HB - these are your kinds of moves!

That said, perhaps the reason they were conservative in the offseason was so that they could "put all those chips in" at the deadline just in case the stars aligned!

And with that rotation, and some surprise seasons from unexpected sources, they have aligned.

Maybe the Cleveland Gods have responded to the Cavs exorcism.

Wow! There goes the farm system! I guess I'll have to pay more attention to the major leagues. Poor Lynchburg, just lost the guts of a great team. Mejia and Chang are favorites of mine from way back, well 2 years ago anyway. I would have rather given Zimmer and kept Frazier, he's going to be very good.

Ummm, maybe a snag here?


Andrew Miller - R - Yankees

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that the Indians have acquired Andrew Miller from the Yankees.

Interestingly, Rosenthal also adds that it's possible the Tribe will get both Jonathan Lucroy and Miller but it's also possible the deal for Miller might signify a snag with the Lucroy trade.

ESPN's Buster Olney reports that the Yankees will be receiving outfield prospect Clint Frazier, pitching prospect Justus Sheffield and others in the deal. For what it's worth, neither of those prospects were in the reported Lucroy trade. Miller will take over the ninth inning from Cody Allen, who slides into a setup role.

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CLE trades about winning in'16. As they reset for '17, however, they have the option of flipping Miller, Lucroy into market, recouping value

T.J. Zuppe ‏@TJZuppe 29s29 seconds ago

Interesting that Sheffield, reportedly on his way to NY in Miller deal, was CLE's draft compensation for losing Ubaldo Jimenez in 2014.

Zack Meisel
Indians got the best hitter and the best reliever on the market (neither is a rental). They're the AL favorites. Merry Christmas, Cleveland.

And we should be in a prime position to make a run next couple years too.

LOl, on Twitter they are commenting about the bizarro world where the Yankees are OUT at the deadline (sellers) and the Indians IN!

Jim Ingraham ‏@Jim_Ingraham 5m5 minutes ago

I hear the indians have also made an offer to the browns for joe thomas

Interesting list of prospects:

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2016?list=cle

John Stolnis ‏@FelskeFiles 8m8 minutes ago

The Cleveland All-In-dians.

Jordan Bastian ‏@MLBastian 1m1 minute ago

Official: Indians announce they have acquired Andrew Miller for Frazier, Sheffield, Heller and Feyereisen.

Feyereisen too? Dang, I'm losing some of my faves today.

Jordan Bastian says Armstrong is the 4th player in Lucroy trade. No biggie there.

Tom Withers ‏@twithersAP 4m4 minutes ago

Lucroy deal still pending. As I said last night, not official until official. Trending in positive way, I'm told. #Indians

I'm hoping they are working out details of a contract extension for Lucroy.