Trade Deadline
Kyle Farnsworth goes from the Tigers to the Braves, while Matt Lawton moves from Pittsburgh to the Cubs and Randy Winn goes from Seattle to San Francisco.
Sadly, Casey Blake wasn't traded to New York, and the Indians stood their ground.
Kevin Millwood remains in Cleveland for the rest of the year, and realistically, this was a surprise. The Indians aren't going anywhere this year, not with the A's, Yankees and Twins ahead of them. But then again, if the Yankees were the only option, I'd rather have the Indians stand still. People have been wondering why the Yankees didn't do anything dramatic, but the fact is that even they have their limits. They also have erased the farm system in recent years to get veterans.
The results haven't been pretty.
Well, actually, by most standards they have, but the Yankees are not satisfied to be the second or third best team in the league.
So why would I want the Indians to trade Blake to the Yankees and not Millwood? Honestly, I'd have given Blake away.
(No sooner do I write those words than Blake smacks a homer down the left field line. I guess I ticked him off).
UPDATE:
Poor Jody Gerut. It turns out that he was the other end of the Pirates-Cubs trade. When the Indians sent him to Chicago, you could at least say he was going to play for his hometown team and in the greatest ballpark in history.
Now he's going to Pittsburgh, a team that hasn't contended since Dan Quayle was vice president.
At least he'll be playing in a beautiful new ballpark.
How strange is it though that Gerut was traded to Chicago by the Indians, then sent to the Pirates for Matt Lawton, an Indian a year ago?