Riiiiiiight … because nobody here would ever talk up C.C.’s injury risk after he threw 500 innings the last two years.

my mind, it is blown

Castrovince is now reporting on his blog that Wood will arrive in Cleveland tonight, for a physical on Thursday which, if passed, will result in a 2 year contract worth just under $20 million.

He also notes that the Tribe also continue to show interest in Putz, in case the Wood deal falls apart.

Captain of the SS Trade Victor, reporting for duty.

Seriously.

Just to throw this out there… Depending on whether the Red Sox sign Texeira, they could have Lowell to trade. I’m not saying Shoppach for Lowell straight up, but that could be the start of a deal.

Of course, any decision on Lowell will have to wait until Spring Training and he proves that he is healthy.

Additionally, doesn’t Hafner’s health have an influence on this decision?

All-in-all, I don’t know if a Shoppach decision can be made until ST.

Quietly, the Brew Crew might be looking for an upgrade over Kendall. Not sure how much more of their farm system Milwaukee would be willing to ship down here, or if we even match up all that well anymore. But it’s a thought.

Boston does seem to have most gaping hole at catcher. And, yes, Bendix, I think I would take Masterson.

Oh god yes it would the ultimate

Yeah but winning the World Series still would have been nice in 2007.

That, and this Fangraphs post are tempering my enthusiasm. I still going to believe that Marcel is missing on Kerry Wood turning the page as a reliever, and that the Cubs had kind of a weird year in leverage (Marmol came into games with almost as high a leverage as Wood), and maybe its just dumb apprehension, but I’m not ready to jump into the “Wood as killing machine” group yet.