Baseball: July 2008 Archives

The Cape Cod League is about making adjustments, to a new environment and a different level of competition. Hitters can't pad their stats on middle relievers or back-of-the-rotation starters, and pitchers can't work around a lineup the same way they might in college. Everything isn't supposed to run smoothly.

DuPage Dragons vice president of baseball operations Tim Connelly said Thursday that he has already started assembling next year's team.

The Brewers are betting big on CC Sabathia, and the 290-pound pitcher's impact will be felt on the North Side of Chicago, where the Cubs suddenly find themselves in the National League's most compelling division. Of all the potential ramifications to this trade, here's one that rippled to Aurora and Waubonsie Valley. Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald reports:

In the past few days, according to a source with knowledge of the talks between the Indians and Red Sox, Cleveland did not come down from its request of one package headlined by right-hander Michael Bowden, the other featuring the Sox' best position-player prospects, including Lars Anderson, Jed Lowrie and Josh Reddick.

Ian Krol's future just got a lot clearer or a lot muddier. Either way, it's looking pretty good for the All-American left-hander from Neuqua Valley.