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Russell the Muscle back to CLE; 1 yr./$2M guaranteed


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Hopefully he helps Matt LaPorta fulfill his 3TO destiny. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

Very solid pick-up for the Tribe...I was surprised he went unsigned for this long, but I guess a lot of teams were scared off by his back problems.

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Hopefully he helps Matt LaPorta fulfill his 3TO destiny. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

Very solid pick-up for the Tribe...I was surprised he went unsigned for this long, but I guess a lot of teams were scared off by his back problems.

Plus he was supposedly looking for a fairly sizable multi-year deal before the start of the off-season and I think that scared off a lot of would-be suitors. Now the market pretty much dried up and he was stuck taking a deal like this.
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He picked a pretty bad time to have a "breakout year." If he had done this 2 or 3 years ago he would probably have gotten a 3 or 4 year deal.
Good point. I mean, when you still have guys like Johnny Damon and Jermaine Dye without a job, you knew it wasn't going to be a blockbuster contract for Branyan.
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He picked a pretty bad time to have a "breakout year." If he had done this 2 or 3 years ago he would probably have gotten a 3 or 4 year deal.

It also would have helped him to finish out the season. He was shut down at the end of August last year, and failed again to finish an entire season.

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I don't know about that, Fielder is at 1B and Branyan has proven he can't stay healthy playing other positions. He should have been signed by some team that needs a full time DH probably. He makes very little sense for the Indians given their current situation. They would have been better off sticking LaPorta at 1B full time since right now either LaPorta or Brantley doesn't have a position.
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It also would have helped him to finish out the season. He was shut down at the end of August last year, and failed again to finish an entire season.
Exactly. The odds seem to be greater than not that Branyan will not play a full season for the Indians.
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