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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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tsteele316;862742; said:
i would seriously consider moving Vic to #3 in the order and Hafner 4th. That is the first step.

Secondly, Dellucci and Nixon should not be playing every day. They are really the same player. They are both 4th outfield kind of guys to get occassional spot duty. Gutierrez should be getting more action.

The $4-5 million that could have been saved by getting rid of the contracts of Delucci and Nixon/Michaels wouldhave been enough to get another good bullpen arm.

That being said, the starting rotation is a trainwreck at the moment. CC is great, which isn't a surprise. Carmona is doing well, but nobody should expect him to keep up his current performance pace. Byrd is regressing back to his mean. Lee is the major disappointment right now.
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Don't forget Sowers. To say he is sucking eggs right now would be a massive understatement.
 
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ABJ

Marlins help out Indians' offense

Tribe cashes in on errors; Dellucci's 3-run homer is an encouraging sign

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter


MIAMI - Is the Indians' debilitating hitting slump over?
Don't bet on it, and never mind that they defeated the Florida Marlins 7-3 Wednesday night.
Keep in mind that the Tribe scored twice on errors, once on a ground out and once on a fielder's choice. The only RBI hit was provided by David Dellucci, who ripped a three-run homer.
Among the Indians' nine hits was a ground-ball single that a more accomplished shortstop than Hanley Ramirez would have turned into an out and an infield fly that fell between third base and home plate as Miguel Cabrera and catcher Matt Treanor looked at one another.

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Indians report

Westbrook flubs a minor test

His Class-A rehab start is steady for 3 innings before he loses touch

By Stephanie Storm

Beacon Journal sportswriter

EASTLAKE - Jake Westbrook showed glimpses of being ready to rejoin the Indians in his third rehab outing Wednesday, this time with the Lake County Captains.
Well, for the first three innings, anyway.
Then the Indians' 6-foot-1, 175-pound right-hander stumbled through a rocky fourth inning in which he lost his command and allowed four runs on five hits. He left after five innings with the Captains facing a 5-0 deficit in what ended as a 9-6 loss to Delmarva (Md.).
``I feel great,'' said an upbeat Westbrook, who was 1-2 with a 7.90 ERA in six starts with the Indians before suffering a left abdominal strain and going on the disabled list May 3. ``I feel a lot better mechanically than in my last two starts.''

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Indians report

Tribe calls up Jason Stanford

Left-hander from Buffalo to start tonight; Miller fears he will be sent down

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

MIAMI - The secret is out. Left-hander Jason Stanford has been called up from Triple-A Buffalo to be the Indians' starter tonight against the Florida Marlins.
He arrived in Miami on Wednesday but did not go to the ballpark. Stanford brings with him from Triple-A a 4-1 record and 3.41 ERA in 12 appearances, 11 of them starts.
Stanford's arrival raises more questions than it answers.
? Why Stanford?
? Who will be banished from the roster to make room for him?

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Another win of the Marlins today to go 2 up on the Tigers. Once again, Blowowski has to make it interesting. He's a ticking timebomb, and it's only a matter of time before he starts blowing saves left and right.
 
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Indians 3, Marlins 2

Stanford gains road victory

Fill-in pitcher arrives in time to throttle Marlins, thanks to some NASCAR-like driving by his wife

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter


MIAMI - Once Jason Stanford found his way to Dolphin Stadium, he took it over, appropriating it as his own on the strength of an 87 mph fastball and 76 mph change-up.
Who knew?
Stanford yielded hits and runs grudgingly, as the Indians eked out a 3-2 victory Thursday night to take two of three from the Florida Marlins.
Maybe it was beneficial for Stanford to lose his way to the ballpark and arrive only 75 minutes before the first pitch.
``I think it was better than being here stewing about pitching tonight,'' he said. ``Usually, I would get to the park two hours before.''
What actually delayed Stanford's arrival?
``My wife (Kara) was driving, and we hit traffic,'' he said. ``The next thing I knew, there were two wrecks, and we got lost. We ended up on (state Route) 826 instead of the turnpike.

