Problem was he had stopped hitting for the Tribe - therefore making his lack of range at shortstop an issue.

If he hits like he now does, the defense can be lived with. He has always been steady.

Just another of the too many, third world ,Joe Z loving, HGH taking, baseball players. As long as he is on the juice he is okay.

Yankees acquired LHP Josh Outman from the Indians in exchange for a player to be named later or cash.
Outman had been at Triple-A Columbus after being removed from the Indians' 40-man roster, but he'll report to the big club with the Yankees. He has control issues (16 walks in 24 2/3 innings this season), but Outman has struck out over a batter per inning in his career as a reliever and held lefties to a .188/.257/.287 batting line.


Aug 28 - 9:49 PM

And how is Drew Stubbs doing?

Little guy

Jose Ramirez delivered an RBI single in the third inning and added a one-out single in the ninth. The rookie shortstop now has hits in seven of his last eight games. Since being recalled in late July, Ramirez is batting .306 (30-for-98). Over his last 14 games, Ramirez is hitting .370 (20-for-54).

Jose still not getting any respect. He's on the juice!

If anyone is keeping track, Jose is playing as well in the majors as Francisco is playing in AAA ball. Let him enjoy his hour in the sun. As long as he keeps playing a steady shortstop and providing some spark out of the second hole, l'm going to enjoy the moment. With Ramirez playing as well as he is and we keep winning, we should all be pretty happy about that even if he is on the juice.

Every discussion has become a third world folder.

Do you want us to limit discussion of foreign born players to their own separate compartment?

BA notes all these guys from Friday night. Got a little carried away with the 2014 draftees at Mahoning Valley:

CLE AA Wendle, Joe 2B 4 2 2 1 .261 2B (20), 3B (5)
CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus DH 4 3 2 1 .303 2B (30), BB (64)
CLE AAA Lindor, Francisco SS 4 1 2 0 .278 2B (4), BB (8)
CLE AAA Ramsey, James CF 4 1 1 0 .302 BB (11)
CLE LoA Paulino, Dorssys LF 4 0 1 0 .248
CLE LoA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 4 0 1 0 .266 2B (32)
CLE MAJ Ramirez, Jose SS 5 2 2 1 .260 SB (5)
CLE MAJ Walters, Zach DH 4 0 1 1 .186 2B (1)
CLE SS Allen, Greg RF 4 2 3 1 .252 2B (8), SB (28) [league leader in steals, by a margin of 7]
CLE SS Mejia, Francisco C 4 1 2 1 .278 2B (16)
CLE SS Murphy, Taylor LF 4 0 1 0 .251 [nothing significant about this guy]
CLE SS Patterson, Steven 2B 4 0 1 2 .261 2B (20) [league leader in doubles;
CLE SS Zimmer, Bradley CF 3 0 1 0 .304 [5th in the league in avg]

CLE AA Haley, Trey 0.2 4 3 3 0 2 7.98
CLE AAA Armstrong, Shawn 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.75
CLE MAJ Crockett, Kyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.85 [1 misdirected pitch and gone for the night]
CLE MAJ Lee, C.C. 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.32
CLE SS Carter, Jordan 2 4 2 2 0 1 2.60
CLE SS Feyereisen, J.P. 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Sv (4) For the season: 16-8-0-0-1-23 pretty good debut
CLE SS Speer, David 5 5 0 0 1 3 2.74 W (3-1) Our annual Ivy League pitcher, he's from Columbia

Would be happy if they made a waiver deal for an OF today. Dickerson has reverted to his norm, batting .147 in August with a stellar OPS of 436.

Ryan Raburn returns from the DL but all he's done when healthy is hit 191 with his own exciting OPS of 517.

Murphy is not ready to return.

Holt is ok. Aviles can't play everywhere. Moncrief is available for recall and can play a good RF.

Every discussion has become a third world folder

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What a goofball

Sorry Joe I forgot that you found your niche posting about leagues that no one cares about.

6. Victor Martinez. Martinez has been on fire since our last set of power rankings, hitting .344/.433/.526 in 180 plate appearances. He’s been among the best hitters in all of baseball this year, and no other free agent comes close to his 2014 production. Martinez is mostly a designated hitter at this point, and he’ll turn 36 in December. He’ll probably find a team willing to take their chances on a three-year deal, possibly in excess of the $45MM Carlos Beltran received.