Morning Update: Sabathia could have missed his chance to stay in Cleveland

It isn't exactly morning now is it?

Just a quick tidbit on the Juan Rincon pick up. Wedge plans on seeing Rincon in the majors this year. They wanna figure him out in Buffalo first, but if things work out, this could be a Bobby Howry type pick up for the Indians.

Tony Graffanino on the other hand is going to be awhile, they want to monitor him physically.

Let's tackle the C.C. stuff early.

C.C. Sabathia will not get that Johan Santana contract from the Yankees. At least that is what it looks like.

Teams might finally be wising up. If the Yankees aren't willing to give C.C. the Santana like 7 year-100 +++ deal. Then who will?

You people might continue to laugh at me. But Johan Santana getting traded and getting that contract might have been the best thing for the Indians in more ways than one.

Teams can point to those guys like Barry Zito and Santana and say.. Hey look, we aren't taking that risk.

C.C. left a very good offer on the table, it was a Peavy like deal, and if he'd rather have the Santana deal, then good luck to him. He is going to be sorely sorry when he tests the market, doesn't get that Santana deal and ends up pitching in a place other than Cleveland.

Paul Dolan was on Bruce Drennan's show yesterday and he said the same thing about what they offered him. If C.C. Sabathia is looking for a deal like Santana's, he will not get it in Cleveland. They felt something closer to what Peavy got is perfect. Remember Jake Peavy won the Cy-Young too, so it isn't like he isn't getting paid Award Winning Pitcher money.

In other news, the Indians aren't even sure they want to trade him yet.

That's just awesome isn't it? I did a complete breakdown on what the Tribe might target if they were to trade him.. You can read it here..

Here is your Hafner and Carmona update that we've been waiting for.

Fausto Carmona will play catch this week. Yeah how awesome is that?

Travis Hafner will continue to do absolutely nothing until later this week. From there they will decide if he can resume activities.

Riveting, isn't it?

Now let's make the rounds on Omar Vizquel.

He had a press conference yesterday that I got a chance to watch. I found it funny as all get out that he felt he could go right into managing without testing the waters in the minor leagues. Gotta love his confidence.

Anyway, the ovation was as expected, and I heard going down to his presser he shook just about everyones hand and even went early.

You can read Omar's response to how the fans and team greated his return. He was really moved.

Terry Pluto shared his always appreciated perspective on one of the greatest shortstops to play the game.

You can read about and hear the entire press conference here. This is one quote from Omar that I really enjoyed hearing. Early in his Indians' career he made three errors in a game. Safe to say that would be the last time that ever happened.

"I think there's a part of me that made me a man that day," Vizquel said. "I think it was the best thing for me, to say to the reporters what was going through my mind about what happened that day. I think, to this day, that took a big weight off my back, expressing my feelings that day. I think it was one of the best moments for me in showing my feelings."

I talked about Paul Dolan on the All Bets are Off Show. Well he gave Shapiro and Wedge votes of confidences essentially yesterday. You didn't expect any heads to roll on this. Bill Bevasi, John Gibbons, Willie Randolph and John McLaren were all on the hot seat, and their teams simply didn't perform with the talent they were given.

The Indians have injuries galore, and you can't place that blame on Wedge or Shapiro.