http://castrovince.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/07/indians_trade_for_abreu.html





  I gotta say ... I was excited to get Meloan, who I thought would

be a back-end reliever ... and I have been disappointed by his

progress to date, to be sure ... but ... great googly moogly, why

wouldn't you simply claim Abreu (at the expense of, say, Matt

Herges or any number of mooks) instead of trading a guy who is

still young and still has potential, while Abreu, for all his performance

this season, is going to be older than 32 for the rest of his life?



What am I missing here?  Meloan shaved Torey Lovullo's dog?

Meloan is secretly an Ahmedinejad supporter?  Meloan keeps

putting Icy Hot in Matt LaPorta's underpants?  Why the heck would

you trade Jon Meloan for Winston Bloody Abreu?



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Steve Buffum (steve.buffum@...)

Austin, TX 78704

The B-List: http://www.theclevelandfan.com/authors.php?artId=17

Freed from the corrosive presence of Juan Rincon!





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I don't much care about the age of the relievers we're talking about here.  At

this point, Meloan has no value at all.  He's done almost nothing remarkable the

last two years.  Winston Abreu??  Big deal.



Indians are simply looking for arms that can get guys out this year.  They gave

up a guy who has some troubling items in his stat line.





   ----- Original Message -----

   From: Steve Buffum

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   Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 3:14 PM

   Subject: [CSML] Jon Meloan for Winston Abreu











   http://castrovince.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/07/indians_trade_for_abreu.html



   I gotta say ... I was excited to get Meloan, who I thought would

   be a back-end reliever ... and I have been disappointed by his

   progress to date, to be sure ... but ... great googly moogly, why

   wouldn't you simply claim Abreu (at the expense of, say, Matt

   Herges or any number of mooks) instead of trading a guy who is

   still young and still has potential, while Abreu, for all his performance

   this season, is going to be older than 32 for the rest of his life?



   What am I missing here? Meloan shaved Torey Lovullo's dog?

   Meloan is secretly an Ahmedinejad supporter? Meloan keeps

   putting Icy Hot in Matt LaPorta's underpants? Why the heck would

   you trade Jon Meloan for Winston Bloody Abreu?



   --

   Steve Buffum (steve.buffum@...)

   Austin, TX 78704

   The B-List: http://www.theclevelandfan.com/authors.php?artId=17

   Freed from the corrosive presence of Juan Rincon!



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When I saw the item on this trade in the paper this morning I thought "They

actually wasted space to print this?"  Yawn.



JDC

Madison, Wisc.