Comments on: Battle of the Bullpens (Alternate Title: Taking One for the Team)

By: SeattleStu

SeattleStu — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:58:40 +0000

i’m on that buyout like white on rice….10mm is 20% of entire payroll…he and pronk have to go….if they’re willing to re-sign at 2-3mm i keep them.

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:42:42 +0000

Sizemore’s contract has a $8.5M-$10.5M club option for 2012 with a $500k buyout. The option may be as high as $10.5M because of certain incentives. If the Indians let him go and he heads to a team where he isn’t the face the of the team, nor would he have to worry about playing slightly injured I see him quietly putting up .300 avg with 1:3 K:AB ratio.

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:37:48 +0000

I’d need to check how much the option costs – if it’s a low cost, I’d pick it up. If it’s kind of pricey, I may not pick it up. Like SeattleStu said, his value may be low enough that you could get a good deal on him.

By: SeattleStu

SeattleStu — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:39:48 +0000

@Jerry…i probalby wouldnt exercise the option on Grady, but i would let him test market then sign him cheaply…figuring no one is going to pay him much given his injury status last 2 years…

By: TomW

TomW — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:30:13 +0000

Always like the suicide squeeze. No matter how it turns out.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:56:51 +0000

Just wondering…….any thoughts on Sizemore’s contract? Would you pay the 2012 option? Would you want him if he continues to get hurt?

Jerry

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:00:22 +0000

I must say, I’m going to see Ubaldo pitch tonight and I’m kind of excited! Even if he’s terrible, it’s still pretty nice to see a star come to Cleveland, rather than leave!

By: SeattleStu

SeattleStu — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:37:31 +0000

sorry gang, the squeeze was a mistake and manny is an awful in game manager….just this past week he left tomlin in 1-2 batters too long and called an inexplicable hit & run with austin kearns at bat and one out (huh?)….and that’s just this week’s mistakes….we would have won that game and saved our pen 5 innings…those things add up over time.

fukudome finally did something worthwhile…boy that was a great pickup, front office…hope your damaged goods ‘ace’ does better than a run per inning tonight.

nonetheless, Go Tribe!….huge win last night…would be good to get another put to bed b4 verlander allows 2 hits from our punchless lineup.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:51:22 +0000

Ahhh…the suicide squeeze…Brilliant or moronic? I, like Drew, support Manny’s decision to call for the squeeze–but not until this morning. Last night, I was complaining about the decision (some might call it screaming–much to the delight of the Detroit fans around me, I’m sure). I just couldn’t understand how you take the bat out of the hands of one of your better hitters with only one out on the board. Of course, after sitting in the rain (errr…standing at the Batter’s Eye drinking beer) for two hours, I wanted to just put the win in our pocket and go home.

But then my sensibilities rose with the sun, and I remembered how I (and many others, I’m sure) hailed the squeeze against Boston in April as brilliant. We loved Manny’s aggressiveness and thought that if this team was going to do anything, they would have to go out and aggressively grab games–not sit around and wait “til next year.”

Even though the suicide squeeze didn’t work last night, I still like the fighter mentality of the call. If this team goes down, I’d rather them go down swinging, and not just covering their heads (or elbows, of course).

Have a great day, everyone.

By: jim kittelberger

jim kittelberger — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:44:09 +0000

I stayed up until the 12th was complete, then my years took its toll and I had to head for the bed. As the game wore on I reverted to my fair weather fan-dom and became more pessimistic with each pitch. I was certainly glad at the outcome which I learned about after rising this morning. When I learned it was Fuk who took the errant pitch it only seemed proper after striking out four times. Somehow I think he may have good memories of the night by the clunk to the arm. It somehow seems cosmically the proper thing to have happen to him. One game winning clunk for four strikeouts. O.K. baseball Gods you smiled on us tonight.