CC Sabathia to the Brewers for Matt LaPorta, Zach Jackson, Rob Bryson, and Michael Brantley

[acwilber]

I am now solidifying my once tentative plan to attend Tuesday's game! Standing "O" when No. 52 takes the hill and another when he leaves with the lead!

[aintbize]

I am getting the same feeling...almost making me a little uneasy...

[imblotto]

Does anybody know a link for information regarding Compensatory picks?

What exactly do you want to know? Nothing is set until the Elias ratings and teams sign players

 

There's got to be written rules depending on what happens.

 

[thablingster]

This could be egg-on-face.

I think between TH being on it and ESPN being on it, we're safe. I'm thinking the Indians are just delaying it so they can have their grand press conference tomorrow announcing the deal.

 

[Invader3K]

I'm late to the party (was out of town all weekend, and then got to see the Brewers beat the Pirates today, and also found out my favorite player was voted in as a starter on the All Star team). To me this trade is a no brainer. The Brewers are trading a guy who is still in AA (along with a couple other players) for the reigning AL Cy Young winner. Hard to say no to that one. It's time to go for it, and the Brewers are going for it. What a great day.

[BrewCrewForever]

It almost doesn't feel real. I mean we have CC Sabathia on our team. With Ben Sheets already on it, just awesome.

[LetsGoBrewCrew]

FINALLY ON BBTN

[agent39]

From my understanding its a done deal pending medicals and notifying the players involved.

[imblotto]

Nevermind, I found something.

 

http://soxprospects.wikispaces.com/MLB+Compensatory+Draft+Pick+System

[trwi7]

Does anybody know a link for information regarding Compensatory picks?

 

We're getting a sandwich pick in between the first and second round for sure. If a top 15 team record wise signs Sabathia we get their first round picks. If a team that has one of the 15 worst records in baseball then we do not get a first round pick but instead that teams' second round pick.

 

Olney just confirmed it on Baseball Tonight! They had a picture of Sabathia on the left side then the words "Sabathia traded to the Brewers." with the Brewers logo on the right side.

[chinabob99]

Olney did not look thrilled to be reporting that deal. Haha.

[Diggr14]

When is Yovanni back? It's going to be a sick rotation this fall.

[TooLiveBrew]

I hope that someday in the future, I will overhear a Cubs fan saying, 'CC bleeping Sabathia!'

 

Gonna go drop by nsbb.com... even with the picture sigs & Cubs fans

[rluzinski]

Yet you defended a worse trade last year. This is a no brainer

 

What trade are you talking about? Linebrink? You must be confusing me with someone else. And we don't even know who the other prospects involved are, so to call it a "no brainer" is a tad premature.

[kramnoj]

Yes they could have and it would have had less of an impact. And the whole two ace thing is really overblown since the variation of one game is so great. This gives you 2-3 games while anyone else would have at best been one game improvement this season. This was to make the playoffs after coming close last year.

 

So you believe this is the thinking of the front office, and that they decided LaPorta was worth the difference of one regular season game?

[BrewCrewForever]

Beautiful!!! I hate to lose Matt, and he will have a great career, but this is the time you've got to pull the trigger on the deal, get as many starts as you can from him, and steam roll past those Cubs and Cards!!

 

Well done Doug!!

 

Rickey

I have to agree Rickey, stinks to lose Matt and he is gonna be a stud 1B or OF. But this just had to get done and it is HUGE.

Oh and nice Greg Vaughn jersey today!

 

[Invader3K]

And we don't even know who the other prospects involved are, so to call it a "no brainer" is a tad premature.

 

Well, assuming the reports are true and it's LaPorta with a couple lower level guys (not Gamel/Escobar/Salome/etc), I think it is safe.

 

Would you rather the Brewers had just forgotten about a "2 or 3 game difference" and did nothing, or perhaps traded less for a lesser pitcher?

[endaround]

So you believe this is the thinking of the front office, and that they decided LaPorta was worth the difference of one regular season game?

I think you are undervaluing the worth of one marginal game when you are at 85 wins. Also for those other pitchers on notch down (ie Bedard, Harden) you would still likely have to give up LaPorta because of the years remaining on their contracts.

 

 

EDIT:And yes Melvin has to know if he doesn't make the playoffs this year combined with not having Sheets next year making the playoffs in 2009 difficult it might mean unemployment.

[T B0NE 10]

WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rluzinski]

Would you rather the Brewers had just forgotten about a "2 or 3 game difference" and did nothing, or perhaps traded less for a lesser pitcher?

 

Contending it's not a no brainer = I hate the trade. How logical.

[Invader3K]

I never said you hated the trade. Maybe you shouldn't try to pick semantics arguments where none exist.

[BrewCrewForever]

Let me go down the list of how great this day was for me:

 

It is my 26th Bday.

 

I sat 3B side 12th row at the game today that the Brewers crushed the Pirates.

 

Got a Barrel Man bobble.

 

Braun and Sheets both named to the All-Star team with Hart as a final vote guy.

 

We are now in lead of the wild card.

 

We traded for CC Sabathia.

 

We still have Gamel, Escobar and Salome.

 

What an amazing day, I doubt I will forget this Bday for quite sometime.

[silversurferr]

Moving Lapota clears the path for Gamel to be Prince's understudy.

[Nader Raider Tim]

If the deal really is LaPorta, Green and LuCroy, then I am just hoping that something else is coming the Brewers way. I have no problem giving up LaPorta for the 3 months of Sabathia. I do, however, think that giving up LuCroy and Green is alot for compensatory picks. I know that isn't as cut and dried as that, but, nonetheless it is how I look at the trade.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

I hope that someday in the future, I will overhear a Cubs fan saying, 'CC bleeping Sabathia!'

 

Gonna go drop by nsbb.com... even with the picture sigs & Cubs fans

Don't wake them up over there...they haven't noticed us sneaking up on them yet. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif