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Bullpen better, but Perez, Lewis still shaky

August 12, 2009

CLEVELAND: It took more than half a season, but the Indians’ bullpen finally is becoming an asset.
Manager Eric Wedge credits the relievers’ recent success to the rotation, at least in part.
“We are in that position because of what the starting pitchers have done,” he said Wednesday.
Because the starters have been staying in games for six [...]

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Sizemore injury hangs on

August 3, 2009

Grady Sizemore’s batting average continues to hover below .230, but he says his elbow feels relatively strong.
“My elbow feels good,” the Sizemore said. “It’s just one of those things you have to deal with. You have to be careful that it doesn’t cause bad habits that you have to overcome.”
Sizemore tries to walk a fine [...]

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Little help for Cleveland pitching woes in Columbus

July 10, 2009

The Indians pitching problems this year go much deeper than just the major-league organization. Cleveland’s Triple A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, are hurting just as bad for pitching help. The Clippers’ pitching staff ranks last in the International League in ERA (4.67),  home runs allowed (77), strikeouts (534). They lead the league in hits allowed (856) [...]

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Wedge challenges relievers

July 9, 2009

CHICAGO: Eric Wedge doesn’t get it. The manager of the Indians fails to understand why so few among the 19 pitchers who have tried to find employment in the bullpen have fallen short.
Rafael Betancourt is not one of those. He returned Thursday after spending more than five weeks on the disabled list with a strained [...]

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Sowers headed for bullpen?

July 8, 2009

CHICAGO: Jeremy Sowers has presented the Indians with their latest dilemma.
Sowers has consistently breezed through four innings before running into certain trouble in the fifth or sixth inning. Manager Eric Wedge has watched this happen often enough to believe that Sowers is not merely going through a temporary slump.
“We can’t have starters who are only [...]

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Wedge issues for Tribe manager

June 16, 2009

CLEVELAND: Manager Eric Wedge doesn’t mind identifying two aspects of the Indians’ game that cause a spike in his blood pressure: walks and strikeouts.
Only one American League team’s pitchers have issued more walks per game than the Tribe. The Yankee staff has walked an average of 3.97 batters per game, the Indians 3.95.
Among the league’s [...]

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6-9-09 Morning RoundUp

June 9, 2009

It is draft day for the Cleveland Indians. It sounds like a good day for the Tribe, but will it be?
Traditionally, The Indians haven’t been strong on draft day. CC Sabathia, a 1998 draftee, is the last first rounder to be a major contributor at the major league level. 
As Dennis Manoloff writes about the Indians [...]

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5-23-09 Morning RoundUp

May 23, 2009

The Indians seemed like they were finally making strides to piece together the season. That was before Anthony Reyes and Aaron Laffey were bit by the injury bug yesterday. 
Reyes lasted three innings before inflammation of the elbow sent him to the locker room. Laffey felt pain in his side while pitching in the eighth inning. 
Oh [...]

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A look around the Indians minor leagues

May 6, 2009

With the parent-club Indians calling up players, demoting others and even turning starting pitchers into relievers in an effort to help right the ship, let’s find some positives by checking in on the Tribe’s minor league teams.
Triple-A Columbus
the Clippers are 11-15 and remain in last place in the International League West Division, 2 1/2 games [...]

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Laffey assigned to save bullpen

May 6, 2009

With few moves to make and lots of holes to fill in the Indians’ bullpen, General Manager Mark Shapiro and manager Eric Wedge are using the creative approach.
Why not ask a starter to become a reliever, at least temporarily, or maybe not. At this point, nobody can say when the bullpen crisis will end, or [...]

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Perez optioned to Columbus

May 6, 2009

The Cleveland Indians just announced in a press release that left-handed set up man Rafael Perez has been optioned down to Triple A Columbus. Taking his place on the 25-man roster will be right hander Matt Herges.
The 39-year-old Herges was 1-2 in Columbus with a 5.40 ERA. He pitched 10 innings (11 appearances) striking out [...]

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5-4-09 Morning RoundUp

May 4, 2009

The kids were in the lineup yesterday. It still didn’t matter as the Indians fell 3-1 to the Tigers.
Detroit starting pitcher Justin Verlander reminded everyone why he is considered one of the best arms in the game, although he hadn’t shown that form as of late. The Indians have a way of bringing out that [...]

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DeRosa back on track

May 3, 2009

The siege appears to be over for Mark DeRosa, whose batting average fell to .195 in the middle of last week before his bat began to spit out a few hits.
The slump cost DeRosa the No. 2 spot in the batting order, which now belongs to Asdrubal Cabrera, who does not intend to surrender it [...]

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May 2, 2009 Morning RoundUp

May 2, 2009

If only they could get that bullpen straightened out as well.
On Friday Carl Pavano and the offense already built a big enough lead so the bullpen couldn’t blow it, but they still tried in a 6-5 win over the Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit.
Put April behind us, it’s a new month, wrote Sheldon Ocker. 
Pavano [...]

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4-27-09 Morning RoundUp

April 27, 2009

Leave it to Aaron Laffey to stop the Tribe’s bleeding again.
The left-hander allowed two runs and five hits through 6 1/3 innings to improve his record to 2-0. Through six innings though it was a three-hit shutout. 
In the seventh inning Laffey loaded the bases and was replaced by Jensen Lewis, who gave up a two-run [...]

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4-26-09 Morning RoundUp

April 26, 2009

What positives could be taken from Saturday night’s 7-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Progressive Field?
Starting pitching?
Carl Pavano allowed five runs and 11 hits in five innings. He walked one. But as Sheldon Ocker points out, the Twins two, fourth-inning runs were made possible by four consecutive groundballs.
relief pitching?
Rafael Perez is being brought back [...]

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Chulk making impression?

April 25, 2009

Vinnie Chulk pitched two strong innings Friday night, throwing 94 mile-per-hour fastballs. 
So far Chulk has been almost an afterthought in the bullpen — he pitched once in six days — and was called up from Columbus as the eighth reliever when the bullpen was struggling mightily. 
Manager Eric Wedge had planned to return to seven after [...]

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Searching for answers

April 21, 2009

Rafael Perez is lugging around a 16.71 ERA and has made just one praiseworthy appearance in seven outings.
Jensen Lewis has pitched six times and given up four home runs and four walks in 6j innings; two of the longballs were lethal to the Indians’ chances of sweeping the New York Yankees last weekend, a series [...]

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Relievers wanted: Call Tribe

April 17, 2009

The knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone, and the thigh bone’s is connected to the hip bone…
Depending on whether all the parts of work together, life will be easier or a struggle. Eric Wedge is painfully aware of this fact, which is a key component of the Indians’ 3-8 record. 
The Tribe’s relief corps is [...]

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Wedge holds early team meeting

April 15, 2009

Indians officials did not send an advisory to the Guinness Book of World Records, but when manager Eric Wedge addressed his troops after only eight games Tuesday night it might have established an American League mark, at the very least.
But there was no use waiting around, inasmuch as the Tribe had only one win.
“I talked [...]

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