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C.C. Sabathia Traded to the Brewers
Knuckle Curve —
After weeks of trading speculation regarding where C.C. Sabathia would be traded, the Milwaukee Brewers have emerged as the winners of the Sabathia sweepstakes. Sabathia will join Ben Sheets to give the Brewers one of the best one-two punches in all of baseball.
Sabathia, who won the AL Cy Young Award last year, was traded for four minor leaguers. Those minor leaguers are believed to be Matt LaPorta, Rob Bryson, Zach Jackson and a fourth minor leaguer to be named later. The biggest name in that package is LaPorta, who is a slugging outfielder who is currently in Double-A.
The Brewers will welcome who is pitching very well. However, ...
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msn.foxsports.com 7/7/2008 — The Brewers have won the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes.
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C.C. YA LATER? —
NY Post: Sports 7/7/2008
MILWAUKEE - The Brewers are extremely close to a deal to acquire Indians ace C.C. Sabathia in a trade that bolsters their rotation for a playoff push, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told the Associated Press. The person requested...
