I think that was the exact same sentiment in cleveland when they traded Bartolo Colon for some no-name prospects a few years ago.

But as a Phillies fan, I’m thrilled with the trade.  Marson is the only guy that I’m really sad about losing.  He’ll be a good, but not great catcher for a lot of years.  It’s not that he’s the prize of the trade, but there are, what, 8 good catchers in the majors, he has a chance to be one.

George is right about the sentiments in Cleveland.  Fans complain every time a “name” player is traded for prospects no matter who the player is or who the prospects are.  You’d think after years of watching Shapiro fleece other GM’s for prospects they’d give him the benefit of the doubt, but I guess not.

Shapiro has been fleecing other GMs around the league?  I’m not so sure on that one.  The Colon deal was a nice one, but he fleeced Minaya, which increasingly appears like a relatively easy task.  Other than that, who has he fleeced?  The Choo deal was good since he is clearly more useful than Broussard, but under Shapiro’s watch I don’t exactly the Tribe being loaded with talent.  Shapiro essentially gave Brandon Phillips to the Reds. 

With Shapiro at the helm, the Indians have made the postseason once.  In that time, they have had two winning records.  Finally, the draft (since ‘02) has yielded one everyday (sort of) major league pitcher- Jeremy Guthrie and one marginal player- Ben Francisco.  That’s hardly a dominant track record.  By the way, in Shapiro’s ‘02 draft, after he took Guthrie (#22), Matt Cain, Jon Lester, Joey Votto, Brian MCann and Jon Broxton were all drafted in the 2nd round.