Confirmed! Jensen Lewis being called up

by Brick. on Jul 13, 2007 10:20 AM EDT Comment 83 comments

I have it on "friend of a friend" authority that Jensen Lewis is being called up today as the corresponding move to Mujica's demotion. (My buddy's old boss is Jensen's dad.) I presume this means a few things. I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds spreading what's not technically news yet. (And I trust it's pretty reliable, but there's always a chance it's not.)

It also means he needs to be added to the 40-man roster, which means someone's got to go. Dellucci to the 60-day DL? Luna gets the boot? And of course it means neither Fultz nor M. Miller are ready to go yet.

UPDATE: Lewis himself has spilled the beans in, of all places, his Facebook entry. In other news, Jensen is "interested in women." [Jay]

UPDATE: And now, five hours later, an actual press release. Apparently we really do belong on Google News. Ed Mujica was optioned to Buffalo to make room on the active 25-man roster. To make room on the 40-man roster, Dave Dellucci was transferred from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. [Jay]

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Re: Scoop: Jensen Lewis being called up

Wow, I hadn't realized how filthy Lewis had been this year, but I looked up his stats on b-r (it's here, you'll have to find him on the page). The big ones are a 0.94 WHIP and 10.56 K/9 (combined with a very nice 3.59 K/BB ratio).

Hopefully he can hold his own up at the bigs, but we'll see.

by zempf on Jul 13, 2007 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Scoop: Jensen Lewis being called up

Seems like the promotion to Buffalo only inspired him to do better. Hope we see him.

by JK in CBus on Jul 13, 2007 10:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Unconfirmed: Jensen Lewis being called up

Tweaked the title a bit. It seems unlikely to me, but I can't say it's unthinkable.

by Jay on Jul 13, 2007 10:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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I know the 40 is a big deal but I don't understand why we've got guys like Koplove on it if we're not willing to jettison them immediately to get our best options (as in players who are choices, not options) up.

If they think Lewis is ready for the bigs and can help the team win more than anyone else in AAA, then what's the big deal with just cutting one of the 4 or 5 guys who we basically signed with the intention of cutting?

by afh4 on Jul 13, 2007 10:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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There's enough chaff on the 40-man right now (Luna, Lara, Koplove, etc) that bumping someone off the roster wouldn't be too worrisome.

by Ryan on Jul 13, 2007 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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That is true, but Jensen doesn't even need to be added this offseason if he isn't called up -- so adding him now effectively exposes one more guy to the Rule 5 in December. Again, like the Super 2 stuff, this is not going to be the main criterion, but they won't burn that roster spot carelessly.

If they're calling him up, it's because they've become convinced that they're going to end up using him this season at some point regardless.

by Jay on Jul 13, 2007 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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I don't see why they wouldn't believe that anyway. He would shore up our bullpen very nicely. Who needs to trade for power bullpen arms when you can do it from within, right?

by Joe. on Jul 13, 2007 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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This is speculation only, but if they do this move and are wanting to see what he can do, does it indicate that there is some hope in the FO that they've found trade partner for a bat and are aggressively looking for an in-house solution for the bullpen?

by JK in CBus on Jul 13, 2007 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Unconfirmed: Jensen Lewis being called up

Jensen's facebook status tells me this news is f'real. ... holy crap.

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 11:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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what does it say?

by ASP on Jul 13, 2007 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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"is in a state of amazement.. got the call, SEE YOU IN THE BIG LEAGUES!!!!!!"

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Wow this is huge, how many stories you think have ever been broken via Facebook?

by supermarioelia on Jul 13, 2007 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Amazing - thanks for the tip AngG!

When I saw the post title I thought: I don't think so. Mujica and Lewis both pitched an inning last night, and Fultz says he fells fine now and there;s the 40 man, etc. Interesting to see how this plays...

One thing it does show is something I've been musing about - that the reluctance to overpay for help, particularly in the form of prospects/young players, will make Shap and Wedge give more playing time to "da youth" (sometimes the very prospects being asked for) in order to see exactly what they have and if they can do the job from within.

by mcrose on Jul 13, 2007 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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My guess is thousands. It's just that most of them are along the lines of, "I hear Jenny hooked up with Steve after Friday's party! OMG!!!"

by APV on Jul 13, 2007 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Haha well played. I'm trying to think if Deadspin broke any actual stories via Facebook or just accessed ridiculous pictures.

by supermarioelia on Jul 13, 2007 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Jenny and Steve? I don't think that's quite the facebook demographic .. I think it's more like, "Brittany hooked up with Dylan! OMG Caitlyn is going to be soooo pissed!"

by mrich on Jul 13, 2007 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Actually, in this age group, Dylan is usually a girl's name. And do you have her phone number?

by fleerdon on Jul 13, 2007 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Ahaha. You have no idea how many of my friends' break-ups I've learned about via facebook.

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Unconfirmed: Jensen Lewis being called up

SO true

by world dictator on Jul 13, 2007 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Via the dreaded "status change" I'm assuming?

