Random thoughts from a less than active blogger...
Not much interesting going on with the Tribe, they are battling for last place, their most interesting youngsters are still years away from the bigs, and football season is almost here. It is hard for me to get too involved with this team on a daily basis with updates as it is just not that compelling. When Hafner and Martinez come back, that should infuse my fandom a bit again.
The Paul Byrd trade saved the Indians 2 million dollars, let's see them spend it next year.
Jensen Lewis' velocity is up and is closing now. He looks good, but can he pitch this way in April and May?
The 2009 Tribe thirdbasemen will not be Andy Marte.
Adam Miller will be in the bullpen in the Majors in 2009.
Francisco and Choo are a lock next season, unless one is traded.
Sal Fasano is still awesome.
Two pitchers between Laffey, Sowers, Reyes, and Huff will be in the starting rotation at the start of next year.
Asdrubal is hitting in August, can he hit in April?
Ryan Garko will be on this team next season.
The Kansas City Royals come to town in the battle for the basement tonight.
2 comments:
Strangely I actually noticed your absence.
First the Tribe are an amazing 1.5 games ahead of the last place Royals, not exactly pennant chase territory but technically not last either.
Second, not interesting? The Tribe are 7-3 over the last 10 and took a series from the Angels. Yes this team was the first AL team to win a series against the Angels since mid-May.
While maybe not the excitement of last August/September this team was easily the best team in last place in baseball a week ago. There is plenty of baseball left to play and while the bullpen will make you worry about every lead, there is still the development of Sowers, Reyes, Laffey, and Jackson to look forward to. On top of that we have Cliff Lee with a 17-2 record for a horrible team.
Even in a season like this baseball offers so much.
thanks for noticing, that at least lets me know someone checks this place out. I agree with your assessment, my fair-weatherdom is unfortunately creeping into my feelings toward this season. I sometimes forget to realize that 2 of their top 3 hitters have been out the majority of the year. Hopefully Shapiro can work some magic in the offseason as their are many many holes to be filled for the Tribe to contend in 2009.
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