C.C. Sabathia is on his way out of Cleveland as the team traded the ace. But wait. I didn’t say it was to the Yankees. Instead, the Indians went to the other league and reached an agreement with the Brewers. In exchange Milwaukee is giving up (you guessed it) prospects including Matt LaPorta. The Indians, who are in last place, have a slim chance of making the playoffs this year and they knew that, which is why they dealt the Cy Young winner. Sabathia’s contract is up at the end of the season and this way the Indians get atleast something in return (it is very unlikely that they would be able to sign him for the type of money he is seeking.)
The Brewers on the other hand are not legit competitors in the NL Central, where they are currently 3.5 games behind the Cubs. If the playoffs were to start today the Brew Crew would get the wildcard and they are hoping that the addition of C.C. will keep them in the race for the playoffs and perhaps even help them rocket past the Cubs.
As for the Yankees, this will end all speculation about trading for Sabathia. It was very unlikely anyway due to how much Cashman doesn’t want to trade prospects. I for one am glad that this ended like this so that we don’t have to repeat everything we went through with the Johan Santana situation last year.