Dukes of Homestead!!

Homestead- After long hours of negotiations both expansion teams reach an agreement. The Pythons have acquired rookie phenom Zach Duke along with Garret Atkins, Fernando Rodney and a SB's 2nd Rnd Rookie pick. The Pythons gave up in return Ybor's first round rookie pick along with Freddy Sanchez, Sergio Mitre, Geoff Jenkins and rookie Jason Botts. "We didn't want to give up Botts in this deal since we've had our eyes on him for a while but we feel this deal while it makes stronger in the future it also gives us an impact this year. We want to turn things around down here, our current record is not something that will make us give up on the race. It's a long season and a lot can happen in a span of 100+ games. Zach is just a phenom and coupe him next year with phenom Josh Johnson and Wang and we already have our first three starters punched in. " Zach learned of the trade early on Tuesday morning and when asked what his expectations were he basically said "Going to the east coast is going to be a lot of fun, I plan to soldify the Python's need and from what I hear they are a great organization with a lot of expectations. I'm thrilled to be going to Miami." Garret Atkins provides a solid platoon at 3rd base with Pedro Feliz. "Garret has a lot of potential, we haven't seen the best of Atkins yet! Fernando Rodney will give us a solid season this year and will reign over the closer spot next year we expect" Said Espinosa.