Mike Cameron For Melky Cabrera, oh and Kei Igawa too?
Rumors on this deal have been around for awhile now. According to MLB.com Kei Igawa has been thrown into the mix of a trade with the Brewers for Mike Cameron.
Reports have since emerged to help explain the lull. The most popular perception is that other players could be included, most notably Yankees left-hander Kei Igawa (according to multiple outlets, including the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) and perhaps Brewers infielder Bill Hall (according to the New York Daily News). The inclusion of either player would tip the financials of the deal, because Igawa is owed $12 million over the next three seasons and Hall $15.7 million over the next two (including a $500,000 buyout for 2011).
If the deal ends up being Cabrera — who is just entering his arbitration years — and Igawa for Cameron — due $10 million next season — the Yankees would likely pay the majority of Igawa’s contract, according to an SI.com report.
Pete Abrhams had the funniest observation saying that “The Yankees could get Laverne and Shirley for Kei Igawa for all it matters”. That one made me chuckle out loud. But the Brewers may want more than Melkey and a pitcher who had no market value.
If they can pull it off, Mike Cameron as a place holder for Austin Jackson sounds like a good plan to me.
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