To move back to CC... The Crew has 76 games left this season, a number getting smaller by the day. Assume the trade gets pulled off tomorrow. That gives Sabathia roughly 15 starts for the Crew. Pick your stat: this year, CC's winning % is about 43%, but he's about 60% for his career. By my math, that means adding CC, presumably without trading any major-league starting talent, could net the Brewers between 6 to 9 wins out of him. How much more is that than the guys we have right now? As I see it (based on the same range - 1st number is career win % x 15 starts left; 2nd number is season win % x 15 starts left): Sheets - 8-12 wins Suppan - 7-8 wins Bush - 5-7 wins Parra - 11-12 wins (beware small sample size for winning %) McClung - 6-9 wins So basically, getting CC Sabathia pushes Bush back to the pen (or McClung, but likely Bush). Is that increase of a few wins worth trading a guy who looks like he'll hit the crap out of the ball in the Show and might take over for Prince (if/when he leaves) someday? I don't think so. Getting CC is a sexy pick. There's a lot of buzz generated, it shows that we're serious about winning NOW and CC's numbers in terms of winning % might jump - the Brewers are a better team than the Tribe. I just don't like putting all that on the table when I think that we're a talented club with A TON of games left against NL Central teams to make a push. RU rah rah might be right - sometimes the best deals are the ones that don't happen. It seems like this one is going to though, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't get excited if it went down.