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Indians Tidbits (2009 season)

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Maybe Marte is the real deal and is finally catching on to major league pitching or maybe I should come to my senses:blush:. I don't know it might get interesting but he still lacks the power if he is going to play either 1st or 3rd base but I don't know where the Indians are going to get that power from next season.

It would be very nice if Sowers or Huff could give us at least 7 innings. I guess I might even take a full six from them. The more I see of Masterson the more I think he might be better off as a middle reliever but maybe he needs to build up his arm strength. I like Laffey as a starter rather than middle relief. Out of these four guys, he seems to be the one who consistently can go a little longer.

I am afraid that the Indians are weighing too many games again as the season Winds down. This will just give Shapiro the excuse to rehire his buddy as manager. I just don't like Wedge. He never takes any chances and I sort of like an aggressive baseball team.

It will be very interesting to see what happens with JP. We might have a third baseman at AA but from what I read he has been regressing a little and how long can you really wait for a good hitting third baseman. Maybe we will have to live with JP for a couple more seasons and just hope that someone can get through to him during spring training.
 
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LitlBuck;1523712; said:
Maybe Marte is the real deal and is finally catching on to major league pitching or maybe I should come to my senses:blush:. I don't know it might get interesting but he still lacks the power if he is going to play either 1st or 3rd base but I don't know where the Indians are going to get that power from next season.

It would be very nice if Sowers or Huff could give us at least 7 innings. I guess I might even take a full six from them. The more I see of Masterson the more I think he might be better off as a middle reliever but maybe he needs to build up his arm strength. I like Laffey as a starter rather than middle relief. Out of these four guys, he seems to be the one who consistently can go a little longer.

I am afraid that the Indians are weighing too many games again as the season Winds down. This will just give Shapiro the excuse to rehire his buddy as manager. I just don't like Wedge. He never takes any chances and I sort of like an aggressive baseball team.

It will be very interesting to see what happens with JP. We might have a third baseman at AA but from what I read he has been regressing a little and how long can you really wait for a good hitting third baseman. Maybe we will have to live with JP for a couple more seasons and just hope that someone can get through to him during spring training.
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I said about a week ago that Masterson was going to bomb in his next start. they were building his arm strength and pitch count supposedly. but, apparently that means going 4-5 innings at 60-70 pitches, to going 7+ and 100+ pitches the following start. It was clear that after his great performance that he didn't quite bounce back all the way as his control was bad, and a lot of his pitches were flatter than normal.

but, the next time wedge utilizes a kid the right way will be the first.

but if your 3-5 spots in the rotation can give you 6 solid each time out, you should be happy. however, of the 3, sowers is the one that is looking more like a mid/long relief guy.

also, while I'm on a roll, I wonder if Wedge has noticed that since he started using guys at 1 inning clips instead of trying to stretch them out, that the bullpen has been markedly better.
 
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I said about a week ago that Masterson was going to bomb in his next start. they were building his arm strength and pitch count supposedly. but, apparently that means going 4-5 innings at 60-70 pitches, to going 7+ and 100+ pitches the following start. It was clear that after his great performance that he didn't quite bounce back all the way as his control was bad, and a lot of his pitches were flatter than normal.
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from what I saw in his last start, it looked like he was overthrowing on a lot of his pitches....
 
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We might have a third baseman at AA but from what I read he has been regressing a little and how long can you really wait for a good hitting third baseman.
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eh, not sure I would call it "regressing", Chisenhall is only 20 years old and has only had 56 ABs in AA
 
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LitlBuck;1523712; said:
It will be very interesting to see what happens with JP. We might have a third baseman at AA but from what I read he has been regressing a little and how long can you really wait for a good hitting third baseman. Maybe we will have to live with JP for a couple more seasons and just hope that someone can get through to him during spring training.
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Peralta isn't going anywhere IMO. If for nothing else, that there's no other options and he's cheap. Hodges isn't a ML 3B at this point (probably never will be) and the guy you're talking about (Chisenhall) is still a couple years off...maybe at some point in 2011 if he develops properly. I do like him way more than I ever did Hodges.
 
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Tribe wins. Fuck, part of me likes seeing these guys grinding out wins like this. Another part of me worries it's gonna make a case for Wedge keeping his job. That thought depresses the ever-loving hell out of me. :so:
 
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