The Indians made a minor-league deal Saturday, trading left-hander Zach Jackson to the Blue Jays for a player to be named. ¶
Jackson spent most of last year at Triple-A, posting a 4-8 record and 6.05 earned-run average in 30 appearances at Columbus, including 14 starts. He also pitched three times for the Tribe, once as a starter, posting no record and a 9.35 ERA in 82/3 innings. ¶
Cleveland acquired Jackson in July of 2008 from Milwaukee along with Matt LaPorta and Michael Brantley in the deal that sent C.C. Sabathia to the Brewers. Jackson has been assigned to Triple-A Las Vegas by Toronto. ¶
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Yes, Tribe fans…more earth turning off season news coming from the Tribe front office. The Big Thinkers, as our Beacon-Journal Indian beat writer, Sheldon Ocker, refers to Tribe management, were proud to announce this big non-event of trading a major-league non-entity for a player to be named and soon forgotten . I think we fans will have to prepare ourselves for years of such unexciting announcements.
How do we loyal fans assess Larry Dolan and company? Remember when trades were made to secure Sizemore, Lee, and Martinez, and Tribe management boldly promised the Indian faithful that a contending team was on the horizon? And against all probability in professional sports, their promises came true. That was truly amazing and inspiring. Have you heard such promises lately, in the wake of dismantling the team that was one game away from being in the World Series in 2007? None…..Assistant General Manager John Mirabelli said the trading of Lee and Martinez were necessary to supply the organization with arms that the entire league is in desperate need of. I do not doubt his word or the integrity of Mr Mirabelli and Mr. Shapiro, his boss. What this situation strongly indicates is that Cleveland has finally succumbed to the economic pressures of small market baseball which make it virtually impossible for 90% of the teams to win the World Series. Yes, once in awhile a Tampa Bay will hit all cylinders with a core of young talent matched perfectly with a right manager. But The Rays success two seasons ago only perpetuates the myth that every team in the spring has a chance to make a splash in the post season – a myth that should self explode and expose Major League Baseball for the hoax that it is. I currently live in the Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers markets – both team putting very competative teams on the field everyday. But the Twins talent keeps getting siphoned off to New York, Boston, and California, and the Brewers young talent can’t be supplemented with players like Sabathia ever again to win their division.