Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Tony Sipp called up, Zach Jackson sent down.

With the Cleveland bullpen in complete shambles, the Indians have called upon rookie left hander Tony Sipp to try and help straighten out the relief corps. The 25 year old Sipp has stuckout out 10 batters in 7 innings for the Clippers, while posting a 3.86 ERA. Tony has been a guy the Indians have been high on for years while he has went through various injuries. His 40 Man Roster status is a main reason he was called upon as the only other real options without designating someone for assignment would be Jon Meloan and Rich Rundles. Meloan got knocked around pretty hard in his last outing, and Rundles is primarily a left handed matchup guy. The Tribe's late inning guys have been atrocious this year, so it really can't get much worse. Jackson was only used twice out of the pen this season, and is more of a long relief guy rather than a setup pitcher. Zach may even see some starts down in Triple A. Cliff Lee takes on Brian Bannister tonight as the Indians look to string together two consecutive wins for the first time this season.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Tony Sipp is my new favorite Indian. I'm also a huge fan of Rich Rundles.