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Nick Swisher is Coming Home

By 11W Staff - 23 December 2012
26 Comments
- OSU

The Indians enlisted Meyer, Tressel and Matta to recruit the outfielder to Cleveland. It worked. (espn.com)

Source espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8774649/nick-swisher-cleveland-indians-agre...

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Comments

Conroy on 23 Dec 2012 - 12:27pm #

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brutus on 23 Dec 2012 - 1:51pm #

Reds fan? That must be it. I'm extremely pleased by this news.

Conroy on 23 Dec 2012 - 3:12pm #

Yankees.

BME_Buckeye on 23 Dec 2012 - 5:51pm #

Yankees fan, lmao even better!

Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012

Brutus on 23 Dec 2012 - 7:10pm #

That makes more sense. Nice to see a big market guy come back to a small market for a change, but that usually means the big market doesn't want him anymore. Whatever the case, he's a Buckeye so welcome home.

NoVA Buckeye on 24 Dec 2012 - 12:31pm #

Dallas and LA were battling for Swish, too. The Tribe must've really wooed him.

/Duff'd It

blazers34 on 23 Dec 2012 - 1:58pm #

Love swisher, but that's a lot of money for him IMO

NoVA Buckeye on 24 Dec 2012 - 12:31pm #

Still cheaper than extending Choo

/Duff'd It

BuckI_1033 on 23 Dec 2012 - 2:01pm #

Cleveland will regret this one.

"You'll be proud of our young people in the classroom, in the community, and most especially in 310 days in Ann Arbor, Michigan on the football field."

Buckeyejason on 23 Dec 2012 - 3:57pm #

He couldn't hit a beach ball in the playoffs..great pick up!!

Run_Fido's favorite word is strawman.

johnblairgobucks on 23 Dec 2012 - 5:25pm #

the Cleveland Indians

johnblairgobucks on 23 Dec 2012 - 6:09pm #

Hey, I'm a Tribe fan, too. However, winning percentages of .401, .426, .494 and .420 the past 4 seasons says it all. I've been an Indians fan since the days of Pat Tabler, Brook Jacoby, Joe Carter, Andre Thorton and Corey Snyder. I've been to games in the old Municipal Stadium, packed with 7,000 strong, to games in Jacob's/Progressive/Whatever Field. I've seen them rise up in the 90's and continue strong into the early 2000's, the fall again.

There's not a player on Cleveland's roster I would spend money to watch.

NoVA Buckeye on 24 Dec 2012 - 12:47am #

The good news is that in Cleveland, just making the playoffs should be good enough for now.

/Duff'd It

buck-I.8 on 23 Dec 2012 - 4:33pm #

Verlander's gotta be licking his chops to face the Indians now. Between Stubbs, Reynolds, Hafner, and Swisher, he'll have 20 Ks per game.

NoVA Buckeye on 24 Dec 2012 - 12:30pm #

Come on, Verlander isn't that great, besides, the Tribe went 10-8 against the Motor City Kitties last year.

/Duff'd It

Michael on 23 Dec 2012 - 4:41pm #

The Indians needed Meyer, Tressel and Matta on top of the $14m/yr to get Swisher?

I don't mind Swisher, but $14m is crazy.

NoVA Buckeye on 24 Dec 2012 - 12:21pm #

To be fair, it's 13.5 million.

edit

Saw today the actual contract. Still cheaper and more productive than extending Choo.

/Duff'd It

Menexenus on 23 Dec 2012 - 5:37pm #

I'll take any bit of good news when it comes to Cleveland sports teams. So here's my response to this news: "Yay! An elite player/star athlete wants to come play in Cleveland! Tell him to bring his friends!"

Real fans stay for Carmen.

D. Anthony on 23 Dec 2012 - 9:01pm #

That money should have gone towards pitching vs over-paying an over-rated outfielder.

D. Anthony

NoVA Buckeye on 24 Dec 2012 - 12:28pm #

Fortunately, they didn't end up with Edwin Jackson, who is getting paid too much to go .500 in Chicago. 13-13 for 13 million a year? I'd rather have Ubaldo and McAllister with Masterson and the prospects rather than Jackson.

/Duff'd It

btalbert25 on 23 Dec 2012 - 9:28pm #

I was hoping the Reds would of let Ludwick go and signed Swisher to a 1 or 2 year deal at 14 million. Of course, with the 4 year deal he got his agent hit a grand slam here. I would definitely take Choo's 380+ lifetime OBP leading off with Swisher's 360+ lifetime OBP batting 2nd ahead of Votto.

Poison nuts on 24 Dec 2012 - 1:39am #

Fully agreed.

The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.

Kalamazoo Steve on 24 Dec 2012 - 5:39am #

Ludwick was a must have for Reds. I would've rather them keep Stubbs than sign Swisher. Choo is a better player and doesn't break the bank. Walt nailed this one.

NoVA Buckeye on 24 Dec 2012 - 12:25pm #

The reds will only have Choo for one year of they don't show him the money in the offseason (like at least 20 million a year, damn Scott Boras), otherwise, he'll end up with the Bankees or the Tigers for way more than he's worth. He had a very unproductive year last year (granted, the Jake is a tough place to hit) and may see a slow decline over the years. Really like how this turned out for the Tribe.

/Duff'd It

tennbuckeye19 on 24 Dec 2012 - 11:29am #

Wait the Indians made a dumb personnel move? This must be...every year. I'm a Tribe fan through and through, but man am I tired of being in 1st place till July and then falling flat to finish last in the division. I was hoping bringing Francona on board would be a plus, and maybe it will be, but with this roster, adding Swisher does very little to improve it.