Brooklyn Deals with Los Angeles PF Flyers

The Brooklyn Moabs have acquired flamethrower Daniel Bard (1.2) and 2B Mark Ellis (2.50) in exchange for Lastings Milledge (.4) and Chris Coghlan (1.20).

Ellis was added for salary dump by the PF's. The heart of the deal for the Moabs was getting young stopper Bard, who can hit the high 90s with ease. He has excellent K to BB ratio and will be utilized in the near future. Ellis will provide some help off the bench with Wigginton, Teahen, Upton, Saltalamacchia, and Lowrie. The bench will be versatile and ready to step in if an injury. On the other hand, the deal led to speculation. For instance, Bob Uecker, color man for the organization, has stated that Jeremy Affeldt, Tony Pena, Matt Guerrier, as well as Wigginton and Teahen might need new apartments come deadline time.

On the otherside, Coghlan was a well-thought of member of the team who will be missed. The organization was unsure where he would end up as a regular, which led certain unnamed members of the front office to feel that he was expendable. And for Milledge, who was a throw-in a season ago at the deadline, there is no denying his talent. At this point the Flyers coveted the prospects of Milledge, and the Moabs simply had an excess of young OFs. He presented much upside, but was more than expendable.