That's why they traded for TWO Cy Young pitchers - they had already stocked their hitting roster, what else was left to do?
2008: Fielder, Braun, Weeks, Hardy, Cameron and Hart are ALREADY on the roster. Bill Hall is scuffling and Kendall is a bad catcher, but everything else is pretty good and everybody but Cameron is a 26-and-under. They traded the following for CC Sabathia:
- LaPorta, one of Jack's few first round misses but the #25 prospect in the land that year
- Michael Brantley, who turned into a 3 WAR CF last year for Cleveland and a Bourn-type (ironically)
- Rob Bryson, an 11.5 K / 4 BB bullpenner with an ERA under 3 career in the minors.
- Zach Jackson, throw in #6 starter AAAA type
For us, that would be like Zunino / Triunfel / Burgoon / DJ MItchell.
Two years later (2010) they had enough chips to trade for Greinke. They sent out:
- Alcides Escobar, glove SS with an acceptable (if not power) bat, #12 prospect (yes, really)
- Lorenzo Cain, another CF in the Bourn mold (starting to get surprised we didn't add Bourne this offseason)
- Odorizzi, a 9K/
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