Haha some of us are really starting to show our age.

by supermarioelia on Jul 13, 2007 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Tell us about this "status change." Fascinating.

My studio has a page on MySpace, but of course I don't. That would just be pervy.

by Jay on Jul 13, 2007 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Unconfirmed: Jensen Lewis being called up

In the original edition of Facebook (back when it had a "The"), any time one of your friends made an addition or change to his or her profile, you would discover it via a list of your "Recently Updated" friends, in reverse chronological order. In order to find out what change they made -- whether they were announcing that they broke up with their steady, or just that their new favorite movie was "Sweet Home Alabama"*, you wouldn't find out until you clicked through to their profile.

In nuevo Facebook, the default privacy settings are that every change you make in your profile is listed for your friends in a kind of Wall Street Journal front-page ticker. ("Tim updated his favorite books. 12:54 a.m.") So many of us discovered that our friends were dating or breaking up via the statement "Kevin updated his relationship status." This is also a particularly crushing way to discover that a girl you like is off the market. Or so they say.

*Absolute best line I ever heard in college came from a conversation two girls were having behind me in line at the caf: "Tim IMed me at 3 a.m. this morning and said, 'I just finished watching Sweet Home Alabama and I want to be in love.'"

by fleerdon on Jul 13, 2007 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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This is what's wrong with our generation.

by nickjs21 on Jul 13, 2007 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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While we're explaining Facebook to Jay...the Interested In prompt only allows the answer "men" or "women" (or, you know, both). There are open-ended "Activities" and "Interests" prompts further down the profile.

by fleerdon on Jul 13, 2007 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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I assumed that was the case. I wasn't criticizing it, I just thought it was funny. Part of the overall hilarity of using Facebook as a news source.

by Jay on Jul 13, 2007 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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If you find Facebook as a legit media source hilarious, I predict you'll be in for several months of gut-busting come election season.

by fleerdon on Jul 13, 2007 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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This is kind of cool, though, when people you are no longer friends with because they're horrible people forget to remove you on their facebook friends, and then you get an update that their super-duper happy relationship and broken up horribly.

I love the internet. :D

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by AngG on Jul 14, 2007 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Link?

by Jay on Jul 13, 2007 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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I think his facebook is locked to just people he's added as a friend. So this is, uh, basically hearsay for everyone else here as well. :\

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Screen capture?

by Jay on Jul 13, 2007 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Yeah the best you can is a Print Screen of his page and just post the pic.

by supermarioelia on Jul 13, 2007 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Facebook profiles are private anyway, so unless you're his friend you probably won't be able to see it. If you search for Jensen Lewis, he's the first one who comes up.

by zempf on Jul 13, 2007 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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"Jensen has 797 friends."

by zempf on Jul 13, 2007 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Not after today.

by Jay on Jul 13, 2007 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Yeah I've never had a big leaguer on my Facebook. Unless you count that one time I added "Vince Young".

by supermarioelia on Jul 13, 2007 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Most guys delete everyone who's not someone they're friends with in real life after they get to about double-A. I'm surprised Jensen's kept his people for as long as he has.

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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He's our own personal Pat Neshek. Hopefully he can replicate Neshek's and ridiculous numbers.

by afh4 on Jul 13, 2007 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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I keep poking around in there & it's funny. Jeff Francoeur is one of his friends.

by zempf on Jul 13, 2007 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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And, I officially just added him as a friend. That's super cool. Sort of like the time I was friends with one of the fake Grady Sizemore's, and I tried to get him to agree to an "It's Complicated" relationship status. Didn't work.

by Gradyforpresident on Jul 13, 2007 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Haha updated at 3am? Looks like someone was a bit too excited to go to bed.

by supermarioelia on Jul 13, 2007 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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This is hilarious.

by nickjs21 on Jul 13, 2007 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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You should poke him.

by afh4 on Jul 13, 2007 12:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Ha. I left a congrats on his wall instead.

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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aw man, this facebook stuff has totally trumped my 'insider' knowledge.

by Brick. on Jul 13, 2007 12:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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There you go.

by Ryan on Jul 13, 2007 12:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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I didn't realize he was from Ohio. That's pretty cool.

by afh4 on Jul 13, 2007 12:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Vanderbilt alum. Hmmm, I didn't know that.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on Jul 13, 2007 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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I think I remember hearing something about him and Sowers together.

by mplswahoo on Jul 13, 2007 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Do you have a URL link for this? I'd like to post it elsewhere because it's fuckin' hysterical.

by Joe. on Jul 13, 2007 12:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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The site, no, as facebook is usually locked to people the user hasn't specifically given access to. You can send the picture to people, but I'd prefer you to save it elsewhere as I forget how many accesses a photobucket picture can have before it uses up its bandwidth allotment.

