Unlike Santana trade, Sabathia trade will pan out

SABATHIA TRADE WILL WORK OUT FOR BREWERS

Before the 2008 MLB Spring Training games started, Johan Santana – the marvelous lefty of the Twins – was dealt to the New York Mets. The hype immersed Santana…and he drowned in it. The Mets were the NL East favorite and a World Series favorite. Santana was supposed to give the Mets the best pitching rotation in the league, and the Mets were gonna be great!!! But, it didn’t work out that way. As Johan has floundered in the Big Apple, along with his teammates.

But, this shall not be the case for C.C. Sabathia, the 2007 AL Cy Young Winner – who is also a lefty – who was dealt after a 6-8 record before the All Star break to the Brewers for four prospects. Sabathia responded by winning his first start in ‘waukee 7-3. The reason he lost in Cleveland was he had no run support. He pitched some games where he only allowed one run or two runs, but he still lost because the batting of the Tribe sucked.

“I had mixed emotions.” said Sabathia in an interview with ESPN when asked about the way he felt about leaving Cleveland. By this, he meant he liked the city but he thought the Indians sucked and weren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

But, thanks to Prince Fielder and others, there’s going to be run support in Milwaukee for C.C. Milwaukee averages around four runs per game. The Indians averaged about two.