Inside Pitch

Jeff Weaver? Jeff Weaver? Boy, the Indians are reaching pretty low now. Aside from a 14-win season with the Dodgers in 2005 and catching lightning in a bottle with St. Louis during the 2006 postseason, this former No. 1 draft pick has almost always been a disappointment at every stop.

Now he's coming to Buffalo, signed Saturday to a free-agent deal by the Indians in what's clearly a precursor to a trade of C.C. Sabathia and/or Paul Byrd. It looks like the Brewers are the favorite for Sabathia as the Indians have been heavily scouting Double-A Huntsville and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel lays out what the Brewers might be offering. Seems like some big-time prospects for a rental pitcher.

Jeff Weaver? Yikes.

---Mike Harrington