Matt Laporta Called Up

[Cavsfan89]

The Indians are reportedly set to place Trevor Crowe on the disabled list and recall Matt LaPorta from Triple-A.
LaPorta has a .299/.388/.530 hitting line with 17 homers and 60 RBI at Triple-A and is worth a look in mixed leagues, though it remains to be seen how much playing time he'll get with the Indians this time around. During his last stint with the Tribe in May, he started just 12 out of 24 games and hit .190 (8-for-42) with one homer and 11 strikeouts.

Bout time.

 

[DougHeil]

That's strange. I thought they just said that Crowe might be able to play by the end of the week?

 

[Cavsfan89]

I believe they can make it so the 15 days starts from the day Crowe was injured. Not sure how many days he has already been out.

 

[Amherstcavsfan]

I suspect that Marte is on DFA watch once Crowe becomes healthy.

 

[macbdog]

If he can hit anywhere near as well as the 2nd-half Jamie Carroll, then I will be ecstatic. Not very likely, though.

 

[-KingofKings23-]

This is great news. I hope he is up the rest of the year to prepair for next season.

 

[Gordon Bombay]

This is great news. I hope he is up the rest of the year to prepair for next season.

there's no guarantee that he would get playing time with wedge at the helm...chirs gimenez needs his at-bats

 

[AMC]

LAPORTA TIME!!!!!

 

[Chris]

Hopefully he'll be more impressive playing every day than he was the last time he got called up when he played like twice a week.

 

[DougHeil]

there's no guarantee that he would get playing time with wedge at the helm...chirs gimenez needs his at-bats

That's a good point. We have to understand the mindset of a Wedge these days. He's playing Carrol as much as possible and would never bench Sizemore to get the darn operation he needs. Why? Because he is trying to save his own ass. He wants to win as many games as possible the rest of this year, thinking it will save his job. No one knows what's going to happen, and I certainly want the Indians to win as well, but it's kind of a conflict of interest we do have. Wedge wants AND needs to win. He will do what is necessary to win. If it means playing people in positions they are not use to playing, he will do so. For this reason, I don't expect LaPorta to play every day. Carrol will continue to play daily because the team has a better chance to win now. Do we honestly believe Wedge is thinking about next year when he makes out the lineups? I don't think so.

 

[CBBI]

Carroll in LF and Gimenez at 1st base tonight.

Sounds about right....

 

[PIP]

Sowers has a NO HITTER !!!!!!!!!! going

 

[MoFlo]

Sowers has a NO HITTER !!!!!!!!!! going

 

[elcheato]

Even when Sowers is throwing his best game, he will still blow up in the 5th inning lol

 

[Kiddo]

If only Sowers could skip the fifth inning.