TRADE NEWS:

• The Orlando Orcas trade Darryl Kile, Rob Bell, Eric Gagne, Luis Rivas andFernando Tatis to the Gladiators for Jim Thome and Einar Diaz (the exodusof Indians from Roman to Orlando continues).
• Overland Park trades Kelvim Escobar to Outlaw for Jeff Suppan.

• Long Island drops Roberto Hernandez, takes Jeff Zimmerman.
• Lakewood drops Brian Meadows, takes Cory Lidle.
• Brian's drops Jose Canseco and Troy O'Leary, takes Jeff Fassero and JoeMcEwing.
• Quebec drops Ricky Ledee and Mark Gardner, takes Jamie Moyer and MelvinMora.
• New York drops Roy Halladay, takes Charlie Hayes.

3 MOVES (DONE)

• Brian's
• Dune
• Dysart
• Orlando
• Overand Park
• Wisconsin


2 MOVES (1 LEFT)

• New York
• Outlaw
• Quebec
• Roman


1 MOVE (2 LEFT)

• Lakewood
• Long Island


All other teams have 3 FA moves remaining.
 

• Welcome to Kevin Batson, who took over the Seattle squad.

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OLD TRADE NEWS:

• The Orlando Orcas trade Dave Veres to the Gladiators for Russ Branyan.
• Overland Park trades LaTroy Hawkins to Quebec for Chuck KnoblauchWisconsinsends it's 1st, 8th and 18th round picks to Long Island for the Pickles'1st and 5th round picks and Glendon Rusch.
• Wisconsin trades their 6th, 7th, 10th and 19th round picks to Orlando forthe Orca's 3rd and 9th round picks.
• The Pirates trade Darren Dreifort for Seattle's second round pick.
• The Pirates trade their 2nd and 5th round picks to the Archangels for NY's1st round pick.
• The Orca's trade their 1st & 15th round picks to the Pickles for LongIsland's 2nd round pick and Timo Perez.
• Atlanta trades its 2nd, 6th and Andy Ashby to Wisconsin for its 2nd, 11thand 12 round picks.
• The Pirates trade the 4th, 8th, 11th round picks and Eric Gagne to theOrcas for Fernando Vina, Will Clark, the 16th, 18th and 20th round picks. 
• Too many draft pick trades to mention...
• The Dysart Destroyers trade Jon Garland to the OP Ombudsmen for EnriqueWilson and Joe Mays. OUCH!
• The Lakewood Giants have traded 3b Bill Mueller to Overland Park for theBuds' 4th round pick in 2002.

OLD FREE AGENT NEWS:
• Dysart cuts Seth Etherton and picks up Vladamir Nunez.
• Overland Park cuts Francisco Cordova and picks up Jason Johnson.
• Outlaw cuts Levine and Mora, picks up Paul Quantrill and Scott Brosius.
• Orlando cuts Scarborough Green and Armado Almanza, picks up Bubba Trammelland Derek Bell.
• The Maineiacs cut Kent Mercker and pick up Pat Meares.
• Overland Park cuts Chris Holt and picks up Kevin Young.
• Wisconsin cuts Brian Rose and Bill Haselman and picks up Buddy Groom andEddie Guardado.
• The Archangels drop Todd Dunwoody, pick up Eric Davis.
• Overland Park drops Dave McCarty, picks up Luis Macias.
• Roman cuts Steve Woodard and Tim Bogar, picks up Ozzie Timmons and CraigCounsell.
• Wisconsin cuts Royce Clayton, picks up Marty Cordova.

Dune drops Matt Anderson and Alex Gonzalez, picks up Guillermo Motaand Wil Cordero. 

• The draft has startedwith the choice of Vladimir Guerrero to the Long Island Sweet Pickles.
• The draft has endedwith the choice of Luis Ordaz to theRoman Gladiators.