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Indians Tidbits (2009 season)

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buckeyemania11;1525270; said:
make it 4/4 for LaPorta, he just doubled
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Carlos Carrasco will make big-league debut for Cleveland Indians against Detroit on Tuesday - cleveland.com
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Right-hander Carlos Carrasco will make his major-league debut for the Indians on Tuesday when he starts against Detroit at Comerica Park.

Carrasco, 22, was one of four players the Indians received from Philadelphia for Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco. Carrasco is 5-1 with a 3.19 ERA in six starts at Class AAA Columbus since the trade. In 42 1/3 innings, Carrasco has 36 strikeouts and the opposition is hitting .196 against him.

Overall, Carrasco is 10-11 with a 4.64 ERA in 26 starts at Columbus and Lehigh Valley. He has 148 strikeouts in 157 innings. The opposition is hitting .245.

Tuesday is the first day for expanded rosters and the Indians are taking advantage of it with Carrasco's promotion. Carrasco will take rookie left-hander David Huff's spot in the rotation. It's unclear if Huff is being shut down, but the Indians were concerned he was reaching his threshold in innings. They do not want him pitching more than 160 to 170 innings this year.

Huff has thrown 140 2/3 innings between Columbus and the Indians this year. He leads the Tribe rotation with eight victories.

If the Indians don't shut down Huff, they could go with a six-man rotation in September.

Baseball America named Carrasco as the second-best prospect in the Phillies organization before the trade. They also named him the 52nd best prospect in baseball.

"I saw him last Friday night," said John Mirabelli, Indians director of scouting. "He was aggressive. He touched 95 and was pitching at 92 mph to 94 mph in the seventh.

"It's the third time I've seen him in the last 12 months. I think he's made some strides. He showed consistency with his slider and pitched inside with his fastball.

"I was impressed. He's got four pitches. He's got the weapons. He looked pretty close to being a major-league ready pitcher."
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Indians Prospect Insider: Brantley Called Up To Indians

With rosters expanding from 25 to 40 today, the Indians have purchased the contract of Triple-A Columbus outfielder Michael Brantley and added him to the active roster. As noted earlier, Triple-A Columbus right-handed starter Carlos Carrasco will also be added today and make his major league debut against Detroit.

No word yet on any other potential callups today, but the Indians are expected to have just a few players added to the roster today and then will have another set of players added when Columbus' season ends on Monday September 7th. Catcher Lou Marson will surely be added, though it is not sure if that will happen today or in the next wave. Also, right-hander Hector Rondon is most likely not going to be added to the roster, but will likely still spend some time in Cleveland once the Columbus season ends.
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Living in Florida was great for me because every spring for about 15 years i had the opportunity every spring to go down to Winterhaven and watch the Indians play spring ball. Now all that is gone. I was able to keep tabs on the
nw players coming in and that was fun. Now with the indians not doing very well its sad to see them almost in the cellar. What has happened to the organization. I don't understand why they left Florida to go back to Arizona for training camp. Maybe it was a money or revenue saving thing.
 
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Carrasco- I know its his first MLB start, but he looks awful

every hitter has reached base, the only reason he has gotten a out is because Granderson tried for a triple and got thrown out
 
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