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  • I really like Crowe. He plays all out all the time.

    It's nice that LaPorta can play OF but I think with our depth in the outfield with Grady, Choo, Crowe, Brantley, Giminez, etc. that he is going to end up playing 1st/DH.

    It's kind of a defense/offense thing because he is more valuable offensively in the outfield and defensively at first.

  • With Pavano's roster spot....Cleveland calls up the other Perez.

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    http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...&pid=460370

    That's now 4 starters and 9 in the pen. Could mean Masterson is going straight to the rotation for his next outing.

  • Just saw this one....25-man at the top edited accordingly.

    The Cleveland Indians shed another veteran today by trading starting pitcher Carl Pavano to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. Relief pitcher Rafael Perez was recalled from Columbus.

    Cleveland GM Mark Shapiro said in a teleconference this afternoon that the Twins claimed Pavano on waivers, which set the deal into motion. Internal numbers and getting ready for next season helped it get done quickly.

    "This trade is more about creating an opportunity for us to continue to evaluate and develop the starters that will be in place for next season," he said.

    That includes trade acquisition Justin Masterson, who moves from the bullpen into the rotation on Saturday. Shapiro also was talking about Fausto Carmona, Aaron Laffey, David Huff and Jeremy Sowers, each of whom spent time in the Clippers rotation this season.

    "We had six guys for five spots," he said. "This presented us with an opportunity to both acquire a player and to continue to give opportunties to the five guys in the rotation as well as potentially opportunities for guys like Carlos Carrasco and Hector Rondon at triple-A as we go through the remainder of the season."

    http://blog.dispatch.com/clippers/2009/08/..._perez_up.shtml

  • L LeBrent

    CIMO, nice new Avatar, I was wondering who you were going to go with now that V-Mart is gone and I think you made a nice choice.

    I completely agree with you on the bullpen, Perez and Todd both seem like the real deal, and if one or the other of Raffi or Jensen Lewis can get their stuff back that is a great start to a bullpen.

    Sipp has had a nice season so far but I am not going to call him a long term piece yet.

    Hopefully we might not get scored on in EVERY 8th inning from here on out.

    @lebrent said:

    CIMO, nice new Avatar, I was wondering who you were going to go with now that V-Mart is gone and I think you made a nice choice.

    I completely agree with you on the bullpen, Perez and Todd both seem like the real deal, and if one or the other of Raffi or Jensen Lewis can get their stuff back that is a great start to a bullpen.

    Sipp has had a nice season so far but I am not going to call him a long term piece yet.

    Hopefully we might not get scored on in EVERY 8th inning from here on out.

    After his last start, I had to go back to my old Laffey avatar....but I have to say, this Righty/Lefty combo of Perez/Sipp is becoming one of my favorite parts of this team....getting out of a bases loaded, no outs jam....Perez making Thome look stupid with that slider.

  • Castro thinks Huff will make room for Carlos Carrasco. The team's limiting Huff's innings after his injury in '07, Carrasco is on fire, and Huff is getting shelled. Works out pretty well, I think.

  • From Castro...

    Scott Lewis has landed on the disabled list. Again. Only this time, he's on the Triple-A Columbus DL, rather than the Major League DL. According to head athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff, Lewis is dealing with an injury to his lateral arm, above the left elbow. Soloff does not believe this injury is related to the injury Lewis suffered to his forearm, near the elbow, earlier this season. Lewis, activated off the DL and optioned to Columbus last week, made just one start for the Clippers.

    So since winning the job in spring training, he's basically been passed up by Huff, Laffey, Sowers and Masterson. And seems like he's losing even more ground on Rondon and Carrasco. Gotta feel for the guy, like a soft-tossing Adam Miller.

  • And more Castro...

    September callups are coming. Who's coming up? Well, Carlos Carrasco and Lou Marson, for sure. Hector Rondon is a possibility, if the Tribe goes with a six-man rotation in September. Jordan Brown, if he fully recovers from the shoulder injury that recently landed him on the DL, could get a look in left field. Greg Aquino and Jose Veras have been pitching well since their demotion to Triple-A, and it's not out of the realm of possibility that the Indians give them another look. Jason Donald probably would have been a callup, had he not recently gone on the DL with back spasms.
    http://castrovince.mlblogs.com/archives/20..._a_montage.html

    Excited to see Carrasco, upset that Brantley gets no mention, and hoping Aquino and Veras don't take any innings away from Perez/Sipp/Todd.

  • The thing that usually holds true for Trevor Crowe is that he takes a while at each level to get going. The same thing was true for him here at Arizona for his first year or two and by the time he was a junior, he broke out.

    I honestly think he will be a very good major leaguer, it's probably just going to take patience with him.

    I honestly think the tribe should move Grady to the 3 or 5 hole and move Crowe to the lead-off spot.

    Just my .02

  • A AZBrowns

    The thing that usually holds true for Trevor Crowe is that he takes a while at each level to get going. The same thing was true for him here at Arizona for his first year or two and by the time he was a junior, he broke out.

    I honestly think he will be a very good major leaguer, it's probably just going to take patience with him.

    I honestly think the tribe should move Grady to the 3 or 5 hole and move Crowe to the lead-off spot.

    Just my .02

    @azbrowns said:

    The thing that usually holds true for Trevor Crowe is that he takes a while at each level to get going. The same thing was true for him here at Arizona for his first year or two and by the time he was a junior, he broke out.

    I honestly think he will be a very good major leaguer, it's probably just going to take patience with him.

    I honestly think the tribe should move Grady to the 3 or 5 hole and move Crowe to the lead-off spot.

    Just my .02

    I like Crowe, but don't see him as much more than a 4th outfielder for us. He's definitely got heart, but Brantley is virtually an identical player and has him beat across the board...younger, better defender, better base stealer, more potential.

    I hope he gets a fair shot, but it doesn't seem like he has much of a future here with Sizemore and Choo entrenched in Center and Right, and LaPorta, Brantley, Weglarz, Brown and others in the discussion in Left.

    Anyway.

    Lastoria is reporting Carrasco is making the jump on Tuesday, when Huff was scheduled to start. I am excited.

  • Tonight's lineup

    Sizemore CF

    Cabrera SS

    Choo DH

    Peralta 3B

    Valbuena 2B

    LaPorta RF

    Marte 1B

    Shoppach C

    Brantley LF

    Carrasco

    I really hope Hafner is shut down for the year. Let him get rested and fixed up and it really helps the rest of the team. More ABs to go around. Brantley will get time in Center when Sizemore DHs. We'll get a real look at where players can/should play going forward.

    And besides Carrasco and Brantley, Jose Veras also got a call up. He'll get another audition...but it's not like this team is starving for right handed relievers (Wood, C Perez, Smith, Todd, Lewis, Ohka...). Could be good AAA/MLB depth at least.

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