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Kirkham Acquired For Stretch Run



In a last minute waiver trade with the Green Bay Wolves, the Crusaders acquired 1B/DH Gilbert Kirkham by simply agreeing to take on his full $2M per season contract through next season.

Kirkham, a 32 year old lefty, had his playing time diminish with Green Bay but is still a fairly productive hitter against right handed pitchers. In 124 at bats this year, he's got a .274/.341/.460 line against them -- a significant increase over the .274/.317/.369 that current DH vs RHP Eduardo Gonzales has been providing.

With the Crusaders currently at 83-56 and tied with Las Vegas for 2nd in the MBBA-P and the Wild Card lead, any extra offense that we can get right now, we'll take. With the best pitching in the league, we need to do all we can to scratch across as many runs as possible. The combination of Kirkham vs righties and Ruvalcubu vs lefties should help.