Indians trade Brandon Moss...

The Cleveland Indians made what appears to be a nice value addition today in trading Brandon Moss,who has been less than a strong acquisition since being brought in from Oakland for highly thought of pitcher Rob Kaminsky from the Cardinals.

Moss leaves Lake Erie hitting just .217 albeit with 15 homers,but was arbitration eligible at season's end and judging by the performance that I saw,I'd guess that the Indians would more likely than not have been willing to allow Moss to walk away from an already expensive paycheck.
The Cardinals usually aren't the type to hit the panic button in a trade like this,but the recent injury to Matt Holliday may have put them in a situation that they felt forced to make a move while they still could.

Much more excited about Rob Kaminsky,who was ranked as the Cardinals fifth rated prospect by Baseball America entering the season and likely was moving up the charts after a season at High A Palm Beach.
Kaminsky notched a tiny 2.09 ERA in 17 Florida State League starts and is reported to have "Plus Plus" curve with a low 90's fastball that can touch the mid 90's.
The 5'11 Kaminsky will likely be assigned to High A Lynchburg,although the team could decide to challenge him a bit after his FSL performance and try AA Akron.
Kaminsky was the Cardinals first round pick in 2013 (Turns 21 after the season) and frankly seems to be above the return that I would have expected for a Brandon Moss after the season that Moss has put together.
I'm often critical of the Indians and their thinking and I was pretty disappointed with the Eric Stamets for David Murphy,but this is more than I would have expected for Brandon Moss,so I suppose it's a wash.

Hope to be back later with a look on the Devils continuing to get younger and faster with the contract extension to Adam Larsson and buyout of the contract of Dainius Zubrus and maybe some thoughts on our trip to Binghamton New York!