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Unconfirmed: Jensen Lewis being called up

Ok, so if he is getting the call, who does get dropped to AAA? It can't be Mujica, he just got sent down so Fultz can be activated. It's not Borowski, Betancourt, Perez, or Fultz. Cabrera and Stanford are out of options. Could it be Mastny?

by talonk on Jul 13, 2007 1:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Unconfirmed: Jensen Lewis being called up

As is said in the original post, the grape vine believes Lewis is swapping with Mujica. Which would mean Fultz isn't quite ready.

by nickjs21 on Jul 13, 2007 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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mujica was already sent down. the active roster is currently at 24 pending this (or another) call.

by Brick. on Jul 13, 2007 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Exactly. But Fultz hasn't been activated yet, right? So the spot Mujica vacated can be taken by Lewis. No?

by nickjs21 on Jul 13, 2007 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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correct. no need to send anyone else down for lewis' promotion unless fulz, too, is activated

by Brick. on Jul 13, 2007 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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I doubt Mastny gets sent down. Wedge still seems to trust him in the 7th and 8th innings, plus he's pitched relatively well the past week or two.

by ASP on Jul 13, 2007 1:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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I just requested to be his facebook friend, I wonder if now that he is in the bigs he will still add random people

by Roger Dorn on Jul 13, 2007 1:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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I also requested an add for him....I sent him a message that said "dude, I seriously need to have a big league pitcher as a friend. Throw a guy a bone, please"

I'm seriously rolling after he posted his call-up status on facebook. It doesn't get better than that.

God truly does hate cleveland sports.

by Gradysmanldy on Jul 13, 2007 1:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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He can't possibly reject us all.

by supermarioelia on Jul 13, 2007 2:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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An official announcement should be coming soon, right? They don't usually do it like an hour before gametime, do they?

by ASP on Jul 13, 2007 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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I feel like a LGT Facebook group may be in order ... and we can invite Jensen Lewis to it. (And any other Indians on The Book.)

by Gradyforpresident on Jul 13, 2007 2:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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http://osu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2393324964

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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If through all this Facebook communication Jensen became an active poster on LGT, that would be awesome.

"Just struck out Magglio Ordonez swinging. I'm the man!!!1!"

by nickjs21 on Jul 13, 2007 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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What do you suppose are the odds it's a hoax? E.g., a teammate (or someone he knows) calls J.L., pretending to be Mark Shapiro, or Antonetti...

Then the perp sits back, and watches the whole facebook saga unfold...

by CaptainEasy on Jul 13, 2007 2:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Most of the time a player is notified of a call-up by a coach, isn't he?

by nickjs21 on Jul 13, 2007 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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True. I guess I interpreted "got the call" literally.

by CaptainEasy on Jul 13, 2007 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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I can already picture him, bag strapped over his back, looking around the Cleveland clubhouse for his locker. I don't know what he looks like, but I kind of picture the scene from Rookie of the Year when the kid walks in and everyone goes quiet and stares.

by ASP on Jul 13, 2007 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Sowers is behind it all, eh?

by mcrose on Jul 13, 2007 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Zing!

by CaptainEasy on Jul 13, 2007 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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We have a press release!

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by AngG on Jul 13, 2007 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Congrats to sbricker and Angie for "breaking" this story.

by nickjs21 on Jul 13, 2007 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Delluchi to the 60 day DL + Call up top reliever prospect = going after power bat?

by world dictator on Jul 13, 2007 3:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Dellucci's season was done the second they cut his hamstring. This was inevitable.

Sometimes you just gotta be lucky

by mauichuck on Jul 13, 2007 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Hopefully we get to see him pitch sometime this weekend.

by Toxicadam on Jul 13, 2007 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Obviously, he keeps his Facebook more up to date than his MySpace

by Fundamentals on Jul 13, 2007 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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"Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Make it to Double A"

It's funny. It's like ... they're human, you know? Just like us!

by nickjs21 on Jul 13, 2007 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great detective work, guys!

Hello everyone,

Of course, when I say "guys," I mean "guys" figuratively. :-) Nice job breaking the Jensen Lewis call-up before it was officially publicized.

Hmm... this must mean Fultz isn't ready yet or he's had some type of setback, unless Fultz just needs a rehab appearance or two, which means Lewis might only be here for this weekend or for the homestand, which runs through the middle of next week.

Either way, it's nice to see Lewis get a chance; as I've mentioned before, between Lewis, and the Millers, we have 3 nice bullpen arms to consider using before we have to consider "paying" for a reliever. I also agree that with all the "fluff" on the 40-man, losing someone like a Koplove, Koronka, or even a Luna wouldn't likely be devastating, so it wouldn't be surprising to see Adam Miller up at some point as well, even in the bullpen at the same time with Lewis, especially if Mastny has further trouble or if the Indians feel Cabrera cannot come around consistently enough to help out in these last few months and he's used in some trade.

Just a thought on that - not saying Cabrera is definitely gone, but it could be an option to get a power bat if the Indians decide to go that route or get a reliever like Otsuka, Dotel, or Gagne. It'd probably take someone like Cabrera to pry one of those arms away (especially Otsuka or Gagne.)

Just my 2 cents. :-)

Go Tribe! :-)

by indiansfan on Jul 13, 2007 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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FYI, I stripped the original image of any identifying information, then moved it to the front page. It's just too hilarious to leave buried in the Comments.

by Jay on Jul 13, 2007 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs