blogs.jsonline.com - 7/4/2008
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Phoenix - The C.C. Sabathia rumors might turn out to be more than rumors.
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 ...
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 ...
Latest C.C. Sabathia Rumors
mlbtraderumors.com 7/2/2008 — 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 ...
Quick Hits: Sabathia, Giles, Cordero, Cardinals
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 ...
Sabathia to the Brewers almost a reality
mvn.com 7/4/2008 — I can’t believe the course of events that are taking place, but it appears that CC Sabathia is going to be a Brewer. The only thing that is crazier than that is that it may happen before the end of the weekend.
Brewers and the Rays frontrunners for Sabathia?
mvn.com 6/27/2008 — What?
Huh?
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 ...
Another Team in the Sabathia Mix?
waitingfornextyear.com 6/27/2008 — 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 Trade Rumors: C.C. Sabathia To Milwaukee For Which Prospects? —
FakeTeams
According to FOXSports' Ken Rosenthal , sources told him the Milwaukee Brewers have offered a package headed by top prospect 1B/OF Matt LaPorta to the Cleveland Indians for starting pitcher C.C. Sabathia. Most die hard baseball fans know LaPorta is one of the minors top power-hitting prospects.
The other player Rosenthal rumors to be involved is SS Alcides Escobar. Most ...
FOX: Rosenthal - Dodgers join Brewers in pursuit of Sabathia —
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
The Brewers aren’t the only team pushing hard for Indians left-hander C.C. Sabathia. The Dodgers also are heavily in the mix, according to major-league sources.
However, the Dodgers’ bid for Sabathia is complicated by their pursuit of Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson as a replacement for the injured Rafael Furcal, sources say. To get Wilson, the Dodgers would need to trade the Pirates some of ...
The Brewers vs. The Dodgers, Olney, Rosenthal and Tom Haudricourt —
Tribe Report
With rumors exploding like fireworks about the Brewers and the Indians conspiring on a deal to send the reigning Cy Young Award winner, C.C. Sabathia to the Cleveland Indians, it wasn’t a surprise to see the long-bantered Dodgers rumors finally catch some wind.
The Indians are apparently interested in Dodger 3B Andy LaRoche , AA RHP James McDonald and AAA SS Chin-Lung Hu . Again, Ken ...
Milwaukee Offers LaPorta to Indians —
The Transaction Guy
Ken Rosenthal has reported that indeed the Milwaukee Brewers have offered a package of prospects, including center-piece outfielder Matthew LaPorta , to the Cleveland Indians in return for ace C.C. Sabathia .
The Indians seem to be out of the AL Central this year, so there’s no doubt that their shopping the left-handed Sabathia in his contract year. If indeed the Brewers have offered ...
Will We See See Sabathia in Brewer Blue? —
The Brewer Nation
By: Big Rygg First and foremost, Happy Independence Day to all of our domestic readers and those U.S. citizens that read us from the other side of our borders! Now let's get down to business... There has been a TON of acceleration regarding C.C. Sabathia's possible trade out of Cleveland. The destination that's being penciled onto his plane ticket has been reading: MKE (the airport code ...
tHEY CAN'T HURT YOU NOW, THEY CAN'T HURT YOU NOW... —
The Grand National Championships
Because now we've got an official confirmation that the Brewers are rolling out a trade package for C.C. Sabathia . Now, if the Brewers trade LaPorta and Alcides Escobar, I will feel a twinge of remorse. LaPorta is awesome, and all of Alcides Escobar's defensive human highlight reel prowess is now developing a nascent power game. There are other options the Brewers can bring forth to deal for ...
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Al's Ramblings
Tom H gives the 3 reasons why Brewers might go after Sabathia, and then to fill out his post, adds 7 more to make it a round number.
Brewers make offer for CC Sabathia —
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
Brewers are making a strong push for Starting Pitcher CC Sabathia. The deal that has been reported to be offered is to include top prospects , Class AA left fielder Matt LaPorta, according to sources with two other clubs that are interested in acquiring the pitcher. Class AA shortstop Alcides Escobar also may be in the Brewers' proposed deal, one of the sources says. ...
