Indians Comment of the Day: While CC deal was right at the time, Lee deal was not

"The CC Sabathia trade made perfect sense. Even the Red Sox couldn't afford the contract he was about to net from the Yankees. At the time of the trade, LaPorta was one of the best prospects in baseball and Brantley has already turned into a good hitter at a very young age. Also, the team had faith that Carmona would step into the No. 1 role, which is why he got a pretty large extension. The Lee trade was inexcusable. We should not have accepted anything less than Dominic Brown and J.A. Happ." - The Great Michael

View full sizeChuck Crow | The Plain DealerMany Indians fans believe the team was in too big a hurry to move Cliff Lee and didn't receive enough in return.

In response to the story Indians Comment of the Day: Need kids who can step in right away, cleveland.com reader The Great Michael thought the CC trade was fine, but the Lee trade was not. This reader writes,

"The CC Sabathia trade made perfect sense. Even the Red Sox couldn't afford the contract he was about to net from the Yankees. At the time of the trade, LaPorta was one of the best prospects in baseball and Brantley has already turned into a good hitter at a very young age. Also, the team had faith that Carmona would step into the No. 1 role, which is why he got a pretty large extension. The Lee trade was inexcusable. We should not have accepted anything less than Dominic Brown and J.A. Happ."