Given the severe disruptions regarding their annually rumored move since MLB bought the team three years ago, we will continue to refer to the club as the Montreal Expos until next year after Washington finalizes a ballpark funding deal agreeable to MLB.

On November 24th, the Expos acquired J.J. Davis from the Pirates in exchange for OF-R Antonio Sucre. Montreal signed Sucre as a non-drafted free agent out of Venezuela in 2000. After spending 2001 with the Expos' Dominican and Venezuelan Summer League affiliates, Sucre shifted to the Gulf Coast League for the 2002 and 2003 seasons. This spring he advanced to A Savannah in the South Atlantic League, hitting .240 with a .327 OBP and a .353 SLG on 87 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, and 8 HR with a 35:87 BB:K and 3/8 SB% in 363 AB. The 21-year-old possesses acceptable plate discipline and modest power.