Blockbuster Breakdown - Scouting the Brewers/Indians Trade

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Blockbuster Breakdown - Scouting the Indians/Brewers Trade
Published 7/7/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Blockbuster Breakdown - Scouting the Indians/Brewers Trade Video analysis of the key players in this major trade… Sabathia breaks his hands early, but simply tucks his arm behind his body before loading the arm horizontally. Just before the arm begins to load up, Sabathia kick-starts an aggressive hip rotation by using what is called a step-over move because it looks like he is stepping over an imaginary object. ...LaPorta has a classic power hitter’s swing. He does a great job of carrying his weight forward forward. Notice how the bat stays connected to the body as he loads ...

Baseball Today: Monday, July 7
Published 7/7/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... and the blog Baseball-Intellect breaks down the transaction from both sides. Foxsports.com's Ken Rosenthal says the trade is a lesson in the new baseball order: ...

Monday's Full Time Frosty Mug Return
Published 7/7/2008 by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... Brewer news day of the season. Win Expectancy Graph BR Box Score First, if you haven't seen them yet, the specifics of the trade: In exchange for a 3 month rental of C.C. Sabathia and the increased potential of a long playoff run, the Brewers are giving up Matt LaPorta, Zach Jackson and West Virginia reliever Rob Bryson. They will likely also add Brevard Co. 3B Taylor Green. Of course, some people have written about this: Baseball Intellect has a nice overview of the trade, complete with a review of Sabathia's stuff, ...