Big day for the Indians as CC Sabathia called off further negotiations with the Indians until after the season is over which is genrally considered a foregone conclusion that he will test the free agency waters.  Although Shapiro has stated many times that he intends to keep Sabathia this year no matter if they can reach an agreement or not, many Cleveland fans think they would be better off trading him for prospects before the season starts.   Any thoughts out there?

It has been reported elsewhere on the net that Scout.com has posted the Cleveland Indians have signed Edward Salcedo for $2.9 million.  I have not been able to confirm this elsewhere but there are several posts on Scout.  That really surprises me since the Tribe is not known as a big dealer with Salcedo's agent, Scott Boras.  I think that is more than they gave their #1 draft pick, Mills.  Anybody know if this is a fantasy rumor or actually has some substance?

I made the mistake of making an off hand comment in a thread about the Tribe's Chief Wahoo about the Tribe's future in Cleveland that upset a few people.  Among the personal characterizations and challenges to my knowledge was a lone voice who actually seemed to want to understand.  No, it was not you, Jay.  Some of what I say will seem arrogant and condescending.  I apologize in advance.  I like to believe it goes with the territory but it could be that I am a pompous ass.  Some of the things I say will upset people since this includes some comment on socio-politico-religious arenas.  My first arrogant, condescending remark is that I don't care.  I deal with how certain facts fit ino economic modeling.
My qualifications in brief form.  I have an MBA and a Masters in Economics.  My Phd was interupted 6 hours short of completion by the need of the US to have me defend the country from the onslaught of commie SE Asians.  I specialize in an area of economics called "microstatics".  Macroeconics studies how economic variables effect a country.  Microeconomics is the effect on individual entities.  My doctoral thesis was on the effect of cyclical fluctuatons and socioeconomic variables on business entities.  It was well received.  I have taught, lectured, consulted to a wide variety of governmental and business entities including the Federal Reserve.  After saving our country, I did not want to continue down this path so I moved to the private sector.  This eventually led me to start my own business applying these principals to the buying, developing and selling of businesses.  That made me a wealthy man.  A combination of 9/11 and a genetic blood condition led to retirement.

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I really enjoy following the Tribe's prospects and speculating about the turnover.  The prospect evaluations that we went through about a month ago were very illuminating to me.  I was with the crowd for the first six but went far different from most after that.  The point of this is that I might have missed one and others might as well.

I have not seen him play, even on the net, but BA had some glowing words to say about Carlos Rivero.  He fits my criteria for posting to a prospect list but was off my radar.  For those of you who have some interest, here is the link to BA. :)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/prospects/features/263635.html