Six years ago today, the Cleveland Indians traded away reigning Cy Young winner Cliff Lee (and reserve outfielder Ben Francisco) to the Philadelphia Phillies for a quartet of minor league prospects. The 2009 trade marked the end of that 2005-2008 run that saw the Indians finish .500 or better three out of four years and coming one game short of the World Series in 2007. It also marked the second time in 13 months that the Cleveland Indians traded away a Cy Young winner (C.
Cleveland Indians Retrospect: The Cliff Lee Trade Revisited
