Trade Ripples Muddy Tortured Prospect Metaphor

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Right Field Bleachers found this 7/9/2008 on www.brewcrewball.com [flag]
When prospects get dealt for rentals, there's usually much hand-wringing about bare cupboards and broken dreams, but from what I'm seeing in the immediate wake of the Sabathia swap, the outcry about losing arguably our best prospect is surprisingly muted. You can count me among the satisfied and silent, but it's still worth taking a look at how the trade has affected the Brewers' farm system ... [link]

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Published 7/9/2008 by Tyler (noreply@blogger.com) at Right Field Bleachers
... the CC Sabathia deal. - MLB Trade Rumors rounds up a bunch of CC Sabathia links. - Baseball Prospectus says The CC pickup might be the team’s biggest ever: He’s at least the biggest pickup since Don Sutton in 1982. - Paul Dolan explains the Indians’ logic in dealing CC Sabathia: This is a good, but unnecessary gesture to fans. - Fangraphs takes a look at the “lesser” names in the Sabathia deal. Something of the same nature HERE. The Non-CC News - As reported earlier, the Cubs made a deal ...

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