The Day in Review —
RotoNomics
I thought I'd start with a topic of interest - C.C. Sabathia rumors. My personal feelings for where he will end up look like this: Dodgers (most likely), Brewers, Rays, Cubs. The Dodgers were interested in Santana in the offseason, and have to look at the N.L. West as anyone's for the taking. The Brewers are conservative with their talent, smartly opting to hold onto starting pitching that was ...
Doug Melvin Is Listening —
FanHouse
You know what today is, right? July 1st. That can only mean one thing ... the summer rumor season is about to begin. The biggest name on the market is probably going to be C.C. Sabathia , given the Indians current home in the basement of the AL Central. The leaders in the C.C. Derby? Buster Olney says it's the Brewers . Still, Doug Melvin isn't exactly ready to get Sabathia a locker at Miller ...
Quick Hits: Garcia, Sabathia, Fuentes, Holliday —
Eli's MLB Rumors
It was looking like Freddy Garcia might get swooped up by one of the New York teams but now it looks like the Tigers are showing some serious interest in the rehabbing right-hander, according to the Detroit Free Press. Brewers Manager Doug Melvin is laughing off speculation that his team is the front runner to land CC Sabathia, should the Indians fail to re-sign him. The reason being given is ...
Rumor Mill: Brewers are front-runners for Sabathia? —
Milwaukee Brewers
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.
The “it” is that the Brewers will trade for ...
Here's the thing about C.C. Sabathia. —
The Grand National Championships
Now while I do believe that he's an interior crocodile alligator who would drive the Brewers Chevorlet Movie Theatre straight into NLCS town and after a potty break, get them into the World Series. But that's wishful thinking.
I honestly think Buster Olney had a thought exercise last week when he said that the Brewers were the #1 team in the Sabathia sweepstakes. Not saying it to hate? Just ...
Blake drumming up interest; C.C. Suitors We like —
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 —
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
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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Brewers Acquire Sabathia —
Bronx Liaison
According to multiple sources, the Brewers and Indians have agreed to a trade involving CC Sabathia and Matt LaPorta. This is a good move for Milwaukee as they now have two ace starters in Sabathia and Ben Sheets . The question is whether or not Doug Melvin and company will pony up the dough to keep Saba in Miller Park.
C.C. Sabathia: Traded to Brewers? —
WaitingForNextYear
Though slated as the starting pitcher for Tuesday’s game against the Tigers, Anthony Castrovince’s MLB.com blog reports that an unconfirmed deal has been made.
According to a Major League source, the Indians and Brewers have completed a trade in which Sabathia, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, would be sent to Milwaukee for Double-A [...]
C.C. Sabathia Trade Rumors —
Fantasy Alpha
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports the Brewers are waiting on the Indians response to their offer of Matt LaPortsa, Taylor Green and OF Lorenzo Cain. It also speculates the signing of SP Jeff Weaver to a minor league deal is a precursor to the possible trade of Sabathia or SP Paul Byrd. The Cleveland Plains Dealer agrees. It also reports the Philadelphia Phillies ar epushign hard with a ...
Week In Review —
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
Continuing with Tim's new tradition, here's my take on some of the top rumors of the week from June 29 - July 6:
The C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes is nearing an end , with the Brewers' Matt LaPorta package being the frontrunner. We'll let everyone know the full story as soon as possible.
The Phillies extended Brad Lidge to a three-year contract. Lidge looks like his old self - great deal ...
Good News Everybody, We're Extending Arts and Crafts Time by Four Hours Today —
Chuckie Hacks
I have it on good authority that C.C. Sabathia is about to become a Milwaukee Brewer.
The club's seamstress was seen at the local Ben Franklin store purchasing a dozen yards of fabric in the Brewers team colors. Unless Prince split his pants recently, this amount of yarn can only be for a man of C.C. Sabathia's girth.
No word on whether the team is going to allow Sabathia to don his
