Sipp recalled

ESPN is reporting that Tony Sipp is being recalled to replace Betancourt. I can only find it in the transactions list (no article). Any confirmation?

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Tribe Press Release confirming it. Also confirming that only the Rays (9) have a more crowded DL than the Indians (8).

by FredOx on Jun 1, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I keep refreshing ESPN.com, waiting to see the story hit the front page.

by dgcambridge on Jun 1, 2009 2:44 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

Team is running out of arms …

Sipp is the logical choice … but numbers have been just OK since his return to Columbus.

7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K

At least the control seems improved … but he has been a bit spotty with hit ever since his return from surgery.

by FallsTribeFan on Jun 1, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know, when we send down our bullpen arms to get straighted out…it’s probably impossible to tell anything from the 7-10 innings of stats that we get. We’ve got to trust the coaches.

by dgcambridge on Jun 1, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh I agree … 7 IP is the smallest of small samples.

He was the best candidate by far to return … so can’t argue with it.

by FallsTribeFan on Jun 1, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly, I think Chulk would have been better. He is less likely to walk 3 guys in an inning.

by Toxicadam on Jun 1, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hoynes has it.

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

by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

is this right?

Indians-Yankees lineups
by Dennis Manoloff, Plain Dealer Reporter
Monday June 01, 2009, 3:56 PM

CLEVELAND — Here are the lineups for tonight’s game between the Indians and Yankees at Progressive Field:

Yankees (29-21)
1. Derek Jeter ss; 2. Nick Swisher rf; 3. Mark Teixeira 1b; 4. Alex Rodriguez dh; 5. Jorge Posada c; 6. Robinson Cano 2b; 7. Melky Cabrera lf; 8. Angel Berroa 3b; 9. Brett Gardner cf.

vs. LHP Jeremy Sowers (1-2, 7.71)

Indians (22-30)
1. Asdrubal Cabrera ss; 2. Ben Francisco cf; 3. Victor Martinez dh; 4. Shin-Soo Choo rf; 5. Jhonny Peralta 3b; 6. Mark DeRosa lf; 7. Ryan Garko 1b; 8. Jamey Carroll 2b; 9. Kelly Shoppach c.

vs. RHP Joba Chamberlain (2-1, 3.97)

by Brick. on Jun 1, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Whoa. If that’s the case, the man is even more incredible than I thought.

Though maybe with Sowers on the mound, we should have just conceded the game and given him the day off.

by Chemo on Jun 1, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Genuine WTF

by Ryan on Jun 1, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

actual rec

by Brick. on Jun 1, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why is this so surprising? If it were definitely serious, he’d have been on the DL already.

1B is less strenuous than C, but still a lot more strenuous than DH. I one time read an official saying that for many injuries, playing 1B can be more strenuous than playing SS.

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

by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just hope we don’t have to watch him trying to limp his way to first.

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 1, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You really think he’d be in the lineup if he had to limp his way to 1B?

He’s awesome, but he isn’t Barry Bonds.

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

by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I mean, no. I trust Victor and the staff, I’m just a bit worried he may be pushing it.

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 1, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What exactly is there to worry about at this point?

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

by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Point taken, not like this season could get much worse. Might as well go balls to the wall.

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 1, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, not sure I understand why it’s surprising … maybe because he’s back so quickly.

But, it essence, the guy has a bruised knee. He may be a little ginger on the bases, but no reason to think he can’t still swing a bat.

by FallsTribeFan on Jun 1, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Victor’s Tough. He’s a baseball player.

by gte619n on Jun 2, 2009 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i simply thought he’d get a few games to make sure it was fine. maybe i bought in too much to the woe-is-me-ism of the talk about the last few days’ injuries.

by Brick. on Jun 1, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

re: 1B vs SS. i, personally would not want to have to do the splits all the time lunching for throws on a regular basis.

by Brick. on Jun 1, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lunching is when you thrust forward to grab a sandwich from the guy in front of you.

by Brick. on Jun 1, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey! You took my sandwich.

by NickFantana on Jun 2, 2009 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seeing the way he couldn’t any weight on his leg, I was under the impression that “day to day” meant " “not quite a DL stint”.

by Ryan on Jun 1, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remember they said that about Victor playing first last year—that it was worse for his hamstring than catching?

by odradek on Jun 1, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Am I the only one who has a strange feeling a big trade is coming soon? I know it makes little sense in many regards at the moment, but I just feel it….in my gut.

by APV on Jun 1, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A big trade? I think it would have to be Peralta or DeRosa, or Shoppach once he’s healthy. And it would have to be for a starter, I would think.

