MT88

I see my post from Thurs nite never went thru.. Oh well. CLE got C Kody Huff (son of Aubrey). Either CLE preferred Kody or MKE felt Cal was better as a FA target then a trade target.

I believe Cal is a serviceable pitcher but it begs the questions of how much is that “service” worth & what other options are available. With the Bally’s cable deal falling apart, multiple teams are looking for ways to close a shortfall of $50 to $100M in revenues, Cal has a projected Arbitration contract of ALMOST $7M for next season. That is a lot for a mid/ lower end rotation piece. In the CLE case, Cal is currently the 6th or 7th starter with Bieber/ McKensie & the 3 kids from this year (Bibee, Williams & LT Allen) all ahead of him.. Perhaps MKE feels Cal could help the rotation with other pieces gone/ out/ going but it might make more sense as a free agent signing instead of s trade during the dfa period.

There are reports that CLE made its job offer to Vogt on Friday 11:/3. the weekend was spent finalizing the details . now perhaps CC made CLE aware he was looking elsewhere late last week or CLE knew it wasn’t going that high on manager salary (even for CC). So it moved along on its own. Either way CLE ( & by extension NYM) made their choices before CC to the Cubs was finalized