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The Cleveland Indians have reportedly traded Russell Branyan to the Seattle Mariners for two minor league prospects.
Talk amongst yourselves…
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I don’t know anything about the prospects, but my first thought is…. Does Shapetti have compromising pics of Jack Zduriencik?
And of all teams, wouldn’t the team that just had Branyan know better?
Here is your press release via Jeff Sibel and the Indians media department:
“CLEVELAND, OH– Today, the Cleveland Indians announced they have acquired OF EZEQUIEL CARRERA and SS JUAN DIAZ from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for INF RUSSELL BRANYAN and cash or a player to be named later.
Carrera, 22, has spent the entire 2010 season to date at AAA Tacoma as he has hit .268 (57-213) with 24 runs scored, 6 doubles, 2 triples and 18RBI in 64 games. He has stolen 9 bases in 14 attempts this season but is currently on the AAA disabled list with a left hip pointer. Before being injured, Carrera was hitting .311 (19-61) with 6 runs scored, 3 doubles and 6 RBI in 18 games during the month of June. Prior to the start of the 2010 season, Carrera was ranked as the 15th best prospect in the Mariners organization by Baseball America.
Last year, the left-handed hitting outfielder, won the Southern League Batting title as he hit .337 (111-329) with 68 runs scored, 12 doubles, 4 triples, 2HR and 38RBI in 91 games at AA West Tennessee while being named to both the Southern League All-Star and also the Topps Double-A All-Star team. Carrera also posted a .441 on-base percentage which aled the Southern League and was 3rd best in all of minor league baseball. The Venezuelan native was named the best defensive outfielder in the Florida State League in 2008 by Baseball America. Carrera was originally signed by the Mets as a non-drafted free agent in 2005 and will report to AAA Columbus in the coming days.
Diaz, 21, a 6-4, 170-pound switch hitting shortstop, has spent the entire 2010 season to date at High Desert of the California League batting .295 (75-254) with 39 runs scored, 8 doubles, 3 triples, 7HR and 41RBI in 70 games. He has also stolen 8 bases in 10 attempts and has an OPS of .779 (.345 on-base % & .433 slg. %).
Last year, Diaz batted .311 (101-325) with 55 runs scored, 22 doubles, 5 triples, 4HR and 29RBI in 84 games at High Desert as he was named to the California League All-Star Team. The Dominican Republic native was on the disabled list from June 25-August 4th with a fractured hamate in the left hand however came back to finish the season and played for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League. He was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by Seattle in 2006 and will report to Kinston in the coming days.”
I find it strange that the Mariners apparently had no interest in re-signing him this offseason. Now they trade for him when theyre already 14 games out of first place. Granted, all they gave up was a bag of peanuts to get him back, but still its kinda weird.
Lets see what LaPorta can do.
I like it. We need La Porta to play up here and we didn’t like the signing at the beginning of the year. Lets do it.
Yay! Can we see that picture of Branyan one more time, though? I’m going to miss it.
Baseball Tonight said the SS Juan Diaz is pretty good.
Is that correct? 6-4 and only 170? Wow.
I guess it’s about time.
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Didnt we just sign him from Seattle? What a deal!
lets hope this turns into past Seattle deals (broussard for choo / eduardo perez for asdrubal cabrera) and NOT this past deal (franklin guitierrez for luis valbuena)
@12 – i’m pretty sure this cannot even out that list as Branyan is what Branyan is.
at worst, he hits a bunch of HRs this year for Seattle and the prospects bust out.
I do like this line though on Carrera: “The Venezuelan native was named the best defensive outfielder in the Florida State League in 2008 by Baseball America.”
we need defensive guys anywhere we can get them (gut check on Franky-G)
Best news of the day!
Go England!
This is such a glorious headline to wake up to!
Finally an organization who appears to know less about what it wants to do then the Indians. If I was a Mariners fan i’d be shaking my head. As for the Indians let’s hope LaPorta becomes the full time 1B now. He needs to be left alone to just play. More prospects, mmmmm, maybe these will do better then Valbuena. AAAAA Indians y’all!
The fact we receive 2 minor league prospects for him is amazing. What a great way to start my Sunday. In other news, Goddard said that the wind off the lake is going to go down about 10-15 mph for the rest of the summer, so if you plan on using a sailboat you’re out of luck.
Call up LaPorta today and my day is complete.
Everytime I get down about the Tribe I look west. Almost feel bad for the people of Seattle.
@ Oppie – you’ve got a complete day at 11 AM buddy. LaPorta is starting at first today.
well, Seattle has Cliff Lee, so they must be contending for the WS, right?
@20 Lee won’t be staying in Seattle for the season, watch.
sorry, I should have used sarcasm font for that comment. Lee getting traded for the 3rd time in the past year is pretty much a certainty at this point.
A complete day by 11AM, who could ask for more? I mean I could hope for a victory today, but that may be too much to ask for.
Yea, Let’s not get too greedy Oppie.
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Up 4-1 in the 7th, how are we gonna blow it today?
I always liked Russ,, why is it good that we traded him?
Fury has set down 12 in a row (and counting).
just let him finish it out…do not bring in Wood.
@27 – well, even if you like him and his professional attitude, he is an older vet on a shorter contract who won’t be here when we turn around this rebuilding team. and, he is blocking young players who will be.
so, even looking on the rosiest side of Russ, signing him for what turned out to be 3 months and getting prospects in return for him is a good outcome.