Lord knows I've spent the better part of a month bitching and moaning about the morons running the Indians. The dealing of a young arm in Jon Meloan for an old arm in Winston Abreu was the prototype deal in the 'land of idiots' known as the Indians' front office.
Perhaps it was much ado about nothing.
The Indians had designated Abreu for assignment after three bad appearances. As expected, the former Rays reliever cleared waivers, and Cleveland offered him a minor-league deal to stay with the Tribe at triple A Columbus. Abreu chose instead to re-sign with the Rays this past Thursday.
Oh how I wanted to hammer Shapiro for giving up Meloan for nothing, which was accentuated by the Rays reacquiring the shabby player they dealt for the young hurler.
Leave it to the Rays to save Shapiro when they designated Meloan for assignment on Friday to make room on the 40-man roster for catcher Gregg Zaun. They had acquired Zaun earlier in the day in a waiver-induced trade with the Orioles. It's unknown if the Indians will try and sign or trade for their former reliever, and even a bigger unknown if Meloan will even want to return to the Indians.
It speaks volumes that Abreu would rather sign with the Rays, who look to be perennial contenders for the next several years, than the always-rebuilding Indians. My how quickly times can change.
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