COL/SEA

[cadmus2166]

  gets:

3B Joey Priestley 94, 28 yrs old, $20M thru '84

  gets:

SP Mike Hudgens 83/94, 23 yrs old, Pre-arb
SP Giuliano Ospina 82/91, 23 yrs old, Pre-arb
C Peter Weber 77/86, 23 yrs old, Pre-arb
3B Holger Blackburn 82, 36 yrs old, $10.2M thru '84
$5M cash

Colorado accepts. Priestley fills a long-term need at 3B. We'll re-sign him and hope he mashes here in Colorado. It hurts to lose Hudgens and Opsina in particular, but we feel pitching is a strength and we can survive that.

[mzylinski]

We shot for the moon and fell into the stars, the writing is on the wall we hope our wanton expectations do not scar us for long