Bulldogs tradewire action

Bulldogs owner Adam Leickel dipped his toe in the trade waters by acquiring Chris Coghlan for a 6th round pick and then must have decided that the water felt mighty nice and dove in head first. This dive resulted in trading away staff ace Josh Johnson, LF/1B Luke Scott and DH Vlad Guerrero. I know what you must be saying. Why would you trade away your best pitcher and your 2 best bats for next season. Well let me answer that by telling you what the Bulldogs got in return. By trading away 3 of the best players on their team, the Bulldogs hauled in 4 very young incredibly talented players. Phil Hughes has a good chance to be a direct replacement for Johnson in a year or 2, Justin Upton will be the new starting RF and will not have to be platooned for like Scott would, Erick Aybar fills the need for a SS and Fowler fills the need for a CF. It may hurt watching veterans leave, but getting this kind of youth is just a sign of things to come in the effort to turn the Bulldogs into a contender.