Report: Indians close to trading Blake to Dodgers

From ESPN, it looks like Casey Blake is as good as gone!

The deal looks like Blake, and Cash for minor league catcher Carlos Santana (not the musician), and Pitcher Jon Meloan.

Here is a article about Santana trying to become the catcher of the future for the Dodgers. He’s just 22 years old right now and he should really bolster the Indians depth at Catcher.

Here is a profile on Carlos Santana from Fire Ned Colletti Now. Here is a profile on Jon Meloan.

Globe Spots Says It’s Done.

Carlos Santana is a switch-hitting catcher who was moved from third base. He has power potential and him playing third sort of tells you he isn’t just a catcher type player. He is a little bit of an athlete. He has a good arm behind the dish. He’s 22 years old and was at the Dodgers High A Club.

Jon Meloan is a 24 year old starting pitcher in the Triple A level. He was a reliever as of last year and even earned a MLB call up last year. The Dodgers moved him into the rotation and he has sort of set back from the looks of it. The Indians could keep him there or move him back into the bullpen, he might be ready to contribute rather soon if they move him back. Meloan has 355 career strikeouts in just 262 innings.

I hope they move Meloan back to the pen. We could use him there.

Overall at first glance, We got a hell of a deal here.