Tribe Talk: CC See-Ya

Welcome to Tribe Talk, a season-long look at the trials and tribulations of the Cleveland Indians from the views of the loyal Tribe fans here on Bleacher Report.

I would like to thank my fellow Indians community leader, Nino Colla, and this week’s participants: Scott Miles and David Wiley, for pitching in their takes.

This discussion is not just meant for the included Indians fans. Please feel free to comment on any of the questions or any of our answers below.

Since we last met, a lot has happened. The Tribe has continued to lose every game over the past week, they designated closer Joe Borowski for assignment, they traded pitching ace CC Sabathia and signed journeyman starting-pitcher Jeff Weaver.

All of this and more, including some favorite CC moments, are thrown in this week. Without further ado, let's talk Tribe!

Well, now that the season is over for the Indians, what goals would you set for the team as they ready themselves for 2009?

Nino Colla: Trade Casey Blake, find out about Andy Marte, get Michael Aubrey and Ryan Mulhern up to increase their value (with LaPorta on his way, neither are needed), ditch Byrd and Dellucci, and clear up all your players who are out of options next year (Mujica, Slocum, Aubrey) so you aren't juggling players around like they were this year (Andy Marte). Simple as that.

This is a lost season, so treat it as an extended 2009 Spring Training at a more meaningful stage. A lot of this needs to be done before Travis Hafner is ready to return. Once he gets back, he needs to play because he needs to get his swing back.

Justin Lada: Well, they need to still rid themselves of dead weight. They need to figure out if guys like Rafael Perez and Jensen Lewis are for real because the bullpen is the biggest problem. David Dellucci cannot be on this team in 2009 and they need to hope that someone between Shin-Soo Choo and Franklyn Gutierrez seperates themselves from being a fourth outfielder.

They also need to move foward with Andy Marte because you cannot have him sit on the bench and play with a 24 man roster, its simple play him and let himself either play his way into a job or off the team.

Scott Miles: 1. Have someone emerge as a leader in the clubhouse.

2. Do something—anything, I don't care at this point—with Andy Marte. 

3. Get Jeremy Sowers squared away somehow to minimize the holes in the back of our rotation. 

4. Pray that a minimal amount of fans are completely turned off by the team. 

5. Pray that Larry Dolan wins the Mega Millions to spend on some free agents.

Michael Taylor

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