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Reynoso Extended, Blackley Dead Too

In a quick press release, the California Crusaders announced that they had signed recently aquired starter Francisco Reynoso to a 2-year extension, keeping him with the team through the 2015 season.

Reynoso, currently in the last year of a deal that is paying him $9.25 million, accepted a significant decrease in pay and will receive less than $4 million per season for the duration of the extension. The 36 year old, winner of the 2009 Golden Arm award, is likely to finish his career with California, and currently sports a 9-10, 3.18 ERA overall, has gone 2-0 in 5 starts for the Crusaders with a 2.52 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP. He's basically been everything the team has expected since being aquired, and should round out the rotation for the next couple of seasons at a very manageable price.

The trade for Reynoso is looking even better in hindsight, as we were greeted with this a sim ago:

Lindsay Blackley: Stuff Talent Decreases from 2 to 1
Lindsay Blackley: Overall Stuff Decreases from 4 to 3
Lindsay Blackley: Stuff versus Lefties Decreases from 4 to 3
Lindsay Blackley: Control Talent Decreases from 5 to 4
Lindsay Blackley: Stuff versus Righties Decreases from 4 to 3
Lindsay Blackley: Velocity Decreases from 90-92 to 87-89 Mph

That's barely AAA caliber. Well, at least we have 2012 to remember Blackley by, right? Sigh. Only 23 years old and his career is over before it was even really started.

OOTP 9, please hurry.