With the trade deadline ever approaching, questions and rumors are heating up about the Yankees potentially making a deal for Indians ace C.C. Sabathia. Other teams may be in the mix, and Sabathia might not even be going anywhere until the end of the season. However, with injuries piling up, the Yankees might be bigger contenders than we think. Even if no move is made, it’s still fun to ...

We all know that if there is one player on the Tribe that will get a ton of looks it’s C.C. Sabathia, but now rumors are popping up that the next player that could be on the move from Cleveland could be third basemen Casey Blake. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports says that three teams - the Dodgers, Mets and A’s could all have their eyes on Blake because of his ability to play both ...

Indians 6 Reds 0 (Box) It can’t be easy for Cleveland’s Cy Young winner. Every time you pick up a sports section, turn on ESPN, or jump on the internet you see rumors flying around about where C.C. will finish the season. (More on that in a minute.) Sabathia himself admitted it was getting to him [...]

Indians ace C.C. Sabathia talks to the media after his lastest outing, a 5-0 shutout win over the Reds. C.C. talks about on-going trade rumors, his early struggles, and getting things under control and just throwing his fastball and doing his job. Click below to hear C.C.’s postgame comments.

The C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes is imminent. According to John Heyman at S.I. the Yankees are on a long list of teams interested: "The AL East-contending Yankees, Rays and Red Sox all are expected to be in the mix, though the Yankees' need is clearly much greater than that of the other two teams (for instance, Dan Giese and Sidney Ponson are starting the Subway Series-opening double header ...

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 ...

This time from Jayson Stark's latest column: • Something brewing: Here at World Rumblings Headquarters, we're hearing the same noises that our buddy Buster Olney has been hearing -- that the Brewers loom as one of the most serious potential bidders on Sabathia, even if he's just a rent-a-starter. The Brewers have a deep system. And principal owner Mark Attanasio has made it clear to his baseball

MLBTR has put up a story from a Yankee writer in New Jersey. Take it for what you want. "According to a major-league executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was discussing a player not on his team, the Cleveland Indians are making a last-ditch attempt to sign ace Sabathia to a contract extension before trading him. " (NJ.com) So.. Well? C.C. cut off talks.. But this is ...

Okay. We’ve mentioned the Red Sox and Cubs in the same post. Not long thereafter, we touched on the Yankees. Then just yesterday, we talked about the Phillies, Brewers and Rays. Well, how about another team? The Cleveland Indians. You read that right. Though we’ve run up the flag, and the team apparently did the same over [...]

MLB.com published Trade Winds Starting to Blow today and had a rundown of several teams who may be interested in players, especially CC Sabathia.  They don’t think the Cubs have much or any interest in Sabathia, despite numerous reports recently from other sources. Cubs: The Cubs don’t seem to lack much at this point, but they would be selective buyers. Chicago could ...

Starting rotation PECOTA: C.C. Sabathia (103 IP), 3.42 ERA, 3.4 K:BB ratio Fausto Carmona (89 IP), 4.07 ERA, 2.0 K:BB Jake Westbrook (82 IP), 4.53 ERA, 1.7 K:BB Paul Byrd (56 IP), 5.13 ERA, 2.1 K:BB Clifton Phifer Lee (52 IP), 4.95 ERA, 1.9 K:BB Actual: Sabathia (106.1 IP), 4.06 ERA, 3.6 K:BB, 3.24 FIP Carmona (58 IP), 3.01 ERA, 0.6 K:BB, 4.53 FIP Westbrook (34.2 IP), 3.12 ERA, 2.7 K:BB, ...

Buster Olney reports some interesting trade specualtion from a "rival executive".  This rival suggests the Cleveland Indians send starting pitcher C.C. Sabathia and a prospect to the Milwaukee Brewers for 1B Prince Fielder.  With the wealth of 1B-types in the minors, the Brewers could make this kind of deal.  Last year's top pick, Matt LaPorta has to play somewhere.   ...

According to Jon Heyman, the Cleveland Indians are now scouring through the Yankees minor league system with the intent of finding a worthy package for their ace CC Sabathia : The Indians have begun scouting the Yankees' system to see if they can find anything to interest them in case they decide to trade C.C. Sabathia . They have told teams they have to get better than the two draft choices ...

Joe Sheehan had an article today arguing that the Indians should keep Sabathia, and make a run at the division. Someone should probably get Sheehan and Tyler Kepner together for a little chat. The article mentions various metrics, including their run differential (+15) and EqA (11th in the AL). For most teams, in most years, that'd be sufficient. But for the 2008 Indians, I don't think it ...

I wanted to get these MLB nuggets up a little earlier, but I had to wait for C.C. Sabathia's home run to finally land. The center of many trade rumors, Sabathia told his teammates before the game he'd hit at least one home run. The big man delivered, and I'm certain the Los Angeles Dodgers weren't the only National League team taking notice. Many teams could use his arm - ...

Image details: C.C. Sabathia served by picapp.com Poll results - Will C.C. Sabathia be traded this season? The latest poll results suggest that Cleveland Indians ace C.C. Sabathia will be gone before the trading deadline. In a poll on this blog that last for over a week, 66% of readers said that Sabathia would be wearing another jersey before too long. Now the speculation ...

Cleveland baseball is once again in the news as trade rumors swirl around C.C. Sabathia. The pace has picked up since Cleveland is struggling to hold its head above water. The Tribe has fallen to last place in the AL Central, 8.5 games behind Chicago. I’ll be the first to admit that I sold Chicago well short earlier in the season, but it looks like they’ll be hanging around until the end. ...

It's 11:45, maybe if I hurry I can beat the Noon Deadline so this doesn't become "Afternoon Update." GO GO GO GO! Jamey Carroll has not sat a game since taking over and I don't think I blame Wedge. I'd play him every day against the National League, and why not? He played in it for the last few years. Jamey has been giving Wedge and the team pointers on the NL . Anthony Castrovince is ...

It isn't exactly morning now is it? Just a quick tidbit on the Juan Rincon pick up. Wedge plans on seeing Rincon in the majors this year. They wanna figure him out in Buffalo first, but if things work out, this could be a Bobby Howry type pick up for the Indians. Tony Graffanino on the other hand is going to be awhile, they want to monitor him physically. Let's tackle the C.C. stuff early.  ...

How much would you give up for Chocolate Cake Sabathia, knowing that he's a 3 month rental? Debate.