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That locker that is given to veteran players has been considered off-limits.
"We're going to let it cool off for a while," said Amato. "You're talking about two big moves in the same month." (Plain Dealer)
CC and now Blake.. I told you they'd be clearing it out again. Why not just play it safe and give it to someone like Grady?
Oh and Casey Blake stopped by the park before he left to get his gloves.
Mark Shapiro was DOWNRIGHT GIDDY over this trade... Look at this quote.
"The deal came together quickly," said GM Mark Shapiro. "We had a very good feel for their system and a good idea of who we liked. We've been scouting these guys [Santana and Meloan] for a long time because of the talks with CC." (Plain Dealer)
They were scouting these guys for a CC deal, and we got them for Casey Blake?
Are you serious?
It should be known Mark Shapiro had no intentions of dealing Casey when he got to work on Saturday, it was the Dodgers that initiated and heightened these talks.
It should be noted that the Indians are picking up the remaining two million in Blake's salary.
Who cares? Look at what they gave us.
Steve Henson says the Dodgers really showed how desperate they were with this deal.
"So in addition to their other problems – the injuries to shortstop Rafael Furcal, closer Takashi Saito and outfielder Juan Pierre, the deterioration of outfielder Andruw Jones, the absence of starters Brad Penny and Jason Schmidt – the Dodgers had to address the pop-gun production at third base to hold out any hopes of edging out the Diamondbacks.
It’s a shame they had to trade two of their best minor-leaguers for an emergency solution at a position the front office had projected would be filled capably by the homegrown LaRoche and DeWitt." (Yahoo! Sports)
"I think most organizations saw him as a reliever. We'll move him to the pen so he doesn't get too many innings, take a look at him as a reliever and then take the off-season to decide what role he'll come to spring training in." (Plain Dealer)
As for the Anthony Reyes deal.
"We think Reyes has significant upside," said Indians GM Mark Shapiro. "He's had mixed results [10-24, 5.38 ERA] in the big leagues." (Plain Dealer)
Andy Marte is a guy short of words.. But he himself is happy about getting the third base job for the rest of the year.. Why wouldn't he?
"He's one of the best teammates I've ever been around," Marte said. "But it's good for me because I'm still young and I get to play and get better. It's good for me and my career." (Indians.com)
Wedge is hilarious though.. I love to see him say this stuff he's been saying about Marte now that he's hitting. If there's one reason for Marte to play well it's to shove it in Eric Wedge's face.
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