The Brewers of all the team are apparently close to acquiring C.C.Sabathia. I should say I am a little surprised as I was expecting the usual suspects to make a run at C.C. Also we are all used to seeing Brewers being sellers this time of the year rather than being buyers. Plus I was half expecting them to off-load Ben Sheets who is a free agent at the end of the season. Instead the Brewers acquired another big name pitcher who will be a free agent at the end of this season.
But I guess the Brewers are going for it this season. It's been a while since the Brew-crew went to the playoffs and I hear the expectations are rather high in Milwaukee after last season. After all, what else do the Milwaukee fans have to look forward to? Number 4 is too "favre" in the rear view mirror and the Bucks have no clue what they are doing. So the Brewers decide to go for it in the central with the Cubs just 3.5 games ahead of them and the Cards right there with the Brewers chasing the lovable losers.
The Brewers might now have 2 star pitchers walking away this off-season. They may be OK with it because they end up with draft picks which they have been doing a good job of converting in to good players. This is what Billy Beane has been doing for years in Oak-town. Acquire stars for the pennant chase. Let them walk at the end of the year and pick prospects for the future. Brewers are trying to perfect this and good luck to them. I seriously doubt if they'll pay both C.C and Ben next year.
As for Cleveland, I guess they are giving up on this hugely disappointing season. They are 14 games behind the White-Sox and 13 games behind the Twins. How can one division have 2 such disappointing teams? The Indians are making the Tigers look good by comparison.
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