blogs.jsonline.com - 7/6/2008
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A source familiar with the Brewers' trade for Cleveland lefty C.C. Sabathia just told me that the other players going to the Indians with Matt LaPorta are minor-league pitchers Zach Jackson and Rob Bryson and a fourth player, perhaps minor-league third baseman Taylor Green.
The fourth player currently is listed as "to be named later" but it is believed the Indians want to look ...
Reports say that Sabathia-for-LaPorta deal has been finalized
mvn.com 7/6/2008 — Anthony Castrovince, the Cleveland Indians’ beat writer on MLB.com, reports Sunday afternoon that anonymous sources have confirmed that a trade has been consummated between the Indians and Milwaukee Brewers. C.C. Sabathia will be sent to Milwaukee in exchange for three prospects. Matt LaPorta, the Brewers No. 1 draft pick in 2006, is believed to be part of the package.
Goodbye Carstens
theoutsiderslook.blogspot.com 7/7/2008 — The Indians have trade CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for Matt LaPorta and two other, yet to be known prospects.
Report: Matt Laporta Dealt to Cleveland for Sabathia!
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 7/7/2008 — FoxSports.com is reporting that the Milwaukee Brewers have dealt Matt LaPorta and 2 lower level prospects to the Cleveland Indians for C.C. Sabathia . I've yet to receive confirmation of the trade but I've put in a call to Matt and hope to ...
Sabathia headed to Brewers
baseballprospectus.com 7/7/2008 — The Indians have agreed to send left-hander and reigning AL Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia to Milwaukee for three prospects, including outfielder Matt LaPorta and third baseman Taylor Green . More details to come.
Who is Matt LaPorta?
stilespoints.blogspot.com 7/6/2008 — The Cleveland Indians traded C.C. Sabathia to Milwaukee for their top prospect Matt LaPorta and two other minor leaguers...LaPorta played collegiate baseball for Florida...here is the lowdown on LaPorta... Matt LaPorta
Brewers' Minor League POY Taylor Green Part of Sabathia Trade
juicedsportsblog.com 7/7/2008 — The Brewers have traded 3B Taylor Green, who was named their Minor League Player of the Year after hitting .327, 14 HR, last season, to the Indians as part of the Sabathia trade. ESPN reported LaPorta and Bryson to be part of the trade, and now we know one more player involved.
Transactions: The Big Trade, Part I
letsgotribe.com 7/6/2008 — Traded LHP CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for 1B/OF Matt LaPorta (AA), two unnamed prospects, and a PTBNL
Trading Sabathia was not a difficult decision to make. Sabathia has been pretty steadfast in his willingness to test the free agent ...
Mill? Already?
baseballprospectus.com 7/7/2008 — There’s a couple big stories brewing in Mill territory, so I won’t wait:
* Beware when people start saying “a deal is close.” Still, it seems like many think a deal *is* close between the Brewers and Indians involving ...
Minor League Update: The LaPorta Lowdown
tribetimereport.blogspot.com 7/7/2008 — Wyatt Toregas has another career night for Akron and the lowdown on soon to be Cleveland Indians prospect Matt LaPorta.
Sabathia Trade To Be Announced Today
mlbtraderumors.com 7/7/2008 — Let's round up today's C.C. Sabathia links in a fresh post.
Indians beat writer Anthony Castrovince says to expect the trade to be announced around 11am CST, less than three hours from now. As a reminder, the Indians are expected to receive ...
Trade Analysis: C.C. Sabathia for Matt LaPorta (and others)
drivelinemechanics.com 7/8/2008 — The Cleveland Indians, essentially out of the playoff hunt, have decided to become sellers at the deadline, agreeing in principle to send the defending AL Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for a package that is rumored to include 1b/LF Matt LaPorta, LHP Zach Jackson, RHP Rob Bryson, and a PTBNL who is rumored to be IF Taylor Green.
TG Analysis: The Sabathia Deal —
The Transaction Guy
Cleveland Indians
Acquired Minor League OF Matt LaPorta, LHP Zach Jackson, Minor League RHP Rob Bryson and a player to be named for LHP CC Sabathia .
In a trade involving a player the magnitude of C.C. Sabathia, it is easy to get caught up in the name value of the player and therefore expect the Indians to receive the keys to the Milwaukee farm system. While losing a home-grown ace is ...
Did anything exciting happen while I was gone? —
1835 Miles Away
I am back from a couple weeks of vacations and family fun. Looks like a returned just in time to give my thoughts on the biggest Indians story of the season (of course, other than the fact that they are one of the two worst teams in the league). C.C. Sabathia is no longer a member of the Indians. Traded away for a slew of Brewers minor leaguers. Matt LaPorta, Rob Bryson, Zach Jackson ...
Deal Sealed; Sabathia Shipped to Brewers for Four Prospects —
Indians Confidential
The Following is the official Press Release from the Indians on the C.C. Sabathia trade:
CLEVELAND, OH — The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has acquired OF MATT LaPORTA, RHP ROB BRYSON, LHP ZACH JACKSON & a player to be named from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for LHP CC SABATHIA.
LaPorta, 23, has spent the entire season at Class AA Huntsville in the Southern ...
The Big Trade: The Pitchers —
Let's Go Tribe!
Received LHP Zach Jackson and RHP Robert Bryson from Milwaukee
If I were to rank the four players received in the deal, Jackson would be #4 (despite being the only one of the four to appear in a major-league game) and Bryson #3.
Zach Jackson was drafted in the Sandwich Round of the 2004 Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. His stuff out of college was a fastball (low 90s), slider, and ...
