Indians plan
Posted November 8th, 2007 by Ron
Two Indians items caught my attention.
Picking up Paul Byrd's option on his contract. As a franchise you either have standards or you don't. There really is no middle ground. With Byrd admitted use of HGH and baseball still investigating, Mark Shapiro needed to pass on Byrd. If he gets suspended for 50 games before the beginning of next season, it will have proved to be a major blunder with the Indians' window of opportunity small.
The second part was comments by owner Larry Dolan on the signing of C.C. Sabathia. It sounds to me like he is waiting for C.C. to present numbers first. I think if the Indians have any chance (I don't think they do) to sign C.C., they need to be proactive. Offer the same deal that Carlos Zambrano got from the Cubs and hope that is enough. I think C.C. can get Barry Zito money (7 years, $126M) if he wants, but there is no way he is taking less than Zambrano money (5 years, $91.5M). Actually, I think the likely route is C.C. pitches for the Tribe next season and then becomes a free agent.
November 8th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Prediction: It can't be proven that Byrd took anything since 2005. Yes, of course he did, but it can't be proven.
And in what universe are you living, Ron? Are you trying to teach your two boys a moral and ethical lesson about right and wrong, or are you trying to discuss actual real life with readers of your blog? Am I reading Ron Ledgard's Balanced Ledger, or am I reading Terry Pluto Lite?
"Business" and "ethics" are mutually exclusive, and you know it. The Cleveland Indians baseball franchise is no different than any other American business out there.
November 8th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I would rather see the Tribe let Byrd go and use that money for C.C.'s offer. What's he make, 7 or 8 million?
Sowers, Lee, Laffey, Adam Miller–there are plenty of young guys who can compete for Byrd's spot.
And if they unload Trot Nixon and Michaels, that's probably another 6 or 7 million there. Factor in C.C.'s current pay and thats 20 million the team can offer without raising the payroll at all.
November 9th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Why don't we just back up the nearest Brinks truck to C.C., and offer the playoff choke artist a billion-dollar lifetime contract? Sheesh. The way some people talk, you'd think Cy Young was reincarnated. Okay, the guy won 19 games, but so did a rookie starter who makes less than a mil, I'd guess. Cleveland must have payroll flexibility, and that means not tying up 1/3 of the loot on one player–who disappeared completely come October. We've had seven years of C.C.'s up-and-down act. If he leaves, there are oodles of other pitchers ready to step in.
I'm far more concerned about the Tribe's lack of hitting, and Shapiro's apparent satisfaction with standing pat. Those two months of non-hitting weren't just some random abberation. This team is completely hit or miss, and with Grady and Travis leading the whiff-parade, it's "miss" far too often. Shapiro's re-signing of Aaron Fultz shows his mind is in the wrooooong place. You can buy a gas can for two bucks, Mark. Didn't need to waste $1.5-mil and a roster spot for it!!!
Let C.C. pitch here til midyear; if Tribe is in the race, play out the year with him. If not, deal away and let him choke away a pennant for some other contender. I know the whiney bandwagon fans will just cry and lament the loss of Chubs and give us more of their incessant "cheap owner" crap, but one player does not make a team. I won't shed a tear when ol' CC is missing the playoffs (like Zito/SF, A-Rod/TX, Bonds/SF, Ryan/TOR, ad nauseum) with a big-spending idiot owner who thinks one arm is worth the stars, moon, sun & sky!
November 12th, 2007 at 5:32 am
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November 12th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
I thought the truckloads of drugs that dudes like Byrd and Matt Williams pump into their bodies shrink their balls, not their penis.
Gotta love the fact that the records show Williams even bought cartons of his anabolic steroids and human growth hormone AFTER he'd already retired. These guys are really something else. Perhaps the dentist told Williams that the tumor on his pituitary gland was causing his baldness and yellow teeth.
I'll pay $100 to the first reporter that obtains copies of Thome's and Hafner's receipts.
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