Two trades from Northeast Ohio as both the Cavaliers and Indians have made a move..
The Cavaliers decided to pass on the available player options with their soon to expire Brendan Haywood exception and chose to bank the dollars for future use.
Cleveland sent Haywood and in a mild surprise Mike Miller,along with two second round draft picks to the Portland Trail Blazers.
In return,the Cavaliers add two trade exceptions of 10.5 million and 2.94 million respectively.
The exceptions cannot be used together,but this increases the chances of the team being able to make a trade in season and that is a huge help for a team straining against the roof of the cap.
Neither Haywood or Miller were a help last season,but Miller picked up his player option and between that and his well-known friendship with LeBron James,Miller looked to be safely on the team.
At least,the Cavaliers bought themselves some more time to use money that could have been lost,so that's something....
The Indians are a disappointing team to many (I thought their lineup wasn't as strong as thought,though I liked the arms) and when you disappoint,you become sellers not buyers.
The problem is that Cleveland has little to trade without disrupting a core that is needed to compete next year.
The result is trading spare parts and David Murphy was the first to go as the Tribe sent Murphy to thr Angels for a less than overwhelming result in AA shortstop Eric Stamets.
Stamets hit just .248 in his second year at AA Arkansas and reported to be an excellent glove with struggles at the plate.
The numbers bear that out and one would think that the upside for Stamets,a Dublin,Ohio native,is as a glove first utility infielder.
In other words,nothing to get excited about.
The Indians are in a tough spot and I'm not really sure what they can do,what I do know is this-trades like this aren't going to do much to help anyone....
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