mvn.com - 6/27/2008
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Did someone just say the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays were the front-runners for a stretch-drive run with the services of one C.C. Sabathia ? That’s right fans in Tribeland, it looks like these two teams, if not at the front of the line for Sabathia, are slowly elbowing their way up.
The Rays find themselves at 47-31, and only a half-game behind the Boston ...
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Friday's Plastic Cup
Brew Crew Ball —
... Lots of talk on the Sabathia front, too. Not only are the Brewers among the frontrunners, but the Rays are too. I'll admit, that does sound weird. The Indians are making ...
[THE HANGOVER] Garza 1-Hits The Marlins
Rays Index —
... Tribe Report believes that the Brewers and the Rays are the front-runners for CC Sabathia and they give the Rays a 40% chance of landing the lefty...Of course, losing Jake McGee to Tommy John surgery is only going to make it that much harder for the Rays to trade one of their pitching prospects. [Tribe Report] ...
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Big League Stew —
... in the baseball blogosphere ... • Sam Zell's deadline to sell the Cubs and Wrigley Field has been
pushed back to July 31. You'd think a smart businessman like Mr. Zell
would want to sell when the market is at its highest, not before their
inevitable collapse, right? [Biz of Baseball] • Can the Rays and Brewers be considered frontrunners for the services of Mr. C.C. Sabathia? Not if Jason Marquis has anything to say about it. [The Tribe Report] • Speaking of whom, Not So Marquis is back to being the most disliked ...
Tuesday's Crystal Callix
Brew Crew Ball —
... to land the big left-hander. Tribe Report takes a look at possibility, along with that of Sabathia going to the Rays, whom Olney has second in the sweepstakes. For some reason, TR seems to think that Fielder is the Indians' likely focus (check out the lonely-looking picture they've got of him--practically screams "trade me"). Then, in a shocking move for a blog, they overstep their bounds and decide to handicap the race with actual numbers, instead of simply relying on Olney's firsthand insight (bookmark this and show it to me later when I tell you that access is overrated). ...
In the News (7/1)
Right Field Bleachers —
... - Tribe Report claims Brewers and Rays to be front runners for the late season services of C.C. Sabathia: It (very meekly) alludes to Prince being a potential chip in the deal. I'd hope/prefer the front office wait until the offseason to deal the face of our organization because he will garner a more sizable and permanent haul of talent. ...
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Rosenthal's Latest: Sabathia, Blake, Greinke, Tejada
mlbtraderumors.com 6/27/2008 — And now...a fresh Ken Rosenthal column .
An opposing viewpoint: Rosenthal says "any team that acquires C.C. Sabathia would gain an exclusive window to sign him long-term before he reaches free agency." Rosenthal notes that the ...
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mlb-rumors.blogspot.com 7/3/2008 — Quick Hits: CC Sabathia is drawing serious interest from the Brewers, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The Brewers need an ace to replace Sheets bringing in Sabathia for the end of the season could give them the push they need. Imagine a ...
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As the Brewers continued to scout Sabathia in his outing for Cleveland against Chicago on Wednesday night, word came out of Brevard County that the Indians were looking at specific Milwaukee minor leaguers. Brewers general manager Doug Melvin confirmed today that special Dick Groch was in Chicago to monitor Sabathia’s outing against the White Sox.
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The Indians reportedly had scouts ...
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Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has a new post up with some buzz around the Brewers' possible pursuit of C.C. Sabathia .
Haudricourt confirmed with GM Doug Melvin that the Brewers had a scout watching Sabathia last night. Haudricourt adds that the Indians reportedly scouted Brewers prospect Taylor Green as well as their stacked Double A team.
This info gels ...
Why C.C. Sabathia trade talk should have never taken place after Spring Training —
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There isn’t a bigger story in baseball right now, than the ‘Who’s going to get C.C. Sabathia ?’ sweepstakes. Is it going to be the big market Boston Red Sox, who lost Curt Schilling for the season (and maybe his career?), and has a very dicey DiceK right now? Is it going to be the big market New York Yankees, who lost Chien-Ming Wang , and has a very questionable ...
Latest C.C. Sabathia Rumors —
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We've entered trade deadline month, with Indians ace C.C. Sabathia front row and center. Let's discuss.
Ken Davidoff has a nice summary of the situation, agreeing with Buster Olney's suggestion that the Brewers have the best mix of means and motivation to acquire Sabathia. Olney's handicap yesterday ranked the Rays, Red Sox, Dodgers, and Cubs behind the Brewers (in that ...
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MVN’s Cleveland Indians’ writer, James Pete, in Tribe Report wrote about it first (well, okay, it was the first I had read about it).
Then I read JSOnline.com’s Tom Haudricourt’s blog on it .
Even the Heller & Murphy show on Madison’s ESPN1070 affiliate devoted the better half of an hour to it.
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Olney's latest: Wolf, Lohse, Sabathia, Fuentes, Oswalt, Bailey —
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Buster Olney has a new column up. Let's take a look:
He suggests Randy Wolf as a "possible trade chip" with the Padres looking increasingly out of it this year. One problem: Wolf has veto power over trades to 14 teams. He's been decent this year, with a 4.13 ERA and 89 strikeouts in 98 innings, but nothing to get too excited over.
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Since there was a call for some RoboRumors…
The Brewers’ acquisition of reliever Scott Linebrink before last year’s non-waiver deadline offered a glimpse of their strategy in trading for a potential free agent — one they could reprise in their quest to land Indians left-hander C.C. Sabathia.
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Linebrink didn’t get the Brewers to the postseason, but Milwaukee received two compensation ...
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The Tribe Daily
The always great Ken Rosenthal has a new article out and he talks about a few Indians .
Of course on of them has to be C.C. Sabathia .
The Brewers and Rays are two contenders for C.C. by virtue of their deep farm system and the fact that they are in the race right now.
Like I've mentioned before. A team like Tampa or Milwaukee and Oakland are ones that we Indians' fans need to support ...
Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Sabathia —
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A few notes on recent rumors involving C.C. Sabathia from the Blogosphere...
At the time of the Johan Santana deal with the Mets, many thought the contract would raise the price for Sabathia. The Tribe Time Report wonders if the Santana deal, as well as the Barry Zito deal might actually have been a good thing for the Indians as other teams are more likely to balk at Sabathia's demands.
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