Carmona sent down to become a Starter...Sowers being sent down....

by world dictator on Aug 26, 2006 8:18 PM EDT

What do you guys think?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2562292

"Reliever Fausto Carmona, a bust as Cleveland's closer, was sent to Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday by the Indians, who plan to bring him back in a few weeks as a starter."

"Carmona (1-8) will likely replace rookie Jeremy Sowers, who has already thrown 168 innings -- nine more than last season. Since the Indians are no longer in contention, they don't want to overuse Sowers, who improved to 6-3 on Friday night."

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Re: Carmona sent down to become a Starter...Sowers

Well, they're not sending Sowers down. I think their intent is to skip a few of Sowers' starts or perhaps shut him down entirely. They don't want to burn out his arm in useless September games and he certainly has shown enough to evaluate him on this year.

by dave on Aug 26, 2006 9:27 PM EDT 0 recs

Re: Carmona sent down to become a Starter...

They're not shutting down Sowers yet but they are
going to limit his innings and possibly shut him down before the end of the season.

Shapiro mentioned Guthrie and Slocum as well as
Carmona as possible starters in September.

Carmona is not necessarily being converted to a starter for next year but they want to give him
more and predictable innings the rest of the year
to work on his mechanics

by palcal on Aug 26, 2006 9:36 PM EDT 0 recs

Re: Carmona sent down to become a Starter...

Carmona is not necessarily being converted to a starter for next year but they want to give him
more and predictable innings the rest of the year
to work on his mechanics

What makes you think that? I think they are thinking about him as a future starter.

by dgcambridge on Aug 29, 2006 7:01 PM EDT up 0 recs

Re: Carmona sent down to become a Starter...Sowers

According to the Hoynsie Sowers will make a couple more starts whilst they let Carmona work things out a bit in Buffalo. Then Sowers will be shut down to limit his innings and Carmona's September Spring Training Tryout begins.

Let's just continue to see what our youngsters do. I'm actually kinda enjoying it. Not as much as the playoffs, but you know...

by mjmarble on Aug 26, 2006 9:57 PM EDT 0 recs

Re: Carmona sent down to become a Starter...Sowers

Weirdly enough, they actually gave Matt Miller the start tonight -- he worked around a couple erros & pitched a scoreless first inning (2 Ks, even) before Carmona just relieved him.

by zempf on Aug 29, 2006 7:36 PM EDT 0 recs