminoles are sending Willie Guapo.

Needless to say how the team shakes out should be interesting and once we get the information we will give you the probable starting day line up.