Tribe Day Off - They Need It

The Indians have a day off to day and by Tuesday should have Carlos Santana back in the lineup and by Wednesday Johnny Damon back in LF. Hopefully the Indians will hold off on returning Carlos Santana to behind home plate and take advantage of the opening at Designated Hitter created by the Travis Hafner injury. 

The best move for the Indians to make is to send Matt LaPorta back to Columbus on Tuesday and activate Santana and stick him at DH. 

Then on Wednesday activate Johnny Damon and send Diaz to the minors. 

After 7-10 days with Santana splitting time at DH/1b the Indians could elect to send one of the catchers back to AAA and call up a useful player to help with the roster but by then we could be nearing the return of Jack Hannahan so the roster move may be an easy one.

As Kerry Wood Sets to Retire A Look Back At Three M'aidez

Kerry Wood struggled in a game in May, this time on May 9th, and for the second time in 2 years he'll need to replace his glove as a result except this time the life expectancy of the new glove will be short lived as he is set to announce his retirement in the next day or two.

On May 8, 2012, Kerry Wood walked off the mound after an unsuccessful outing and tossed his glove and hat into the stands. After the game he was asked about the incident and responded:

After the game Wood was asked about the glove toss which he responded, "Irrelevant,  had nothing to do with the game" and when he was asked if he felt as sharp as he needed to be Wood said,  "Obviously, with giving up a five-spot, I'm not [expletive] sharp."

On May 19, 2009, Wood then the closer for the Cleveland Indians was handed a 5-2 lead to protect against the Royals in Kansas City. The lead evaporated in magnificent fashion no back to back solo homers, a walk, RBI triple, and walk-off sacrifice fly.

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On May 18, 2010, nearly a year to the day that he couldn't protect a 3-run lead in KC, the Indians handed him the ball with a 4-3 lead vs the Royals in Cleveland. He proceeded to give the lead back on an leadoff triple, infield single, RBI double, intentional walk, and a bases clearing double to put the Royals in front 8-4. As Wood walked off the field that day he chucked his glove into the stands in frustration and said this to reporters after the game.

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Indians Organization Report - 05/15/2012

Corey Kluber registered 6 strikeouts through the first four innings but was unable to make it out of the fifth as the Columbus Clippers lost to the Syracuse Chiefs 5-1. Kluber worked 4.1 innings and was charged with 5R/5ER allowing 9 hits while striking out 6 and walking 2.

T.J. McFarland made his 8th start on the year and improved to 7-1 and lowered his ERA to 1.85. He worked 7 innings allowing 3 hits while striking out 6 and walking 0. The Aeros offense was led by Jared Goedert who went x-x with a home run and x driven in to raise his average to .378 on the year. Tim Fedroff hit his 1st homer on the year and is hitting .339 on the year.

The Carolina Mudcats lost the first game of a doubleheader 8-6 as the Salem Red Sox scored 7R/6ER on Mudcat starter Mike Rayl in 2.2 innings. Jerome Tice and Carlos Moncrief each homered for the Mudcats in the loss and in an oddity the Mudcats had nine hits with each member of the lineup having exactly 1.

Cody Anderson improved his record to 4-1 and dropped his ERA to an impressive 1.89 on the year by going 6 innings allowing 1R/1ER on 2 hits while striking out 5 and walking 1 in a 5-1 Lake County Captains victory over the Great Lake Loons. Francisco Lindor had two hits to raise his average to .319 on the year.

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Indians Organization Report - 05/14/12

The Columbus Clippers defeated the Pawtucket Red Sox 5-3. Eric Berger worked the first six innings allowing 2R/1ER on 5 hits while striking out 4 and walking 1. Scott Barnes worked 2 innings in relief and allowed 1R/1ER, and Chris Ray worked a scoreless ninth for his 6th save on the year and lowered his ERA to 2.08. Matt Laporta delivered a 3-run homer to pace the offense.

The Akron Aeros dropped a game to the Erie Sea Wolves by a final of 6-3. Giovanni Soto had his second rough outing in a row going 4.1 innings allowing 5R/4ER on 8 hits while walking 4 and only striking out 3.Adam Abraham and Kyle Bellows each hit solo homer for the Aeros.

The Lake County Captains defeated the Great Lake Loons by a final score of 6-3. Joseph Colon worked into the 9th inning completing 8.1 innings while surrendering 3R/3ER on 7 hits while striking out 4 and walking none. Additionally, 12 of his outs were of the groundball variety. Tribe Top Prospect Francisco Lindor went 2-4 with a homer and 5 RBI on the night to push his season numbers to .312/.385/.475 with four homers, three triples, and five doubles. HE has 11 walks to only 19 strike outs and has 11 stolen bases in 15 attempts...oh, and he is still only 18 years old and won't turn 19 until after the season ends.


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Indians Organizational Report - 05/12/2012

The Clippers were defeated by the Pawtucket Red Sox but the good news is that minor league journeyman Ben Copeland connected on 2 home runs, Russ Canzler hit a home run, an Ezequiel Carrera had 3 hits. Daisuke Matsuzaka made the rehab start for Pawtucket and went 5.1 inning allowing 5R/5ER on 7 hits striking out 5 and walking 1.

The Akron Aeros lost 6-5 to the Harrisburg Senators and like the Clippers the highlight was three hits by a non prospect Thomas Neal who had 3 hits on the night.A name to keep an eye on in Akron is closer Kyle Landis who tossed another scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 0.48 on the year.

The Carolina Mudcats beat the Potomac Nationals 8-2.  Kyle Blair tossed 5 innings allowing 1R/1ER on 1 hits striking out 5 and walking 1. Jeremie Tice went 2-4 with 5 RBI and raise his average to .342 on the year.

The Lake County Captains behind the solid pitching of Felix Sterling defeated the Great Lake Loons 6-4. Sterling went 6 innings allowing 1R/1ER on 3 hits while striking out 4 and walking 2.


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Lewis Pollis takes a look at the Indians 4-1 loss to the Red Sox

Indians Organizational Report -05/11/12

Cord Phelps was the only bright spot for the Clippers as they lost to Pawtucket Red Sox 5-1. Phelps hit his third homer and a double. Chris Seddon took the loss for the Clippers who drop to 17-17 on the season.

Knuckleballer Steven Wright has his first rough outing of the season giving up 5R/4ER on 5H while walking 3 and striking out 2 as the Akron Aeros fell to the Harrisburg Senators 8-1.  Rob Bryson dropped his ERA to 2.60 with two scoreless innings.

Micheal Goodnight of the Carolina Mudcats pitched the first 3.2 innings giving up only 1R/1ER but had to be removed from the game after a line drive hit him in the elbow. The Mudcats offense was led by Carlos Moncrief (3-3 with a walk) and Jake Lowery (2-4) as they defeated the Potomac Nationals 9-2.

Luigi Rodriguez and Alex Lavisky both had multi-hit games but it wasn't enough as the Dayton Dragons defeated the Lake County Captains 5-4.

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