The handsome man with the belly at left is none other than Carsten Charles Sabathia, the undisputed ace of the Cleveland Indians and, dare we say, the front runner for the starting slot on the American League All-Star Team. Last night he won his league-leading 10th game, but needed more help than he has lately, which the Erie Warriors more than happily provided. It's only fair that the offense come through a bit for their most well-proportioned hurler, as he'd come away from two recent 9-inning starts with a grand total of 1 run of support. And that coming from Franklin Guttierez...obviously. CC's finally coming through as the baller we've expected him to be for the last 4 seasons.We're worried, though, that double-C (you may remember, he asked us to call him that since we're such close homeys) is not long for the Great Lakes Region. After next season, CC is a free agent, and looks likely to blow away Barry Zito's $126mm deal from this past offseason. We're anticipating the Angels, a home-state squad with money for days, will make it rain (without the stripper-punching that accompanies Pacman's rain making) all over CC--it may take more than $87,000 though. With Pronk facing free agency at the same time, we tend to think the Tribe will not pony up for CC, and will instead reserve their ducats for Project Donkey. Especially with Adam Miller up and coming and Fausto Carmona dealing, the pitching appears to be a position of strength.
So, we're curious, dear readers, what your thoughts are? We say, though we dig CC, it's been nice knowing you
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