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

by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

meant to say, “or Shoppach once Victor is healthy” …

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

by Jay on Jun 1, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe “he” can be understood to mean “Victor Martinez” with the proper capitalization. Example:

…or Shoppach once He’s healthy.

by still ill on Jun 2, 2009 6:04 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

is that true?

by gte619n on Jun 2, 2009 8:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Divine pronouns.

by still ill on Jun 2, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hahaha… that’s great.

I’m glad I waited for the explanation before I started putting it in all my technical requirement docs.

by gte619n on Jun 4, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you saying Victor can’t hit a curveball?

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

by Jay on Jun 2, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Christ, Levin, don’t start a holy war here.

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 2, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like how this can be interpreted as a double direct address…

by Logodaedalus on Jun 2, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Peralta or DeRosa, or Shoppach

That’s the trio I was feeling, especially the first two

by APV on Jun 1, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

doesn’t dealing Peralta have to net us a 3B for next year? Or has Agent M earned a shot? Not Hodges, right?

by Brick. on Jun 1, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think dealing Peralta would be about the fact that another team would be willing to play him at short, and we are not anymore. His bat isn’t anything special at third. We’d look elsewhere in the offseason, I would guess, and that includes Agent M.

by dgcambridge on Jun 1, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Peralta’s bat isn’t special anywhere this year. Maybe at pitcher. But if he were to repeat last year’s number he’d be pretty acceptable at third. Again, quick to offer up Jhonny, because he is fat and lazy and doesn’t care.

by odradek on Jun 1, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do not throw that “fat/lazy/doesn’t care” accusation at me.

He’s an OK bet (but maybe not a good bet anymore) to be a league average bat at third base, and has a decent contract for two more years. That elite offensive year is getting pretty far behind him. I stand by what I said: if there’s a team willing to play him at short, he’s more valuable to them.

by dgcambridge on Jun 4, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He’s 27. He’s three months older than Grady Sizemore. Would you say Grady’s elite offensive year (2006) is pretty far behind him?

by odradek on Jun 5, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It would have to be DeRosa IMO. If we traded anyone but DeRosa it would be a signal that our season is officially over. Though I think you can make an argument that trading Shoppach wouldn’t be a big deal.

by world dictator on Jun 1, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i don’t see where we’d deal derosa till we start to get a little more healthy. depends on what we get back, i guess.

by Brick. on Jun 1, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But if we trade DeRo for a player that can help us this year, why does it matter when we get that player?

by world dictator on Jun 1, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hm, i guess i was thinking we’d be dealing players to set us up for next year.

by Brick. on Jun 1, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I assume that any players we’re looking at right now will be able to help us this year and next year. If we waited until we gave up on the season then the net of possible acquisitions would get larger.

by world dictator on Jun 1, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

also…why would Jhonny be on the block?

by world dictator on Jun 1, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because for this year, Jhonny and DeRosa are redundant. And someone else might want Jhonny at short.

by dgcambridge on Jun 1, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But DeRosa is signed for one year while Jhonny is signed for multiple years.

i’d think that a trade of Jhonny would have more to do with the team’s feeling about Jhonny and less to do with our standings in the rankings. Because even if you traded Peralta we’d still trade DeRosa.

by world dictator on Jun 1, 2009 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes, I agree with this. I’d just add: once (if) they’ve decided that Jhonny isn’t our third baseman of the future, then he and DeRosa are in the same position. (which isn’t to say they’re equivalent) You might as well trade one now, and the other when you are sure that you are out of it.

by dgcambridge on Jun 1, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs