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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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Crashcup;901750; said:
Last page it was mentioned that Marte was toast. What happened, serious injury or what?
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No, he just sucks

Dont let his minor league stats full you he will never be anything but a minor league all star, guy will hit 330 in AAA then come up and hit around .220
 
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Crashcup;901756; said:
How could we have been that far off when we traded for him?

Think maybe 1st year jitters?
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no

the most likely scenario is Peralta moving to 3rd and Asdrubal Cabrera playing short stop next year in my opinion, which leaves marte out

And I think Wes Hodges who is in Single-A right now is our future at 3rd anyway
 
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Crashcup;901756; said:
How could we have been that far off when we traded for him?
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I am pretty sure I heard on TV that Marte has one more option left so he probably will be "toast" sometime next year. I also heard that they tried JP a little bit at 3rd during spring training and he was a disaster.

The biggest disappointment of the season so far has been Shapiro giving Wedge that contract extension. Yesterday with two men in scoring position in the ninth inning he lets a rookie bat with Lofton sitting on the bench. If they are going to use Lofton why did they go out and get him. I don't like Wedge because he hardly uses any baseball strategy and he certainly isn't very fiery and that translates right into the players. They will have wasted tremendous starting pitching if they don't win the Central division this year.
 
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LitlBuck;902177; said:
I don't like Wedge because he hardly uses any baseball strategy...
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He is inept. He is honestly in my bottom 5 of current managers that I'd want running my team. I cannot believe they extended his contract.:shake:

Hell, I'd be happier if they brought Grover back.
 
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Dispatch

Commentary
Time for Indians to show some fire on field

Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:24 AM
By rob oller



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The chief concern with the slumping Cleveland Indians is not cold bats but warm hearts.
What the Tribe needs more than anything is a mean streak, a nasty attitude that chafes at being pegged as the kid brother of the big boys from the Bronx and Boston.
Instead of a swagger, however, we get this poetry from Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro: "To be playing meaningful games at this point is an honor."
Huh? Does that sound like a team ready to rip someone's head off? Granted, baseball is less suited to rah-rah rantings than football, but an injection of invective after getting embarrassed by the Yankees during a three-game sweep would be welcome relief from such watered-down stuff as, "We can't let our chins fall and pout about it," as manager Eric Wedge put it Sunday

Continued.......
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This is what I think it should look like next year:

LF - Lofton
CF - Seizmore
RF - Gutierrez
3B - Blake
SS - Peralta/Asdrubal
2B - Asdrubal/Asdrubal
1B - Garko
C - Martinez
DH - Hafner

1. Should have gotten rid of Wedge
2. Get rid of Nixon
3. Get rid of Dellucci
4. Bring up Inglett (He can play infield and outfield) to replace Dellucci
5. Bring up Fransisco to replace Nixon
 
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This is what I think it should look like next year:
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Lofton is a free agent at the end of the year and probably will be history. He is not even sure if he wants to play baseball again next year.

Barfield is the best defensive 2nd baseman that the Indians have and I certainly would give him another year to see if he starts hitting again before I would replace him with an unproven rookie.

I think Dellucci was signed to a three-year contract so it will be very difficult to get rid of him.

We are really stuck with the other players because they are signed to long-term contracts and we are stuck with Wedge until 2010 of us they fire him sometime before that and I do not see that happening.
Agree with the other comments except I'm not sure if Inglett can hit big-league pitching.
 
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OSUBasketballJunkie;903360; said:
2-2...top of the 7th.......Sizemore is the only guy that can hit for the Tribe right now....it is pathetic.....we are making every pitcher look like Cy Young candidates.....it is frustrating. :(
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Particularly against Bonderman who has an ERA around 14.00 his last four starts. This team is a joke right now and you can forget about the postseason lest major changes be made. I am absolutely furious that they extended Wedge's contract because in all honesty, he should be on the hotseat this season. Ridiculous. :2004:
 
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Simply mind boggling how bad this team is with runners on base. Oh and by the way, the magic number....4 hits through eight innings. Granted, great catch by Granderson, but whatever, it's still an out. I give up. I'll be suprised if this team finishes .500 to be honest.
 
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