Thoughts on all of the Tribe Moves

So with all the news I haven’t really thrown in much of my 2 cents.

Let’s start with Casey Blake.

I love Casey. I’m gonna miss him and his dead-pan humor. He was THE player that you can point to and say… “I want every man on my 25 man roster to be like Casey Blake.”

Put it at that. He will be missed, but this was a move that needed to be made. Andy Marte needs to be seen, Ryan Garko needs to be seen, Franklin Gutierrez needs to be seen.

I’ll miss him and if we need a utility man next year, I’d make Casey choice number one.

As for what we got in return.

I’m more ecstatic about it than what we got for C.C. Sabathia.. Here is why.

We knew Sabathia would yield us some good prospects.

I had NO clue that Casey Blake was going to result in such a talented duo of players.

Some say Carlos Santana is one of the best hitters in the Dodgers system. He leads the entire minor leagues in RBI with 96 and his on base percentage is over .400. Switch hitting Catchers are a dime-a-dozen man. He’s an athlete.. Simple as that.

I also like the Jon Meloan get. He will be moved to the bullpen and the 350 some strikeouts over 260 innings is something to fawn over. He’s struggled as a starter this year, but we have no use for him as that. I like the pick-up.

Anthony Reyes was a good pick-up. Why not take a chance on a guy who is said to have a high-ceiling.

Luis Perdomo in my mind was sort of expendable with guys like Jeff Stevens and Randy Newsome. You can never have too many relievers, but if Anthony Reyes pans out like he should, I think losing Perdomo would be well worth it. Take in mind, he JUST got to Akron.

I’m in full support as we know of moving Aaron Laffey back down to Triple-A. He needs to fix himself and get his confidence back. Matt Ginter gets lost if you expose him to waivers. Of course now with Reyes in the fold, you do have some room to wiggle, but I think they’d prefer to have more than less.

Here is the moves.. I updated all three boards.

Luis Perdomo Traded to St. Louis in exchange for Anthony Reyes. Reyes optioned to Buffalo.

Fausto Carmona activated from Disabled List, Aaron Laffey optioned to Buffalo.

Laffey and Reyes will go into the rotation. Buzachero will probably lose his spot and I could see David Huff getting sent down.

Casey Blake Traded to the Dodgers for Catcher Carlos Santana and Pitcher Jon Meloan. Carlos Santana sent to Kinston. Jeff Stevens will soon be added to the Inactive list when he goes to the Olympics. That should open up the spot for Jon Meloan.

Also, Matt McBride has finished his rehab assignment and has been sent to Kinston. Kinston now has FIVE catchers. I’d expect someone to get sent to Lake County. I’d also expect a trade for one of the others. Also, maybe they move Chris Gimenez to another position.

Travis Hafner was sent to the 60 Day Disabled List retroactive to May 26, which is exactly 60 days ago. He’ll be eligible to come off when he is ready, he goes for another strength test on Monday.

His move was to clear up a spot on the 40 man roster for Andy Gonzalez who was called up to take Casey Blake’s spot on the 25 man roster.