Looks like Vizcaino is headed to Cleveland

OK, this may be one of the odder and more dubious sources ever (a very first tweet?!), but if it's good enough for mlbtraderumors, it's good enough for me. Looks like Da Viz is joining DeRo and Woody in Cleveland. I'll try to post another, more trustworthy link in the comments as it presumably arises.

In closing, let me just say that I am completely certain that this will be THE BIGGEST BASEBALL-RELATED NEWS STORY OF THE DAY. I repeat, VIZCAINO SIGNING WITH THE INDIANS IS THE BIGGEST NEWS STORY OF THE DAY!

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Are they Viz’s agent?

"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella

by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 12:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

two press releases in the last 15 months

* Jan 22, 2008 * Phil Mickelson to play in Buick Invitational Pro-Am
* Jan 21, 2008 * Phil Mickelson’s Tuesday press interview postponed

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah-HAH!

http://www.gaylordsports.com/baseball.aspx

They ARE his agent. Also, Casey McGhee, and Tom Glavine.

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mystery solved!

And I think the only thing that could top this story is if the Brewers dealt Casey McGhee in some massive multiteam deal.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 7, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's see.

McGhee to Baltimore for Pie, Pie to the Mets for Eckstein, Ecktein to LA for Pierre, and Pierre to the Suds.

league rattling changes.

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This has playoff implications, people.

PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS!!!

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by dat cubfan daver on May 7, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

but who

will it benefit the most?

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Peavy

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 7, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is a big story

is there something else going on in baseball today? I dunno…heard about Ankiel going to the DL. I wonder if that’s what the chatter is all about.

by ScottT on May 7, 2009 12:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ankiel to the DL

is pretty big ‘round these parts. Who’s gonna write a Fanpost?

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on May 7, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Roy Oswalt hurt his pinky the other day.

Otherwise…yeah…not much goin’ on.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 7, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lee's declining.....

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by Clutche on May 7, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If only we had some numbers to back that up.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 7, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

3rd vertebrate

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by Clutche on May 8, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes

because only declining players have injuries.

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by drewishdrewid on May 8, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clutche is repeating . . . .

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by Shanghai Badger on May 7, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

infinite loop, man

infinite loop.

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if he has an idea of who the Cubs should play instead?

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by Shanghai Badger on May 7, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Trevor Hoffman?

Bill Hoffer?
Bernie Hoffacker?
Vasil Hoffich!

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jimmy Hoffa

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by Clutche on May 8, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Slow news day (Manny who?)

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on May 7, 2009 12:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Peavy

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by Shanghai Badger on May 7, 2009 1:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL...

But you know, seriously, we could sure use an infielder who could lead off…..

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by CaughtInTheVines on May 7, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Technically

Peavy plays in the infield.

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn. That's the solution!

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by Shanghai Badger on May 7, 2009 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and once you're through the lineup once,

1 is just the number after 9.

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

after 9

yet before 2…..mysteriious math there

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 7, 2009 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Destiny

Yes, Destiny.

Not Jim Hendry or Lou Piniella or Gaylor Sports could keep Da Viz away from playing the 2009 season with DeRo and Kerry Wood.

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by tony412 on May 7, 2009 1:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Too bad it wasn't New York

He could have had a promo tie-in with Nobody Beats The Wiz

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by Shanghai Badger on May 7, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, this will save the Cubs about $800,000...

… that’s a pro-rated portion of the minimum salary for this year, plus the Tribe would be responsible for Vizcaino’s $500,000 buyout for 2010.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 7, 2009 1:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice. What's that leave us on the hook for?

by redward on May 7, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

about 2.2 from this yaer

Oriole by nurture. Cub by marriage.

by wax eagle on May 7, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

no check that 1.8 because it was 3 with the buyout

Oriole by nurture. Cub by marriage.

by wax eagle on May 7, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, it's about $2.8 million.

It was $3.5 million plus the buyout.

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by Al on May 7, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gotcha

I was thinking it was 3 with.

