NALB - 2016 Offseason

There were some notable roster moves before spring training began for the 2016 NALB season.

The Knights organization made some roster moves but nothing extraordinary:

• Extended the contracts of nine players through salary arbitration: Romeo Usquiano, Porfírio Portio, Bruce MacOmish, Tony Tamayo, Maurilio Godim, Lariel Gómez, Alvino Flores, Ángel Santago, and Rikiya Kiyomizu.
• Offered arbitration to Ralph Kerfoot and Carlos Cardenas. Both declined and filed for free agency.
• Arbitration was not offered to William Garner and Víctor Trujillo.
• Traded 23-year-old minor league catcher Lorenzo Torres to the Dayton Grizzlies, getting 21-year-old minor league starting pitcher Alex Mobley, 20-year-old minor league second baseman Michael Arquellez, 19-year-old minor league center fielder Donovan Buehl, 20-year-old minor league starting pitcher Fernando Aguilar and 19-year-old minor league reliever Pedro Botello in return.
• Traded 23-year-old minor league second baseman Burnell Himes to the Cornfield Axemen, getting 24-year-old minor league second baseman Pedro López, 24-year-old minor league right fielder Rod Steadman and 24-year-old minor league center fielder Michelangelo von Muller in return.
• Traded 26-year-old minor league shortstop Wilson Bullard to the Washington Allies, getting 20-year-old minor league left fielder Matthew Goeble, 26-year-old minor league right fielder Lerrin Arlarcón, 20-year-old minor league second baseman León Delfieno and 20-year-old minor league first baseman Tony Scott in return.
• Lost RP Robinson Texido in the Rule 5 Draft to the Richmond Slam.
• Signed international amateur 3B Nike John out of Mexico to a minor league contract.

Significant offseason signings:

• Dayton Grizzlies: Signed free agent RP Juan Miranda to a 2-year contract worth a total of $11,000,000.
• Las Vegas Luck: Signed free agent 1B J.R. Singleton to a 7-year contract worth a total of $43,520,000.
• Luisville Beasts: Signed free agent LF Yvon Chouinard to a 4-year contract worth a total of $31,200,000.
• Luisville Beasts: Signed free agent RP Sergio Delgado to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,730,000.
• Luisville Beasts: Signed free agent SP Charles Revels to a 7-year contract worth a total of $67,400,000.
• Luisville Beasts: Signed free agent SP Vincent Cadieux to a 1-year contract worth a total of $650,000.
• Nashville Firecats: Signed free agent 1B Paul Lyons to a 1-year contract worth a total of $9,500,000.
• Nashville Firecats: Signed free agent 2B John Edwards to a 6-year contract worth a total of $70,200,000.
• Nashville Firecats: Signed free agent C Dacey Rager to a 6-year contract worth a total of $42,200,000.
• Nashville Firecats: Signed free agent SP Ralph Kerfoot to a 2-year contract worth a total of $12,800,000.
• Phoenix Rattlers: Signed free agent SP Wen Xiong to a 4-year contract worth a total of $14,400,000.
• Phoenix Rattlers: Signed free agent SS Charles Difranco to a 5-year contract worth a total of $36,000,000.
• St. James Crusaders: Signed free agent SP Hap Bedford to a 2-year contract worth a total of $15,600,000.
• Vancouver Wild: Signed free agent 3B Hsiao-lou Yuan to a 4-year contract worth a total of $39,300,000.
• Vancouver Wild: Signed free agent SP Omar Cambra to a 3-year contract worth a total of $12,480,000.
• Washington Allies: Signed free agent LF Dorian Chivers to a 4-year contract worth a total of $12,240,000.

Major contract extensions:

• Cornfield Axemen: Signed C Luís Ellanos to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $6,000,000.
• Dunedin Otters: Signed SP Sosuke Nakamura to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $7,400,000.
• Key West Corals: Signed 3B Adelmo Porcayo to a 7-year contract extension worth a total of $73,220,000.
• Key West Corals: SP Whitney Sanders received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $6,373,750.
• Las Vegas Luck: Signed C Kensaku Shimada to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $25,960,000.
• Luisville Beasts: RP Jesús Montufar received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $6,375,000.
• Luisville Beasts: Signed SS Rico Gómez to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $43,880,000.
• Nashville Firecats: Signed RF Chris Lee to a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $46,900,000.
• Phoenix Rattlers: Signed CL Stokley McGruder to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $7,000,000.
• Richmond Slam: Signed 2B Edmundo Ovelha to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $6,100,000.
• St. James Crusaders: Signed RF Rainer Rojas to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $10,700,000.
• St. James Crusaders: Signed SP Anastasio Urbáez to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $19,530,000.
• St. James Crusaders: Signed SP Cory Gregory to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $56,700,000.
• St. Rock Mudcats: Signed SP Noriaki Momotami to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $6,900,000.
• Stade Maples: Signed RF Jordan Blanchard to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $7,300,000.
• Stade Maples: Signed SP David Bracy to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $12,740,000.
• Vancouver Wild: Signed C Morris Brown to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $7,200,000.
• Vancouver Wild: Signed SS Fernando Chira to a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $17,120,000.

Notable trades:

• The Dayton Grizzlies traded 36-year-old starting pitcher Alberto Harrington to the St. James Crusaders, getting 23-year-old starting pitcher Roger Tatum, 24-year-old minor league shortstop Chale Ortega, 24-year-old minor league first baseman Joe Lazenby and 24-year-old minor league catcher Dave Rodríguez in return.
• The Dunedin Otters traded 26-year-old starting pitcher Sosuke Nakamura and $7,000,000 in cash to the Washington Allies, getting 21-year-old reliever Gerald Lavin, 20-year-old minor league third baseman Earl Brendon and 24-year-old minor league second baseman Edgardo Bejarán in return.
• The Cornfield Axemen traded 33-year-old closer Dong-u Sop to the St. James Crusaders, getting 24-year-old minor league center fielder Johnny Keetley in return.
• The Dayton Grizzlies traded 26-year-old second baseman Chris Cluff to the Vancouver Wild, getting 29-year-old left fielder Pedro Hernández in return.