I was listening to a sports talk show yesterday on the way home from work. The Cleveland host was talking to some NY reporter about a trade rumor involving Cleveland and the Yanks. Here is the rumor: Indians trade C.C. Sabathia, Franklin Guitierrez and Astrubal Cabrera for Cano, Melky Cabrera, and Phil Hughes. We'll see if there ends up being any truth to it.
I agree with SB. If they didn't trade Melky or Phil for Johan Santana (who IMO is a better pitcher than C.C.) then I don't see them trading for C.C. Plus, C.C.'s a free agent at the end of the year, so why trade for him now when they could keep their players and just sign him (New York can outbid Cleveland).
Hey, I'm just sharing - I never said the trade would happen. I will say that I guarantee that C.C. will not sign in NY this offseason, so do not plan on him being a free agent acquisition. He hates the city and the media pressure. Sabathia is going west, probably to SF, the Dodgers, or Anaheim. But the idea of renting him is nothing that Steinbrenner has not done in the past, so it could happen.
I couldn't imagine that any of the Steinbrenner's would be content to just sit back without trying to improve before the trading deadline. NY was utterly foolish for not pulling the trigger to give up the players you mentioned for Santana, who is one of the best pitchers in MLB. Santana is better than any starting pitcher they have had on their roster in the past 10 years.
