Trade Deadline Tribe in or out??

[PIP]

I don't think there's any way the Tribe is going to bring in another closer... I'd love some bullpen help, but I would not overlook another corner outfielder if possible...

 

[Mac]

Griffey.

 

[James]

With the way the Yankees are playing, any team in contention for the Wild Card needs to be scarred, even though they are playing a very, very weak schedule out of the gate, i think they have finally woken up and this will affect the Indians.

 

[The Voice]

Griffey.

Too much money, our owner is cheap. Lets not forget that.

 

[chiefwahoo]

Too much money, our owner is cheap. Lets not forget that.

LOL, it has nothing to do with salary and everything to do with what we'd have to part with... to get Griffey the Reds will likely ask for big-time prospects in return. No reason to gut the farm system just to get him for a year or two. I'd love to have him here but I'm not willing to part with an Adam Miller just to do it. That's not being cheap, that's being smart.

 

[bomber]

we don't need another left handed bat.

 

[Mac]

Griffey.

 

[PIP]

These damn 4 game series are messing me up..I had no idea we played tonight... Westbrook, like Lee, has been pretty pathetic all season... Dare I say, do we need another veteran starter ???

You just can't keep running these guys out there if they're going to give up 4 or 5 runs early in games.. That's putting way too much pressure on both CC and Fausto to stop losing streaks..

 

[cavincali]

These damn 4 game series are messing me up..I had no idea we played tonight... Westbrook, like Lee, has been pretty pathetic all season... Dare I say, do we need another veteran starter ???

You just can't keep running these guys out there if they're going to give up 4 or 5 runs early in games.. That's putting way too much pressure on both CC and Fausto to stop losing streaks..

Every time Boston has won this year they have gotten the lead early.

 

[PIP]

Okay... Your contribution is very much appreciated.

That wasn't my question.

 

[chiefwahoo]

These damn 4 game series are messing me up..I had no idea we played tonight... Westbrook, like Lee, has been pretty pathetic all season... Dare I say, do we need another veteran starter ???

You just can't keep running these guys out there if they're going to give up 4 or 5 runs early in games.. That's putting way too much pressure on both CC and Fausto to stop losing streaks..

I'm with you Pip, I'm starting to think we need another dependable starter. Lee and Westbrook are giving us nothing. It's to the point where I don't even want to watch games when they pitch anymore. It's pathetic.

 

[B Mac]

Hope you are all ready for the return of K-Love.

 

[chiefwahoo]

Hope you are all ready for the return of K-Love.

LOL, I guess they said on Baseball Tonight last night that the Rangers offered us Lofton for Adam Miller. Ummm, OK Texas. We shouldn't trade Miller for anyone dangled out there at the deadline.

 

[Mac]

For Lofton? :chuckles:

That was a quick call and a good laugh for Mark.

 

[The Voice]

Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro is in Buffalo watching the Class AAA Bisons. It's probably not a coincidence that left-hander Jeremy Sowers started Wednesday and left-hander Aaron Laffey is scheduled to start tonight.

When general managers visit their farm clubs right before the trading deadline, it's usually to determine who's going to get traded or who's going to be promoted in case a trade creates an opening on the 25-man roster.

Tuesday is the deadline for making trades without waivers. Teams can continue to make trades, but must get waivers on players. A player must be acquired before the Aug. 31 deadline to be eligible for the postseason.

Sowers threw a complete game in his previous start. It was the first sign of progress since being sent down on June 10. He started the season with the Indians by going 1-6 with a 6.63 ERA.

Laffey (7-3, 3.24 at Buffalo) has been involved in some interesting gyrations of late. Over the weekend it looked like he was coming to Cleveland after being pulled out of a start in the third inning. The Indians denied that report, but the Buffalo News reported that Laffey's locker was cleaned out after that shortened start.

He'll be pitching on short rest Thursday.

In other trade rumblings:

Ellis Burks, Tribe special assistant, was at Monday night's game between Atlanta and San Francisco at AT&T Park.

When the Indians talked to Texas about Kenny Lofton, they felt the Rangers were asking for too much.

The Indians may have had some interest in right-hander Joel Pineiro, designated for assignment by Boston on Monday, but he accepted his assignment to Class AAA Pawtucket on Wednesday.

Trade or no trade? Jason Michaels doesn't think the Indians need to make a trade.

"It's not up to me, it's up to the front office," said Michaels, "but I think we've got good chemistry here. We've got good pitching and hitting. We have that knack for putting good at-bats together late in the game. And our bullpen always seems to give us a chance."

Youth is served:
The Indians have the youngest 25-man roster among the seven winningest teams in the big leagues.

They entered Wednesday's game against Boston with the third-highest winning percentage in the majors behind Boston .610 (61-39) and Detroit .596 (59-40). The average age of the Tribe's 25-man roster, featuring five rookies, is 28.3 years.

Here's the average age of the six division leaders: Boston 30.8, Angels 29.0, Detroit 29.2, Mets 32.1, Brewers 29.3 and Dodgers 30.5.

Good news:

Left-hander Aaron Fultz threw a 25-pitch bullpen session Wednesday.

"Everything felt like it should," said Fultz.

Fultz (right rib cage) will throw a bullpen or simulated game Friday. If that goes well, he could start his rehab assignment on Sunday.

Hard hat:

Glenallen Hill, first base coach for the Colorado Rockies, wore a batting helmet Tuesday night following the death of minor-league first-base coach Mike Coolbaugh on Sunday. Coolbaugh was hit in the neck by a line drive while coaching first for Class AA Tulsa.

Manager Eric Wedge, when asked if first and third base coaches should wear helmets, said: "We were having a discussion about that in the dugout the other day. Maybe they could wear some kind of skully inside their hats."
Before hitters were required to wear helmets, some batters wore hard liners under their caps during their trips to the plate. Luis Rivera, Indians first-base coach, said he didn't think base coaches should wear helmets because "then pitchers would have to wear them. They get hit more than anybody."

Said third-base coach Joel Skinner, a former catcher: "It's strange. I wore a helmet my whole career. The only time I didn't wear one was for the team picture. Now I don't wear one."

Finally:

An estimated 58,000 hot dogs were consumed Tuesday night on "Dollar Dog Night."

I took liberty in bolding the key points, because simply the article is long. Actually I only find the first part of the article interesting other then the last line.

Looks like we are shopping and we are buying. That's sad the Rangers are asking too much for Lofton... the man is old. There's no reason we should have to send a premiere farm player for him. It would be cool to have Lofton in an Indians uniform again though. Let's hope our Indians GM doesn't sit on his hands like our Cavs GM.