Angels/Indians Trade

[Angels GM (Chase)]

Angels Trade
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SP Jason Vargas

Indians Trade
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2B/SS Jose Ramirez
3B Giovanny Urshela
Indians 3rd round pick in 2013 amateur draft

Angels continue to collect highly touted prospects that are nearing the big leagues. Vargas is a good pitcher but we feel he's going to be expendable anyway after this off season, when we plan to make a bid for at least 2 SP's in FA. Clearing another $8.5M only insures that we will have more $$ than any other team to compete for top FA's. Ramirez is having a great year, and Urshela may be ready to help the Indians as soon as next year. The pick is yet another opportunity to grab young talent in this year's draft.

Indians gain $8,500,000 in salary

Both Ramirez and Urshela will remain in minors.

[Indians GM (Gino)]

The Cleveland Indians accept this deal. We feel that Vargas is under rated and will help contribute to our rotation once he returns from the DL shortly. He had a very solid year last and was having a very solid year prior to landing on the DL and we expect that to continie. As for Ramirez, he was highly regarded in our system, however with Kipnis manning 2nd base for the foreseeable future he was expendable and were glad we were able to add some SP depth. Nice dealing with the Angels again.
Vargas will be placed on my 40 Man Roster (DL) until he returns, then straight to the 25 Man Roster starting rotation.