Betancourt heading to the DL
Not unexpected after he left today's game
over 2 years ago
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Photograph taken inside the Indians DL:
I think we’ve identified the problem…
by APV on May 31, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I slept on my neck funny last night… someone roster me quick!
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 31, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Used to look like that. Now it looks like this:
by FredOx on Jun 1, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Okay, newbies, you’re both flagged … we don’t do the knee-jerk LOL here. When you post LOL, you must actually be laughing, and actually out loud. And you must explain this verbally, e.g., “Genuine LOL.” We don’t do idiot stats, and we don’t do moron memes.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought it was more like, we do Faustian bargains, but you actually have to know what a Faustian bargain is.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Certainly not.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, newbies, you’re both flagged … we don’t do the knee-jerk LOL here. When you post LOL, you must actually be laughing, and actually out loud. And you must explain this verbally, e.g., "Genuine LOL." We don’t do idiot stats, and we don’t do moron memes.
Funny and educational
by world dictator on Jun 1, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Also of note, Reyes’ season appears to be over …
Anthony Reyes will visit Dr. Lewis Yocum in California on Tuesday to get a second opinion on his right elbow, but it’s pretty much a certainty that Reyes will have an ulnar nerve transposition performed on the elbow, ending his ’09 season. The recovery from such a procedure is four to six months. “It sucks,” Reyes said. “I worked my butt off this offseason.”
Of course we retain full rights to Reyes for another three seasons. He’ll be arbitration-eligible for 2010, but given his meager achievements, he may not even get $1 million. Reyes has 17 quality starts in 52 tries, and a 5.12 career ERA over 293 innings. Those numbers will all put him near the bottom of the barrel in terms of first-year arbitration cases.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Although actually, I wonder if they don’t just try to outright him.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I was going to ask if that was the alternative. As far as silver linings go, having Reyes on the team for 3 more years is a lot more cloud than silver.
Il faut d'abord durer.
Bottom line, you wouldn’t mind having him as a cheap rotation option for 2010.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I think we’ve all internalized the lesson about rotation options over the last two months.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 31, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Figures. If this team manages to succeed this season it will be a miracle.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
If this team manages to succeed get to .500 this season it will be a miracle.
"I gotta be honest, I dunno much about the climate in Japan." - Matt Underwood
This is what I meant by succeed. My expectations dropped dramatically sometime over the course of the season. I’m not entirely sure when though.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Mine was win Wood blew that disaster of a save. I said “that’s the season right there”… which is unusual for me cuz I don’t think I counted last year’s team out for a LONG time.
"I gotta be honest, I dunno much about the climate in Japan." - Matt Underwood
I didn’t count them out until the magic number was like 1 or something. I am not really sure if I have all the way counted them out I have just decided I will be happier with a lot less at this point. Who knows? .500 may win this division. It’s that awful.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
For me, I remember the exact moment I thought last season was over. It was either the last game of June or the first game of July against the White Sox when we hit a home run in extra innings to take the lead, only to blow the game.
I still have hope this season. As silly as it sounds, I think you have to let the interleague games play out. I remember dominating interleague in 2007, and getting dominated in 2006 and 2008. Winning the extra inning game last Sunday would have been nice.
As you say, .500 may win this division.
"The only thing I thought is we really need a hit to win, so don’t try too hard," Peralta said. "I figured they would pitch inside. That’s where it was, so I just swung."
"I saw Wedge take off the bunt sign and saw what Asdrubal was doing and thought, ‘Good luck to you,’ " Peralta said.
Deep thoughts, by Jhonny Peralta
Second baseman Luis Valbuena (boils) is expected to be activated from the 15-day DL on Tuesday. Bench coach Jeff Datz (death of firstborn) was not expected to rejoin the team until this weekend at the earliest.
by still ill on Jun 1, 2009 4:15 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Pavano gets injured, Out for season.
DeRosa gets injured. Out for season
by world dictator on Jun 1, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
• Peralta announces he will have additional Lasik surgery, gone for season.
• Westbrook tells the press of his retirement, intention to become a professional wrestler.
• Garko signs ten-year contract with Indians (one term in the contract is the construction of a bronze Garko statue at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario).
• Ed Wade named as new general manager and president of baseball operations.
• Fausto acknowledges he never expects to pitch as well as he did in the 2007 ALDS.
• Hawk Harrelson announced as the voice of the Cleveland Indians.
by odradek on Jun 1, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So, Ben Francisco has been pretty decent this past month. If he can put together a similar month, you might even call him an asset.
I’ll be interested to see what kind of second half he is capable of, since he stunk so badly last year.
I still think he’s an asset. Good fastball hitter, speed, a capable stopgap centerfielder… that’s a damn good fourth outfielder as long as he’s cheap. Problem is, that’s only true for another year or so.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 31, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
It also seems like he’s getting better against off-speed stuff, or at least curveballs. It’s just an observation, but that is something that has stood out to me over the past couple weeks.
by jakesinger777 on May 31, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know that he’s getting better. He’s been a streaky hitter and appears to be in a hot streak. He might soon return to suckdom.
I like him a lot, but he does have that appearance of a streaky hitter, which is a bummer because he can only break out of slumps by riding them out. The question is if the pros outweigh the cons. At his current price, yes. Two years from now.. ???
"I gotta be honest, I dunno much about the climate in Japan." - Matt Underwood
All major league hitters are streaky, or appear to be, it’s just a question of degrees.
I don’t think we should rule out the possibility that Ben will continue to develop as a hitter. Limited ceiling, yes, but it is higher than his current level.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s fair. I still like his approach at the plate, I feel like he’s got a nice level swing and can often be on the losing end of the “hard hit ball right at so and so” syndrome.
And even though I wasn’t here last year, I was saying I would have been devastated if he was traded in the offseason over Gutz. I still feel that way.
"I gotta be honest, I dunno much about the climate in Japan." - Matt Underwood
Well, that’s just crazy. The “hard hit ball right at so and so” syndrome is something a hitter would like to have. Hitting a lot of line drives can’t possibly work against a hitter for very long.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
No you shouldn’t need that, Reyes will be back (on the DL) for 2010.
fixed
by world dictator on Jun 1, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
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