New York Trades for Javier Solís

                                       With Ronald Hart New York's setup man going down with a injury for the season Mafia went out and acquired Javier Solís from the Boston Cardinals. Solis has proven he is a stud reliever in the ABL, he has 2.59 life time ERA 198ip and 261K with 1.07WHIP. Solis can throw heat and will rack up a ton of K's and fit nice in the setup role in New York.

                                       Mafia will face Seattle Sasquatch (50-25) the best record in the league. New York played them last year in the 1st round of the playoffs and they knocked Mafia out. This series Mafia will look to make a statement in Seattle to jump start New York who has been playing .500 ball over there last 10 games.

                                       New York sits 3rd in the TDL watching Ann Arbor Barn Owls go from last to making a nice run at the leaders for the division. Mafia will play Nottinghamshire Outlaws in a 2 game series right before All-Star break so there is a chance to gain some ground being 3 1/2 games back at the moment.

                                       New York has brought up Kyle Dyce from AAA and have high hopes for him and in the 2 weeks he was here he did hit nicely but now will miss 3 weeks diving for a ball in the outfield. Dyce has power and this is something New York is last in the league in.

                                      When manager Jaime Cantú was asked about his thoughts on losing the lead in the division Cantu said "we are not even at the half way mark yet, we know what we have on this team and what we can do, yes teams in are division are playing well and have solid rosters but we feel like if we play are game we will be on top in the division by season end.

Hart Out For Year

                                Ronald Hart Mafia's set up man will under go elbow ligament reconstruction surgery and will miss the rest of the season. Hart has been a top set up man in the league for the past 2 years and was off to a good start in 2014. Sixto Lavio will now have to fill that role and he has all the right stuff to do so but things get slim behind him. Starting pitcher José Serrano has come back to the starting line up so Roberto Campos will now fill in a bullpen role along with recent call up Ronald Burnett. New York is #1 in ERA but without Hart they will need more out of there starters.

                                Mafia have a 1/2 game lead over Nottinghamshire Outlaws and 1 game over Dallas Texans in TLD, this looks alot like last year race for the division, tight. A big weakness has been in the #5 hole were Holden Adams was put into this year and has really been a disappointment. Adams who never had power was asked to hit for a high average to help knock in some much need runs from that spot and just has not happened. Catcher Ashton Finley seems to have lost a bit with his bat and vs right handed pitching has been just down right awful, the hope is the almost 34 year old is just in a slump.