Team News

MR Jeff Fischer suffers setback



Monday, July 9th, 1990: Team doctors say reliever Jeff Fischer will need an additional two weeks recovery time from his torn labrum. "It's not pressing he return before he's ready", a concerned manager Rodgers stated.

More on this story as it unfolds

Benchwork

Montreal didn't make the huge splash in free agency as one would have expected. Although the team won the NL pennant it still found it hard to convince qite a few players that this was "the place to be". Being a small market club will do that. The lineup remains intact, but the all important bench is slow coming.


Phil Plantier's upcoming season looks very promising. The former LF/RF backup looks to supplant Andre Dawson in rightfield. The one dimensional Dawson will be asked to learn leftfield when spring training begins, and comes in as the backup to Plantier.


CF- Gary Pettis a solid defender signed a 1 year deal to backup Brett Butler. Pettis has ++ speed so he'll likely see a role as a pinch runner as well. 2B/3B- Randy Ready will backup Pena and Wallach.


Overall the bench including the re-signing of firstbaseman Andres Gallaraga
comes into spring a little weaker than last season, but just a tad. With a few more days left of free agency we'll see what else may transpire.

Transactions/Rumors

Randy Ready released

Bye Bye baby. Not happy in Montreal? Well pack your bags read the sign upon the locker room door. Words or actions detrimental to the team, no matter the severity will NOT be tolerated. "Who needs a whiner", manager Buck Rodgers said. "If he or anyone else doesn't want to be here i'll show them the door", Rodgers continued.

It's this reactive response that sends players reeling, but hey it's just business. Happy when you win or lose= a team player. Can't take it when we're down; well will send you to your happy place... elsewhere!