Cleveland trades Jake Westbrook to the St Louis Cardinals.

• The Enforcer

  Cleveland will get prospects in the deal
  
  St Louis is also working on a deal that would send Ryan Ludwick to San Diego.
• darbypitcher22

  

  ^^^^
  
  what are they hoping to get for Ludwick?
  
  Its a decent deal for St. Louis, not exactly the top flight starter they wanted, but could be a good deal
• Mulva

  

  Good.
• wes_mantooth

  

  I figured that Westy was gone.....hate to see him go, but no player deserves to play in this joke of an organization.
• The Enforcer

  Looks like prospects for Ludwick
• ts1227

  

  He's scheduled to take the mound in 30 minutes, Indians haven't announced a replacement yet.
  
  3 Twitter accounts are saying Tomlin on 3 days rest (the ones that scroll through when you google stuff).
• The Enforcer

  Josh Tomlin is getting the start.
• Tigerfan00

  

  Tomlin will be starting today
• The Enforcer

  The 3 team deal is complete as Ludwick is on his way to San Diego for a prospect.
• jordo212000

  

  Ludwick got traded? Wow! What the heck are the Cardinals doing?
• HitsRus

  

  Dolan must be making $$$$ hand over fist...he's dumped evrybody but Hafner.
• grodt

  

  Tribe gets RHP Corey Kluber from the Padres in the trade. He's 6'4" with a 5-5 record and 3.45 ERA in AA San Antonio this season. Also 136 K's and only 40 BB in 122 IP.
• royal_k

  

  Sucks to see Westbrook go. But he's going to a good team and it's not the Yankees or Red Sox.
• Al Bundy

  HitsRus;437676 wrote:Dolan must be making $$$$ hand over fist...he's dumped evrybody but Hafner.

  
  They haven't dumped Wood, have they?
• pinstriper

  THey couldn't sign Ludwick at the end of the year when he's a free agent and the emergence of Jon Jay (hit over .400 in July in a fulltime role) made it a crowded outfield for STL. With Holiday in LF, Rasmus in CF, and Jon Jay in RF - they have Winn as a back-up and Felipe Lopez also when Freese gets back next week. Great move by the Cards. If Penny makes it back off the DL, then that gives STL 2 aces and 2 quailty guys, tough to beat in a 5 game series - they had to keep up with Philly after they got Oswalt.
• hoops23

  

  HitsRus;437676 wrote:Dolan must be making $$$$ hand over fist...he's dumped evrybody but Hafner.

  
  It's impossible to trade Hafner.
• Mulva

  

  pinstriper;437764 wrote:that gives STL 2 aces and 2 quailty guys, tough to beat in a 5 game series - they had to keep up with Philly after they got Oswalt.

  With the way Jaime Garcia is pitching this year (9-4, 2.33 ERA), they have 3 aces.
• BRF

  

  royal_k;437736 wrote:Sucks to see Westbrook go. But he's going to a good team and it's not the Yankees or Red Sox.

  This post sums up how I feel about it, too.
• trep14

  pinstriper;437764 wrote:THey couldn't sign Ludwick at the end of the year when he's a free agent and the emergence of Jon Jay (hit over .400 in July in a fulltime role) made it a crowded outfield for STL. With Holiday in LF, Rasmus in CF, and Jon Jay in RF - they have Winn as a back-up and Felipe Lopez also when Freese gets back next week. Great move by the Cards. If Penny makes it back off the DL, then that gives STL 2 aces and 2 quailty guys, tough to beat in a 5 game series - they had to keep up with Philly after they got Oswalt.

  
  If I'm contending for the playoffs/a championship, I want Ryan Ludwick going forward, not Jon Jay. I wouldn't be worried about building for the future, the future is now if I'm in contention. I like the pickup of Westbrook for the Cards, they needed pitching, but not at the price of Ludwick. I don't trust Jon Jay. Rookies that hit over .400 for a month are bound to come down to Earth in a big way.
• newarkcatholicfan

  

  Wow Crapiro is really living up to his name.
• jordo212000

  

  trep14;437816 wrote:If I'm contending for the playoffs/a championship, I want Ryan Ludwick going forward, not Jon Jay. I wouldn't be worried about building for the future, the future is now if I'm in contention. I like the pickup of Westbrook for the Cards, they needed pitching, but not at the price of Ludwick. I don't trust Jon Jay. Rookies that hit over .400 for a month are bound to come down to Earth in a big way.

  
  I don't trust Jon Jay either. If you trade one of your bigger bats in your lineup, you MUST get more than freaking Jake Westbrook.
• BRF

  

  newarkcatholicfan;437895 wrote:Wow Crapiro is really leaving up to his name.

  
  And I so wish he would leave,too!
• Con_Alma

  hoops23;437771 wrote:It's impossible to trade Hafner.

  
  Agreed. That is one inflated contract for his production.