Puritans strike pure gold with Mateo?

In the largest IFA signing to date the Salt Lake City Puritans signed Dominican sensation Armando Mateo. Projected to be SS of average fielding ability, but with a plus plus arm, what seemed to really attract owner billhowell75 was the bat that is already near ML level. A four and half tool player, Mateo may grow in to a near .300 hitter with 25 HR power and a .375 OBP. With less than a $50 payroll the billhowell75 clearly saw the value of having a SS that you could feel good about hitting 6th despite the $26.5 million dollar price tag. With strong durability and health projections consider SS taken care of in Salt Lake City.

Asaxton065 has also been courting his SS of the future. Kiki Valentin lacks the plus arm and batting eye of Mateo and may not hit for the same average. Then again his rock solid work ethic may lead him to be ever bit the player Mateo is. For $17.5 million, the Louisville 65'ers also seem to have SS taken care of for a decade.

NL Projection update

NL North

			GB
OTT	82	80
BOI	72	90	10
BUR	68	94	14
SEA	55	107	27

NL East

			GB
PHI	103	59
SCR	89	73	14
STL	86	76	17
SYR	78	84	25

NL South

			GB
Jackson	88	74
DUR	78	84	10
CHR	67	95	21
Jack	65	97	23

NL West

			GB
Santa	84	78
SAL	79	83	5
SAC	74	88	10
SLC	52	110	32

The AL post spring training

Updated AL Projections

AL North

			GB
Tac	89	73	-
Van	83	79	6
Iowa	79	83	10
Mad	72	90	17

AL East

Dov	77	85
NY	70	92	7
Bal	69	93	8
Was	63	99	14

AL South

SAS	101	61
LOU	93	69	8
TEX	84	78	17
NO	59	103	42

AL West

SCO	98	64
POR	96	66	2
COL	90	72	8
SF	75	87	23