Oriole by nurture. Cub by marriage.

by wax eagle on May 7, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd love to see a roundup of how much teams have eaten in released contracts.

Wait, no, I probably wouldn’t.

by redward on May 7, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i heard a rumor about a hairoids issue earlier

but no clue why anyone would talk about anything other than Vizciano. There should be manny an article discussing his possible signing.

good for Viz, wish him the best thre.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 7, 2009 2:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

FWIW...

… the original Twitter about this was removed about half an hour ago, so this may not be true after all.

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by Al on May 7, 2009 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

those are some

remarkable comments. As in “wow, look at those comments.”

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ARGH!!!

CURSE YOU, MLBTRADERUMORS!!!

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by dat cubfan daver on May 7, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you would have been right, too

if it hadn’t been for those darn MLBTRADERUMORS and their dog.

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is what I get for trying to scoop the BIGGEST BASEBALL NEWS STORY OF THE DAY.

Now I’m tempted to delete this Fanshot altogether. But we’re having so much fun…and I really don’t want to talk about Manny and his sex drugs anymore…

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by dat cubfan daver on May 7, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hear

he’s a pretty pretty princess. :P

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm on it.

PEAVY!

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by Shanghai Badger on May 7, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eric Wedge is on death watch in Cleveland

I’ve never understood the high opinions of Mark Shapiro. He’s built a team of DHs surrounded by a paper thin and very overrated pitching staff. Luis Vizcaino can’t possibly be worse than what else they’ve got.

The window for winning a World Series may have waned.

by BLou on May 7, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Dero and Wood

are hardly DHs…

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by wax eagle on May 7, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wait

is BLou calling Woody overrated this week? Because last month, he called the trade “bad”.

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by drewishdrewid on May 7, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indians = Overrated

The sixth inning at Fenway last night was historic, when Jason Bay hit a 3 run homer it meant Boston had recorded 12 runs before making an out which is a new AL record.

Final score: Indians 3, Red Sox 13

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by DrCrawdad on May 8, 2009 6:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If the Tribe wasn't going to sign Vizcaino before....

… they really ought to now. He can’t be any worse than what they have.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 8, 2009 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

any chance Viz brings Fox with him?

we can wish, right?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 8, 2009 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fox could just go to the DL, never to return.

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by Al on May 8, 2009 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

is inability to get an out

considered a disability?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 8, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jason Bay seems to be thriving in Boston.

I’m actually kinda happy for him. He probably never would have gotten many accolades playing in Pittsburgh. (And, of course, I’m happy he’s out of the NL Central as well.)

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by dat cubfan daver on May 8, 2009 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 8, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and yet not that long ago, the Indians scored 14 runs in just one inning against the Yankees

Final score: Indians 22, Yankees 4

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by ballhawk on May 8, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

True

… the Indians have a very potent offense. They can pound the best of teams on any given night. Their problem is pitching. Quite a few people picked the Indians to win the AL Central. At this point, albeit early, only the Nationals have a record worse than the Tribe.

by DrCrawdad on May 8, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

viccaino

and we pay 3.6 million of his salary. not one of hendrys better trades.

by NOMAR on May 8, 2009 9:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Looking at...

…Yahoo!’s transaction wire, I still see no indication that Luis Vizcaino has been signed by the Cleveland Indians. All apologies on the utter and abject FAIL of this Fanshot.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 8, 2009 10:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

it's very interesting

did the agent think they could force the issue with the Indians?

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by drewishdrewid on May 8, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe.

Or maybe the agent just got caught up a little too much in the Twitter hype.

“Crap, I’ve got tweeter’s block. Let’s see…let’s see…ooh, we’ve got that Vizcaino deal on the table. I’ll go with that.”

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by dat cubfan daver on May 8, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Note: I just sent a tweet to @gaylordsports asking for clarification.

I doubt I’ll get a response, but we’ll see.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 8, 2009 12:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

it's important that we track this down.

It’s a key transaction!

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by drewishdrewid on May 8, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The keyest!

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by dat cubfan daver on May 8, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs