Outlaw Acquires Kuo For Playoff Run

Outlaw announced the acquisition of Hong-Chih Kuo from the Lake Champlain Cannibals for Jason Frasor and Outlaw's 2010 2nd round draft pick. "We are ecstatic about adding a pitcher as talented as Kuo for our 2009 playoff drive," said GM Hildebrant during the press release. When asked whether the team paid too high a price for a pitcher with 19 regular season IP left, Hildebrant replied "Yes the price was high, but we hope to add exactly 36 playoff innings to Kuo's resume. And being deadlocked with the rival Trash Heap for the NASBL South championship means that every remaining 2009 NASBL inning counts. With Jake Peavy, Tim Hudson, Scott Kazmir, Rich Harden and Ryan Dempster all spending time on the 2009 MLB DL, we figure we better go for it this year."

Kuo, MLB's 2008 Set-Up Man of the Year, was 5 and 4 with a 3.41 ERA for the Cannibals so far this year. "Getting a pitcher of Kuo's quality and who can start as well as bridge the late-inning gap to the Mexicutioneer adds immense flexibility to the team," reported Hildebrant. With Rich Harden (2.07 MLB ERA), Joba Chamberlain (2.60 MLB ERA), and Kuo (2.14 MLB ERA) all rated as starters, Outlaw could throw a dominating trio of aces against any team in a short series. When asked whether Joba or Hong-Chih would start or relieve during the remainder of the season, the GM said, "We'll have to take a long, hard look at the individual matchups. Anything's possible when NASBL races go down to the wire."