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Originally Posted by kutulu
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You know everyone thought that the Colon trade sucked also...... but we got Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee and Brandon Phillips..... Colon won a Cy young shortly afterward, then....... welllllll..... Sizemore and Lee are all stars and of the Indians best players.... Phillips is one of the premier second basemen in the majors. The Indians missed Colon for a season or two but had Sabathia. The Indians have Fausto, Lee and possibly Laffey now. So they are a stronger team now then when they traded Colon.
Sabathia, will help the Brew Crew out this year and with Sheets that's one Hell of a one two punch in a short series. Long term though, Milwaukee sacrificed their future. The player to be named later is the key according to Shapiro. The list is two players and both are impact Major League ready players. And who knows that list may include Gamul, Escobar or Green.
Milwaukee meanwhile may win it all this year, but I think that highly doubtful as CC can't win big games and may find himself lost in the NL. And after this season Milwaukee will have what? Sheets will be gone, Sabathia will be gone and their future will be gone.
Meanwhile the Indians will have some very strong up and comers, the money they offered Sabathia can and will be used for someone... possibly Sheets and the Shapiro/Dolan team know if they do nothing this off season they may as well sell the team because the fans won't be drinking their magic kool aid anymore. the fans want and need results NOW.
So looking at what happened.... I think the trade is a great move and Milwaukee fans are going to regret it even if they win it all this year, they have no future, no core players coming up and their pitching is decimated after this season.