Indians Confidential

The move that has been rumored about for the past few days is finally ready to go down, as reports have Tribe ace C.C. Sabathia about to change cities, moving from Cleveland to Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as well as Yahoo! Sports is reporting the deal, and that it came down Sunday afternoon.

The deal is Sabathia to Milwaukee for for four minor leaguers, including top prospect Matt LaPorta and third baseman Taylor Green. LaPorta is the ace of the deal for the Indians, as he has 20 home runs and 66 RBIs for Class AA Huntsville. He is a right-handed slugger who is below-average defensively. He was the Brewers’ first-round pick in 2007, and played first base at the University of Florida, but the Brewers converted him to left field.

“It’s kind of flattering to have your name brought up for one of the best pitchers in the game,” LaPorta told the Huntsville Times. “There would be no hard feelings one way or another. This is a business, and I understand that.” Green is a third baseman, and was being scouted by the Indians at Class A Brevard County back on July 3rd. This season he was batting .297 with 10 homers and 50 RBI. Last season at A ball he hit .327 with 14 homers and 86 RBI.

What could have been for Sabathia really died out when he declined a $72 million, four-year extension from the Indains back in spring training, and said that he would not talk to the team till after the season. With the Indians having the second to worst record in the Majors, time was now to trade their ace.