No more Stellastar...

Big and joyous news from C-town, today. Coco Crisp has been traded to the Red Sux for Andy Marte and Guillermo Mota. Woohoo!!

The Good: Mainly, Coco and his .345 OBP, weak arm and circuitious paths to the outfield will be sent to Boston, who think they are getting a CF. Next to Manny and the sore Trot Nixon. *snicker*

Guillermo Mota, when healthy, will be a solid addition to the Tribe pen. Marte automatically becomes the best 3B in the system, assuming they have stones to play him, which they won't, with Aaron Boone and his albatross of a contract. The Tribe does have a hole to fill in LF, but there are options. Ryan Ludwick is still floating around. Ben Broussard (speaking of crappy hitters) came up as an OF. Jason DuBois and his bat would be nice, if given a shot. I keep hearing about a Jason Michaels trade, which would be fine, but I am not convinced it is necessary.

It's funny; I have read a couple of online articles, both of which were convinced that the Tribe bullpen was a weak link. I'm not seeing it. Yes, we lost Howry, and Bob Wickman is still the closer, but...before Mota, we had Betancourt, Rhodes, Sauerbeck, Riske (taterific, but still sueful); Matt Miller should be healthy as a ROOGY; Jason Davis and his arm of fire in Buffalo, and Kaz Tadano (make your own joke!!) as well. That is not a bad pen there, and the Indians have made other moves to try and pull some arms from the scrap heap. Let's not forget Jeremy Sowers and Jason Stanford.

I think the braintrust should instead consider the crappitude at the corners, and seek ways to improve that roster dreck...