Thanks to Daniel, the man from way down south (Venezuela) who manages a team way up north (Canada). Okay, Toronto isn't that far north! I get two of my favorite young pitchers in the game. I had salary cap, but I don't plan on jumping in the crazy free agent market with the rest of you guys.
receives
CI Kotchman, Casey, $5.5m (2013) + $3m from
in 2011
P Guthrie, Jeremy, $0.5m (2010) <- Immediately extending (69th SP in 2010) to a $4m (2013) deal
SP Scherzer, Max, $1m (2010) <- Immediately extending (36th SP in 2009, 44th SP in 2010) to a $9.5m (2011) deal
receives
C Anderson, Bryan, $0.5m (P-n/a)
P Tomlin, Josh, $0.5m (P-2013)
This deal leaves me with $1m in cap room, a PITA liability in Kotchman and my most expensive player in Scherzer. I have a lot of prospect extensions that I could make, but at the end of the day I run a small-market team, so if I want to make a run, I need to throw money at free agents - or pending free agents.