Penciling In LaPorta in LF —
Fantasy Alpha
After the Indians' blockbuster bail trade, most have penciled Matt LaPorta into the LF spot in Cleveland's 2009 outfield, but don't forget about Nick Weglarz. He is a walk machine in High A and could be the reason we see LaPorta moved to 1B in 2010. Here is what Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus said about Weglarz in this week's Ten Pack: Nick Weglarz, LF, High-A Kinston (Indians) In a ...
The Official C.C. Sabathia Trade Entry —
The Tribe Daily
It will be long and it will be painful. But, here is the official C.C. Sabathia trade entry. Why don't we start with the official deal. Before we get to all the outside opinions . Milwaukee Gets: C.C. Sabathia and the two draft picks he will net a team after he signs with a team not named Milwaukee. Cleveland Gets: Outfielder Matt LaPorta , LHP Zach Jackson , RHP Rob Bryson , PTBNL The Player ...
Cleveland robbed by Milwaukee —
EveryJoe » Baseball
I’m not sure why, but the Cleveland Indians haven’t figured it out yet. They have been robbed by the Milwaukee Brewers after trading away last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia. The Brewers are only a few papers away from obtaining Sabathia and in exchange, they gave up a few minor leaguers. Sure, future slugger Matt LaPorta was included in the deal, but ...
Indians finalize deal for Sabathia with Brewers —
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
C.C. Sabathia , the Cleveland Indians first Cy Young winner in 35 years, is gone. The Indians will announce his trade to Milwaukee today at a noon press conference. The Indians received Class AA outfielder Matt LaPorta, Class AAA left-hander Zach Jackson , Class AA right-hander Rob Bryson and a player to be named from the Brewers. Sources said the player to be named — which could be ...
Fantasy Baseball Effects Of C.C. Sabathia, Brewers Trade —
Fantasy Baseball Dugout
As it has been reported since Sunday, rumors of a trade between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians involving C.C. Sabathia seem to be coming true.
The Indians lefty is rumored to be on the move to the Brew Crew for a collection of prospects, including outfielder Matt LaPorta, who suits up for AA-Huntsville. Full details [...]
Sabathia (a Brewer) —
Fantasy Baseball Through The Eyes of a Gaijin
The Indians and the Brewers have agreed, in principle, to a deal that would send CC Sabathia to the Brewers for prospects (Matt LaPorta, Zach Johnson, Rob Bryson, and maybe a 4th player). The key player in this deal, besides Sabathia, is LaPorta. He is hitting .288, .402OBP, .978OPS, with 20HRs, and 66RBIs all in 302ABs down in AA. Owners in AL-Only leagues are the ones that take a huge hit ...
Au Revoir, Big Fella…We Will Miss You —
WaitingForNextYear
We say goodbye to the Ace, the leader, and one of the core guys who makes up the heart and soul of the Cleveland Indians, as C.C. Sabathia has been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers.
As Scott has already reported, and Rick will be commenting on further later today, the Indians have officially shut the door [...]…
The Details of the Sabathia Trade —
The Tribe Daily
I've held off.. I wanted to do an update tomorrow with my thoughts on the pieces. For now though.. The Brewers get C.C. Sabathia and CC alone... The Indians will get OF Matt LaPorta, Pitcher Zach Jackson, Pitcher Rob Bryson and a Player To Be Named Later that is tentatively going to be Taylor Green, who is a third baseman. The Indians want to see how he works out as a Second Baseman before ...
The Cleveland View —
baseballmusings.com
Paul Hoynes says the Indians are still talking about getting Alcides Escobar, although other reports indicated the shortstop would not be included. The key to the deal is outfielder Matt LaPorta. He could be playing left field for the Indians...
Sabathia Deal Reached —
A New York Yankees Blog
C.C. Sabathia is on his way out of Cleveland as the team traded the ace. But wait. I didn’t say it was to the Yankees. Instead, the Indians went to the other league and reached an agreement with the Brewers. In exchange Milwaukee is giving up (you guessed it) prospects including Matt LaPorta. The Indians, who are in last place, have a slim chance of making the playoffs this year and ...
C.C Sabathia Is A Brewer —
The 3rd String Safety
Apparently the Sabthia to the Brewers rumors had some life to them after all.
Sabathia was traded to the Brewers for Matt LaPorta and other prospects. The other prospects do not include top prospects Alcides Escobar or Mat Gamel, according to the Journal Sentinel.
And that my friends is a coup for the Brewers.
LaPorta was drafted 7th overall in 2007 by the Brewers. At the time he was ...
Sabathia To The Brewers —
SOX & Dawgs
The Milwaukee Brewers have gone out and made the first big move of the trade season that is upon us as they have acquired C.C. Sabathia from the Cleveland Indians for minor leaguer Matt LaPorta and two lower-level prospects according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Sabathia had a rough start to the season but has pitched better as of late for the Indians. In the months of March and ...
Sabathia Traded To Brewers —
Hot Foot
ESPN.com is reporting that the Indians have agreed to deal 2007 Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for a package of three minor league players, one of which is prized 1B/OF prospect Matt Laporta .
Sabathia was 6-8 with a 3.83 with the Indians before getting dealt.
A potential rotation of Sabathia, Ben Sheets , Yovani Gallardo , and Manny Parra in ‘09 is ...
Indians deal Sabathia to Milwaukee —
Major League Baseball News
C.C. Sabathia, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, is headed to the Brewers, while the last-place Indians will receive a batch of Minor Leaguers -- outfielder/first baseman Matt LaPorta, right-hander Rob Bryson, left-hander Zach ...
Brewers closing in on Sabathia —
Major League Baseball News
Outfielder Matt LaPorta was out of the Double-A Huntsville Stars' lineup on Sunday night, the strongest indication yet that something was brewing between the Brewers and Indians with regards to a trade involving C.C. Sabathia.
