The CC Sabathia thread: Latest - CC a Brewer! (part 3)

[PeaveyFury]

LaPorta is not playing for the Stars tonight, per Craig Coshun.

[Brewer Fever]

I hope the fact that no one else was mentioned by Coshun means no other regulars are missing from the Stars lineup.

[bklynbrewcrew]

This deal is defintely happening; its a complete and utter lock. The Brewers are offering LaPorta who is miles better than any other player mentioned from other teams. If we are also giving Green and others this deal is a cinch for Cleveland to take and cannot and will not be topped by anyone else. Sabathia will be a Brewer in a matter of hours no ifs and or buts about it.

[Bankjob]

Its over, he has to be coming here tonight. No other reason to sit LaPorta. Should we get our final trade guess's in.

 

LaPorta

Green

Fermaint

[trwi7]

Something is definitely up with LaPorta being out of the lineup. When you see that Errecart and Brantley are hurt there's no way that he's kept out of the lineup unless something was happening and soon.

[SeriesFinale]

Godspeed, Matt LaPorta

 

I'm guessing Green and Cain

[ELCABALLO45]

If this doesn't happen im going to be really sad

[Brewer Fever]

Relax. Players have been sat down before because negotiations were ongoing and there is the risk that the deal would collapse if an injury were to occur. The only thing that can be said for sure is that talks are at the very least still on the front burner.

[splitterpfj]

Multiple sources emailing me to say there is no confirmation of a deal at this time.

 

It does sound as though they are very close - but no confirmation as of now.

[sheetskout]

WSSP still claiming that the talks are on, but I think they are a little behind this thread.

 

C'mon....pull the trigger Cleveland!

[bklynbrewcrew]

I want to be the first to wish Matt LaPorta all the best in Cleveland and to say that he will be sorely missed as part of the 2009 and beyond Milwaukee Brewers. I am sad to see this trade going down but we offered way more than any other team. Good luck Matt and heres hoping you help Cleveland for years to come.

[PlayerHader]

LaPorta, Green, and Cain to become the front runner in the NL sounds tasty.

[razzzorsharp]

I want to be the first to wish Matt LaPorta all the best in Cleveland and to say that he will be sorely missed as part of the 2009 and beyond Milwaukee Brewers. I am sad to see this trade going down but we offered way more than any other team. Good luck Matt and heres hoping you help Cleveland for years to come.

So what's the trade if you are saying your goodbyes?

[Yeti73]

Extra supplies of dirtf or the pitching mound have been ordered to support Gagne and CC. If only we could get Matt Stairs back.

[Brewer Fever]

Escobar, Gamel, Parejo, Salome, Gillespie, Hopf, Bell, Garciaparra, Maldanado all in the Huntsville lineup.

[sbrylski]

Escobar, Gamel, Parejo, Salome, Gillespie, Hopf, Bell, Garciaparra, Maldanado all in the Huntsville lineup.

Brantley, Errecart? Ooo, I hope not.

 

[JumpinMacFlash]

Isn't Errecart injured?

[PeaveyFury]

Both Brantley and Errecart are hurt.

[Brewer Fever]

Yes, and Brantley is injured as well.

[SeriesFinale]

I will weep no tears for LaPorta, regardless of how he performs for Cleveland and regardless of how the Brewers season turns out. This team has a great opportunity ahead of it and I'm glad the management isn't gnashing its teeth about an amorphous future. We've been waiting for this future for a long time.

[lcbj68c]

I'm not working tonight, can't get the scoop. Unusual things happen like plane flights, car rentals, etc when trades and roster movements happen. If it happens tomorrow, I can scoop it, but today, alas!

[brewtank34]

I would imagine that all of you are refreasing this page every couple of minutes, so in the mean time between updates, GO VOTE!!!!!

[Ando Calrissian]

I'm pretty sure that you can't trade a player if he's on the DL, but can you trade an injured player who's not on the DL? I'm just thinking outloud after some of the posts a couple pages back speculating that Brantley could be included in the deal.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

This thread has been viewed over 86,000 times already! Over/Under on reaching 100,000 before an announcement is made? 430 uSers now logged in. Mark A is a genius! If we get CC, national attention will push local enthusiasm for the brewers into overdrive.

 

CC to the Brewers = Reggie to the Packers

[datrain711]

I'm pretty sure that you can't trade a player if he's on the DL, but can you trade an injured player who's not on the DL? I'm just thinking outloud after some of the posts a couple pages back speculating that Brantley could be included in the deal.

 

Since he isn't on the DL, it would basically be the equivalent of trading someone who missed a few days for personal reasons or something, wouldn't it? Unless there is some rule I don't know of, which is certainly a possibility.