by freeling_prideful » Mon May 19, 2008 11:51 am
I would actually expect Cleveland to deal for Atkins--third base is a greater spot of weakness and the Indians have demonstrated a willingness to give Casey Blake, David Dellucci, Franklin Gutierrez, Ben Francisco etc. everyday at-bats at the corner OF positions. Atkins would also be a lot cheaper for the Indians than Holliday's Coors-inflated mega-numbers. I'm not sure who came up w/ the idea that we have $150M sitting in the bank for him, but Cleveland doesn't have any contracts that are over $60M at the moment and they're going to let CC walk this offseason after offering him a Zambrano-like 5-6Y/85-90M.