Rico and the Milwaukee Brewers would like to thank Big Jim and the Cleveland Indians for trading reigning American League Cy Young winner CC Sabathia to Milwaukee, where he is destined to lead the Brewers to their first World Series. In his first start last night, he earned the win after allowing two earned runs in six solid, if unspectacular, innings. Projecting the rest of the season based on last night’s performance, he shall finish 15-0 in his 15 regular season starts.
Also, he’s as cute and as cuddly as a teddy bear. A 6’7”, 290-pound teddy bear with a 96-MPH fastball.
2 comments:
Why did the Indians get so much for Sabathia as a free agent to be and the Cubs get so much less for Harden who is signed for another year? I understand the injury issues, but strikes me as a lot to give up for Sabathia. But I guess the Brewers feel this is the year.
I was actually surprised that the Cubs were able to get Harden without giving up a major prospect, especially with Oakland only five games out of the division and the wild card. As you alluded to, Harden's injury history must have convinced the A's to cut bait.
It sucks to give up an apparently can't miss prospect (Matt LaPorta), but the Brewers haven't been to the playoffs since 1982 and have had one winning season since 1992 (last year). As a small market club, they really have to take their chances when they arise. (Sidenote: That's why I supported giving Eric Gagne a one year, $10 million contract, even though he's turned out to be such a disappointment.) As good as Harden is, he's not the reigning Cy Young winner.
With Sheets probably leaving in free agency after this season, it's tough to know when the Brewers are going to have another shot like this again in the near future. Because of that, and because the team is loaded with talented minor league bats, I think the team did the right thing in pulling the trigger for Sabathia. If they can just get to the playoffs, a rotation of Sheets/Sabathia/Parra is going to be very tough to beat in the National League.
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