Fausto continues to deal, which is great news for the Tribe heading into a stretch playoff run. We continue to be overwhelmingly impressed by his performance, especially his ability to pitch out of jams and minimize damage. Those were two features that CC struggled (and maybe still struggles) with in his development, so it's huge to see Carmona's steely nerves so early on. Can you imagine what CC would have done to himself and others (and processed sugar products) if he'd been hung out to dry as the closer at the same age that Carmona was last year?Our point, though, is that if Carmona keeps improving, and if Adam Miller turns out to be as good as advertised, then the Tribe probably doesn't have to invest $140mm in CC after next season. The rotation looks like it'll still be in pretty good shape. In fact, you heard it here first, watch the Tribe move CC at next year's trading deadline for a top-shelf closer.
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As long as we pull something for the pitching staff in for him I am cool dealing him. But during the all-star game it was noted that the one thing that the Tribe of the late 90's was missing was a CC type starter. They had a solid rotation the whole time, but never had a shut down, undisputed closer. Will be interesting to see if the Tribe runs into the same issues if they let CC roll.
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