Because if Sabathia becomes a free agent at the end of the season, the Brewers would have 5 picks in the draft’s 1st round. That’s not a bad way to get some more prospects and replenish the farm.

Derrick Turnbow was a good MLB reliever once upon at time. Now, Turnbow’s getting pounded at AAA Nashville. Turnbow was supposed to be a big part of the Brewers bullpen this year.

Crack me up. Excellent transcribing skills. If what you’re doing now for a living doesn’t work out, you have a future as a court stenographer… the People’s Court with Judge Jerry Springer

Buster Olney said:

Well, this could be the bad news for the Cubs. In talking to executives who are involved in the negotiations for C.C. Sabathia, they report that the Indians have sent multiple scouts to the AA affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, the one team that seems to be involved in this that’s loaded with position prospects.
The indians have pitching coming up but they need some more offensive type guys. The Brewers have that in AA. Some of the other teams that could be involved may not be motivated to go after him, like the Rays and the Red Sox, or, you know, they may not have the prospects, like the Cubs.
Here’s the big question for the Brewers: If they trade for Sabathia, in all certainty he’s going to walk away as a free agent. Ben Sheets is going to be a free agent. That’s the downside.
The upside is if they make the trade, at the end of the year they get 5 draft picks in probably the first 35 next year because of the compensation when free agents walk away. So let’s see how steep the Brewers make their offer to the indians.

In short, both the Indians and the Brewers are scouting each other. (See Gibbon Jockey’s post above.)

You are correct then, that he has no say-so in the matter. Normally I detest NTCs but here’s one time that I wish a player had one!

... that prospects are just that, prospects. They can fail. Witness: Felix Pie.

at the MVN Indians blog.

Take it for what it’s worth. .

In other words your conceding the division to the Brewers.

so he doesn’t factor into this year, and there’s no way Brewers have Sheets and CC after this year.

Look at their record right now.

Spoken with that Cubbie swagger. Me likes!

if melvin goes out and gets cc, which i see happening, i think he turns around and gets a closer like rauch and a couple other relievers to help that pen. one things for sure in all of this-melvin damn sure holds the trade chips able to get all of this done. if i’m melvin i know a couple things—mgmnt isnt going to give me huge dollars to resign a #1 starter like cc or sheets at the end of the season. let me rephrase that—they havent yet. here are the facts: i got sheets until the end of the year and a great offense. my farm system is loaded to the core, my bullpen sux and i need at least one more starter. cc is available and rauch seems to be. IF he can add a great #1 starter and great closer.

he sets up a dominant 123 punch and ensures, if he can get to the 9th—he wins. now leaves a couple descent middle relievers to go and get which are very attainable.

i’m not saying there gonna beat us but what I am saying is that were in for a helluva dogfight if they do in fact pull the trigger on a couple blockbusters in which they have the pieces to do easily.