With addition of Sabathia, Brewers packing power punch

"Their scouts are just going to keep going until they get pulled back."

The Indians are actively shopping starter Paul Byrd, according to sources, who say they might also deal infielder Casey Blake and reliever Rafael Betancourt and might even discuss injured catcher Victor Martinez.

Among the things Cleveland is intent on acquiring are young, impact position players. The Brewers, as Knobler reported, told the Indians that they could have only two of their top five prospects -- but not LaPorta and Double-A Huntsville shortstop Alcides Escobar in the same package.

The Indians have been down this road before, and with great success:

In June, 2002, Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro traded then-ace Bartolo Colon to Montreal for three prospects: current center fielder Grady Sizemore, second baseman Brandon Phillips and left-hander Cliff Lee, who is a leading candidate to start next week's All-Star Game.

The deal is expected to be announced in time for the Brewers to get two starts out of Sabathia before next week's All-Star break, both in Milwaukee -- Tuesday against Colorado and Sunday against Cincinnati.

CBSSports.com senior writer Danny Knobler, the Associated Press contributed to this report.