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PEBA Insiders are reporting that the club could be on the brink of a few major deals.... With $100M in budget space and a few lineup holes, will the Bears be buyers or sellers? Stay tuned for more details, as we're expecting an announcement by day's end.
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Sources saying that Gilbert Murray has been notified of a trade. No word on the destination and no announcement from the team.
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Twitter is a blaze with rumors in Aurora... one such tweet:

@AuroraGoldArms: Bears smelling Murray trade, W's, E's, G's? #DHisBorealisTerritory
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Borealis wrote:Twitter is a blaze with rumors in Aurora... one such tweet:

@AuroraGoldArms: Bears smelling Murray trade, W's, E's, G's? #DHisBorealisTerritory
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The PEBA Twitter-verse has picked up the story, it seems. :D

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@RayD: #EvilEvas strengthen outfield, #DuluthWarriors strengthen pitching, #AuroraBorealis improve both? Where's #CLGnats? #BlisteringHotStove
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Borealis wrote:@RayD: #EvilEvas strengthen outfield, #DuluthWarriors strengthen pitching, #AuroraBorealis improve both? Where's #CLGnats? #BlisteringHotStove
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I guess we better ask what Sandgnats beat writer @HowardHeskin1 thinks of all of this! #ItsHotOverInTheSL
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Trendsetters wrote:
Borealis wrote:@RayD: #EvilEvas strengthen outfield, #DuluthWarriors strengthen pitching, #AuroraBorealis improve both? Where's #CLGnats? #BlisteringHotStove
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I guess we better ask what Sandgnats beat writer @HowardHeskin1 thinks of all of this! #ItsHotOverInTheSL
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Sources are saying that the Bears have filed trade paperwork with the league office. No public statement from the club at this point. Another source close to the team mentioned this may not be the only deal of the weekend. He hinted that the deal could involve bigger names than the Murray and Hawkins on each side of the ledger but a few sticking points on each side are holding things up.
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The Bears formally announce that outfielders Gilbert Murray and Jorge Lopez will be trade to Shin Seiki. Coming back from the Evas is a package of outfielder Benton Hawkins, reliever Sadakuno Nakagawa, swingman Kyoichi Yoshimura, and three positional prospects from the international complex. For the Bears, it continues a trend of trying to build the farm without completely giving up on today's team.

After an early season knee injury, Murray only played in 34 games for the Bears last year with minimal production and the club still clawed their way into the playoffs. As a result, the new regime got used to playing without him and feel that they can still contend for a playoff berth despite the loss. Jorge Lopez is a PEBA-ready prospect with some upside that the club would have liked to give a shot, but with a logjam of PEBA talent and top prospects in the outfield he would have struggled to find regular at bats even with Murray out the door. In terms of 2025 production, Lopez/Murray combined for +0.3 WAR so Bears fans should rest assured that they are not losing a ton of production from the 2025 cindarella team they loved so much.

Benton Hawkins is the newest Bear and it will be interesting to see how he fits with the club. His .747 OPS in 2025 represents one of the lowest his career and a significant drop off from recent years. At 30 years old, he could be starting a long-term decline but we're thinking there is a little more left in the tank than meets the eye. If he can stay healthy that is... Hawkins missed a lot of time in 2025 with various nagging injuries. Early indications are that the Bears will keep him on the bench against lefties and have him sit some right handed matchups as well. Hawkins is on an interesting contract with $27.3M guaranteed from 2026-28, but zero risk team options for 2029-30 as has agent failed to negotiate a buyout.

The Bears are said to be very excited about Eagle Eye Nakagawa and Kyoichi Yoshimura. Nakagawa has got great stuff and is a former starter from the LRS so we expect to use him heavily in a multi-inning role out of the bullpen. After losing our former closer in a trade, it's not out of the question that he could contend for the closing role, but we think there's a lot of value in the innings that he should be able to eat out of the bullpen. His limited usage in Shin Seiki is a mystery to us, but I think it stems from the fact that the Evas are a simply loaded team. Yoshimura has had some good years that he is not too far removed from, and he will get the chance to compete for a position at the back of the Bears rotation. If he doesn't make the cut, it won't hurt to have another lefty arm out of the bullpen.

There are limited scouting reports on the international prospects coming back to Bakersfield in the deal. Connor Clavell, a catcher from England, is the most mature and at 20 years old will make his debut in SS-A this season. Clavell profiles to an offensive catcher with power who will need to work on his defense or move to first base. Ahungena 'Taz' Harun is a 19 year old South African infielder. The Bears think he can be a plus hitter and be satisfactory in the field at the second base position if he meets his potential. The biggest upside prospect of the 3 is first baseman Clyde Stinton. He's only 17 and recently signed a $611k bonus deal out of England and profiles as a big power lefty first base bat who can struggle with the strikeout.

If you want to look at the positives, which I do... The Bears have filled some holes in the pitching staff, freed up some at bats for younger outfielders, and added quality prospects to the farm, without giving up much production from last years playoff team. A trade of an outfielder was needed to avoid playing dangerous waiver games later, and the filled rotation slots allows us to spend a little bit more in free agency on quality rather than quantity. Go Bears!

Good luck to Gilbert, Jorge, and Kevin's Evas squad. This was a fun negotiation.
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Over looked in this is going from the cavernous YUM! To the Eva's Band Box...
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Borealis wrote:Over looked in this is going from the cavernous YUM! To the Eva's Band Box...
Still learning this league, I didn't realize Shin Seiki's park was so hitter friendly. Now I won't feel so bad when Murray and Lopez both mash .100 points above their OPS with us. And on the flip side, won't feel like as much of a genius if the pitchers are better in Bakersfield.
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Borealis wrote:Over looked in this is going from the cavernous YUM! To the Eva's Band Box...
Still learning this league, I didn't realize Shin Seiki's park was so hitter friendly. Now I won't feel so bad when Murray and Lopez both mash .100 points above their OPS with us. And on the flip side, won't feel like as much of a genius if the pitchers are better in Bakersfield.
My park is a little quirky. Hugely favors LHB, which is why some guys will thrive in SS that fare poorly in other parks.

The flip side of that is things can get rough on the road and RHP on my squad sometimes look much worse than they really are.
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Bears have a ton of offers out to free agents. hopefully guys don't make quick decisions!
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Breaking: Bears looking to be major players in Free Agency. When the Bears attempted to offer 1B James Heard a contract, owner George Novak exclaimed #NoMore and refused to approve any additional offers to Free Agents #BearsBeat #Free Agency
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