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Indians report

Tribe sends Miller down to Buffalo

Wedge says reliever was `the odd man out' with options remaining

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

MIAMI - Just as he had predicted a day earlier, Matt Miller was the unlucky recipient of a demotion to Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday.
The Indians needed a roster spot for Jason Stanford, who started against the Florida Marlins Thursday night, and Miller was one of two prospective candidates (Rafael Perez was the other) who have options remaining. In other words, the Tribe was free to send Miller down without putting him through waivers.
``Matt just happened to be the odd man out,'' Indians manager Eric Wedge said. ``He pitched a couple of times and did OK, but he also had options.''
If not for a strained elbow, Miller would have been on the big-league roster from the outset of the season. But he suffered the injury in spring training, and his roster spot went to Tom Mastny.

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Wedge not in big rush

MIAMI - on Westbrook decision
Will Jake Westbrook make one more rehab start or come off the disabled list and start early next week?
``Jake will throw a bullpen (session) tomorrow then we'll get together and talk,'' Indians manager Eric Wedge said Thursday. ``The biggest question is whether his arm is built up enough.''
Westbrook threw 67 pitches in his last game, Wednesday at Lake County. Ideally, he would have pushed his pitch count to above 90 by now.
``When it comes to Jake, we definitely don't want to put him in harm's way,'' Wedge said. ``So we'll talk to him and see how he feels about it.''

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Dispatch

Indians: Braves get to Sabathia in ninth
Decision to keep him in game backfires
Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:38 AM
By Scott Priestle

The Columbus Dispatch

CLEVELAND -- Indians ace C.C. Sabathia sweated through eight unlucky innings last night. He had allowed 10 hits and three runs, but all of the hits were singles and only a few were hit hard. His pitch count and his adrenaline were nearing their peak.
Manager Eric Wedge sensed the same thing, and he trusted the adrenaline. Sabathia did not even have to lobby; he would get a chance to pitch the ninth and protect a one-run lead.
"He's our guy," Wedge said.

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Tribe takes another beating

Pitcher John Smoltz relentless for Atlanta, even with sore shoulder

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

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Cleveland Indians pitcher Paul Byrd steps off the pitcher's mound as he struggles through the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Saturday, June 16, 2007, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland. Byrd took the loss in the Braves' 6-2 win. More Photos

CLEVELAND - With 80-degree temperatures, bright sun and a passing breeze off Lake Erie, it was a beautiful day for baseball at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Braves fan.
Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of the crowd, numbering 35,153, was rooting for the Indians, who lost 6-2 Saturday.
The postmortem was simple: too much of John Smoltz, way too much; too little of Paul Byrd, who for most of the season has emulated a top-of-the-rotation starter. But not Saturday and not in his past three outings, for that matter.
Smoltz missed his last start because of a sore right shoulder. He hadn't pitched in 11 days, which means there was a chance for a little rust to build up.

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Ocker on the Indians

Is another slump inevitable?

Some say so, but Tribe needs to find a way around it to be champs

By Sheldon Ocker

The Indians' second hitting slump of the season seems to be history.
When will there be a third or fourth, and can these be avoided?
In a nine-game stretch beginning June 3, the Tribe won only three and batted .246, averaging 3.6 runs a game and scoring three or fewer runs six times.
The offensive skid was similar to a span of eight games April 11-19, when the club posted a 3-5 record, batted .169 and averaged 3.1 runs.
These lapses in productivity are commonplace. Most savvy baseball operatives would say they are an inevitable consequence of a marathon season of 162 games.

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CLEVELAND INDIANS
Slumping Garko seeks solution


Sunday, June 17, 2007

The ebb and flow of the season is pushing Ryan Garko toward dangerous wa ters.
Garko, who assumed the Indians' first- base job when Casey Blake replaced in jured Andy Marte at third in late April, is hitting .132 (5-for-38) with one homer and three RBI in June. He has one hit in his past 19 at-bats.
"Part of you wants to panic and change everything," said Garko, who didn't play in the Tribe's 6-2 loss to Atlanta on Saturday.
Garko, in his first full season in the big leagues, chose conversation over change. He's talked to Casey Blake, C.C. Sabathia and other veterans. The answers had one theme.

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