Barfield claims final roster spot

"The Indians, as expected, will carry Barfield as the 25th man on their roster this season. Outfielder Trevor Crowe, Barfield's primary competition for the job, was optioned down to Triple-A Columbus on Saturday, along with catcher Chris Gimenez. Veteran Tony Graffanino, who was also competing for the job, will remain on the big league roster in case of injury, but is expected to accept an assignment to Columbus."

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what is the bullpen looking like?

save for wood, i don’t know much about the indians bullpen.

There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help......"--Bill Buckner

by laidbackliam on Mar 28, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You mean who’s in the bullpen?

Wood, Jensen Lewis, Rafael Perez, Rafael Betancourt, Masa Kobayashi, Joe Smith, and either Vinnie Chulk or Zach Jackson.

by Ryan on Mar 29, 2009 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good for Barfield and all… but Yawn. Can they start playing real games now?

Still the local "Barfield Bounces Back Believer" and confident that there's still a lot of Pronk in Hafner. Oh, and for all the love of Cliffy, there's still a Sleepy Kitten inside.

by mjmarble on Mar 28, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

What’s lost in all the Barfield/Crowe debate is that Ryan Garko is now thought competent enough to play in the outfield. As in, a more viable outfielder than David Dellucci, which isn’t saying much, but still.

by Ryan on Mar 29, 2009 1:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The boy’s gonna rake this year – just you wait and see.

by mauichuck on Mar 29, 2009 2:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll believe it when I see it, but that would make me a happy camper. I really like Garko, and would love for him to be a solid player for the Tribe, even if he turns into a super-sub.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Mar 29, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Drowning in school right now, but I’m trying to keep up. I’ve since twice in person Garko play the outfield this spring, and one day was the day he made the great running basket-catch on the warning track in Kerry Wood’s debut inning. He’s not Franklin Gutierrez, and I’d like to see how he holds up statistically over a year out there, but he looked capable.

by xrickx on Mar 29, 2009 3:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve seen twice in person…

by xrickx on Mar 29, 2009 3:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Might help if you weren’t slipping into Yoda-speak.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Mar 29, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you really think they’re saying that Garko will get more than a handful of outfield starts in the outfield? I think they are more concerned with being able to pinch-hit him for a lefthander facing a tough lefty — Choo or Dellucci — and have him able to take a spot in the outfield for an inning or three. For all the time they’ve spent on him in the outfield, I won’t be surprised if he gets no starts out there. I think they just want to have that option.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Mar 29, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you really think they’re saying that Garko will get more than a handful of outfield starts in the outfield?

Might help if you weren’t slipping into Department of Redundancy Department speak…

by Logodaedalus on Mar 29, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Department of Redundancy Department

One of the world’s great mysteries is how many people find this amusing, i.e., worth saying or typing.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Mar 29, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Isn’t it kinda – oh I don’t know – redundant?

by mauichuck on Mar 29, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t see much mystery to it.

by NickFantana on Mar 29, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

right, that was the central part of the comment.

by Logodaedalus on Mar 29, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This was totally unclear, in retrospect, but this was sarcastic. As in, “Right, because that was the central part of the comment.”

by Logodaedalus on Mar 30, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always preferred the department of redundancies and unnecessary repetitions

by APV on Mar 29, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Better. Still not worth using as a joke more than once a decade, but better.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Mar 30, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A distinction without a difference.

by mauichuck on Mar 30, 2009 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We have a team of dull swiss army knives, when I want more Ginsu.

Ben Francisco's only fan on LGT

by Toxicadam on Mar 29, 2009 2:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Adam, dude, don’t be so negative. Vic’s gonna have a career year, Grady’s still a monster and Peralta’s the biggest SS bat in the AL. We’ve got plent of fire power to go with ++ SP and a hellova bullpen.

This is gonna be our year – I can feel it.

by mauichuck on Mar 29, 2009 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs