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Indians Tidbits (2010 season)

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2010 Indians the week after the Break

Holy sh^%, this team is beating some ass. Opposing teams are starting to realize they had better stop hitting the a%$ early the night before a game with the BYGOD Indians :lol:
 
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LitlBuck;1734504; said:
However, he did pitch a no-hitter last year so he must have something but of course that was AA. I guess I would've liked to see him get at least one more start before they sent him back to Columbus. I mean Masterson and Huff aren't exactly prime time pitchers.

I know the above quote is from Zippercat but I was wondering who he thought we would have that a contender might be interested in except maybe for Kearns and I am not sure that I am willing to give up Westbrook for just prospects.
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And why keep Westbrook? Do you really think the Indians will shell out the $$$ for a new contract for him? Just don't see that happening. This team is really not going to be positioned to contend next season. Look at the position player questions: Sizemore coming off of microfracture knee surgury; probably a new 3B, who will quite probably be either a rookie or Marte; 2nd year players at C, 2B, 1B and CF or LF, and a DH who can't hit.

From what I've read (for example, at Indians' Prospect Insider), Westbrook will NOT qualify as a Class A or B free agent, meaning that the Tribe will not get any extra draft pick if he signs with somebody else. So, if you goes somewhere else they get nothing. Right now he's one of the top 5, and some claim top 2 or 3, starters likely to be available this month. For every starter on a contender who gets hurt (like Petitte on Sunday), his value goes up a bit. Why not get a prospect or two for him and allow a couple guys who might be on the staff next season get some ML experience?

I think the Tribe can move Peralta, if they eat salary and/or package him with a minor league prospect, such are Marson. The Tigers just lost Inge for up to 6 weeks, for example.

Kearns hurt his knee so he won't go anywhere, unless it's a waiver deal next month after/if he heals. Same thing with (Dead) Wood, where again the Indians will probably have to eat salary and/or add a prospect to a deal.

Duncan or Nix could be part of a minor deal too. As depth and roll players they have value to a contender. A very large percentage of trade and waiver deadline position players are of that type. The weakest part of many contenders, and the area that comes to haunt them in August, is the bench as their regulars get hurt and worn down by the long season.
 
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Gas Can Designated For Assignment
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 20, 2010 at 4:15pm CST]
The Indians designated righty Jensen Lewis for assignment to make room for Asdrubal Cabrera, according to the team. Lewis, 26, posted a 4.18 ERA in 22 relief appearances for the Indians this year, with 6.1 K/9 and 5.3 BB/9. The 2005 third-rounder picked up 23.2 innings in total this season, his fourth in the Indians' 'pen.

But teams salivating over Lewis in a thin relief market should check themselves. MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince reports that Lewis will not be placed on outright waivers and was DFA'd as a technicality (Twitter link).
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3-1 tribe lead going into the bottom of the 7th.

Masterson leaves with 2 and one out.

Rafi Perez comes in and gives up back to back singles to tie the game.

3-3 bottom of the 7th, 2 outs after a Joe Mauer bunt attempt...interesting decision.
 
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Trading Jake Westbrook will be tougher than many thought:

Devil in the details: If the Indians trade Jake Westbrook this year, he'll receive $2 million via a clause in his contract. This year's salary of $11.5 million also will increase by a prorated $1 million.
The Indians still owe Westbrook an estimated $4.1 million this season. That means if they deal him, the cash involved in negotiations -- how much the Indians pay and how much Westbrook's new team takes on -- will total more than $6 million.
That could gum up the works in any deal.
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Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds apparently not interested in Cleveland third baseman Jhonny Peralta: Indians chatter | cleveland.com
 
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WTF is going on? 6 straight wins against two quality teams??? Time to get one of these?:

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streak over, 6-0 loss

offense scatters 7 hits but cant get on the board\

Westbrook [censored]s the bed 6 IP 6 H 4 ER 5BB

if someone wants to trade for this guy, please get rid of him
 
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buckeyemania11;1735970; said:
streak over, 6-0 loss

offense scatters 7 hits but cant get on the board

Westbrook [censored]s the bed 6 IP 6 H 4 ER 5BB

if someone wants to trade for this guy, please get rid of him
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:lol:

It's all good, we all knew an apefucking was eventually in the works. If we win 6 of every 7 and get shelled the times we lose, we'll be right back in it...no, really...:slappy:
 
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