The Brewers, in an effort to reach the postseason for the first time since 1982, trade four highly touted farm hands to the Indians to obtain CC Sabathia. The Brew Crew sends their first-round draft pick last year, Matt LaPorta, along with minor league pitching prospects Zach Jackson and Rob Bryson, as well as Taylor Green (identified as the player to be named later), who was Milwaukee’s minor league player of the year, to Cleveland for last season’s American League Cy Young Award winner

On July 7, 2008 — The Brewers, in an effort to reach the postseason for the first time since 1982, trade four highly touted farm hands to the Indians to obtain CC Sabathia. The Brew Crew sends their first-round draft pick last year, Matt LaPorta, along with minor league pitching prospects Zach Jackson and Rob Bryson, as well as Taylor Green (identified as the player to be named later), who was Milwaukee’s minor league player of the year, to Cleveland for last season’s American League Cy Young Award winner

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