Bye Bye C.C.

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The C.C. trade just puts an exclamation point on a thoroughly depressing season for the Indians and their fans. It's hard to say how I should feel about this news. On one hand, I'm glad C.C. is going to a team like Milwaukee and not someone like Chicago or Boston. I'll be much happier seeing them succeed over some of these other overrated and/or annoying teams. Also, for as good as C.C. is/was, he had yet to prove himself to be a clutch pitcher and I would have hated to see him continue to take us to the playoffs, only to disappoint us each time. But from a negative perspective, this is just another example of the Indians once again losing to their greatest enemy; money. We continue to establish stars in this league, only to lose them due to greed before they can take us to the promised land. And with the injuries piling up and guys playing below expectations, this C.C. deal makes me wonder how long it'll be before we are a contender again.

As for what we got in return for C.C. it's way to early to determine if we got screwed on this deal or not. On the surface, we're getting four minor leaguers with varying levels of promise. At best, we could hope for similar results to what we got in the Bartolo Colon trade that saw us getting Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, and Brandon Phillips. At worst, we could be stuck with a bunch of Andy Martes. Clearly, it will be a while before we truly know the impact of this deal. Until then we're stuck suffering through yet another summer of disappointment from our beloved Tribe.