Battle of Ohio ---- Part II Tribe @ Reds

• HitsRus

  

  Salazar takes the hill for the northerners .
  
  Swisher back in the line up... Good or bad?
• vball10set

  HitsRus;1641910 wrote:Salazar takes the hill for the northerners .
  
  Swisher back in the line up... Good or bad?

  Good and good...Swisher was heating up before he got hurt.
• Con_Alma

  Swisher did have a pretty good home-stand at the plate.
• HitsRus

  

  Nobody is tearing it up tonight
• vball10set

  HitsRus;1641940 wrote:Nobody is tearing it up tonight

  Kipnis is.
• Footwedge

  Tribe's lack of starting pitching rearing ugly head again tonight.
• vball10set

  Footwedge;1641946 wrote:Tribe's lack of starting pitching rearing ugly head again tonight.

  With the exception of Kluber, you are spot on.
• HitsRus

  

  Salazar optioned back to Columbus....with these guys bouncing up and down, how do they get comfortable? Do you think that effects their consistency?
• Glory Days

  

  HitsRus;1641974 wrote:Salazar optioned back to Columbus....with these guys bouncing up and down, how do they get comfortable? Do you think that effects their consistency?

  No, they still suck. If they really want Salazar as a starter, he needs to spend a lot more time down at AAA. Personally I am not convinced he will ever be a starter. A closer or relief pitcher yes. But more than one time through the order and he gets hammered.
• vball10set

  Glory Days;1641979 wrote:A closer or relief pitcher yes. But more than one time through the order and he gets hammered.

  I agree, and I said this exact same thing a couple of threads ago.
• TBone14

  

  If the Tribe were going to make a late run, they needed Salazar and Bauer to have great 2nd halves. It isn't happening. Tomlin hasn't been good. I have remained positive all year but realistically, we don't have the effective arms to put together an extended 7+ game winning streak which we desperately need.
• HitsRus

  

  TBone14;1641999 wrote:If the Tribe were going to make a late run, they needed Salazar and Bauer to have great 2nd halves. It isn't happening. Tomlin hasn't been good. I have remained positive all year but realistically, we don't have the effective arms to put together an extended 7+ game winning streak which we desperately need.

  Tomlin is OK as a #5 guy in the rotation.
  
  I'm afraid the front office has 'run up the white flag' even if they are unwilling to admit it publically, and to the team itself. If the Tribe was serious about making a run, it would have turned and packaged the prospects ( or someone like them)received for Druby and Masterson and obtained an established solid pitcher like David Price. Instead, they let the Tigers get him. The Tigers get stronger for a stretch run, while we trade veterans for prospects. Who do they think will lead the charge into postseason?
  So we will continue to see them rotate their AAAA pitchers...and they'll win some and lose some. The only thing with any consistency on this team is the bullpen, without that, the Tribe would be a bottom feeder.
• Ironman92

  

  Brantley for Homer Bailey and Ludwick
• TBone14

  

  HitsRus;1642012 wrote:Tomlin is OK as a #5 guy in the rotation.
  
  I'm afraid the front office has 'run up the white flag' even if they are unwilling to admit it publically, and to the team itself. If the Tribe was serious about making a run, it would have turned and packaged the prospects ( or someone like them)received for Druby and Masterson and obtained an established solid pitcher like David Price. Instead, they let the Tigers get him. The Tigers get stronger for a stretch run, while we trade veterans for prospects. Who do they think will lead the charge into postseason?
  So we will continue to see them rotate their AAAA pitchers...and they'll win some and lose some. The only thing with any consistency on this team is the bullpen, without that, the Tribe would be a bottom feeder.

  This team is and probably always was a year away from seriously contending. This offseason will be crucial. Maybe they have another Cinderella run in them but they are going to either get some better starting pitching stat or start hitting the cover off the ball.
• vball10set

  Ironman92;1642056 wrote:Brantley for Cueto and Votto

  ok
• Ironman92

  

  vball10set;1642121 wrote:ok

  I'd probably bite on Brantley for Votto
• vball10set

  Ironman92;1642135 wrote:I'd probably bite on Brantley for Votto

  
  No...both or neither.
• Ironman92

  

  vball10set;1642204 wrote:No...both or neither.

  I guess not. Cueto is too damn good.
• vball10set

  Ironman92;1642212 wrote:I guess not. Cueto is too damn good.

  Yup
• Con_Alma

  Vinnie Pestano has been traded to the Angels.
• vball10set

  Con_Alma;1642295 wrote:Vinnie Pestano has been traded to the Angels.

  I completely forgot about him.
• Laley23

  

  Got a 23 year old P who is 4-3 at A ball this year. Pestano was dead weight, so good to get a young arm...but little to no expectations for him. Still like the move to dump Vinnie.
• Con_Alma

  Sounds like the Angels are sending to AAA also.
• HitsRus

  

  ... And so the last of the bullpen mafia is jettisoned. Some sadness . .... Good memories.
• HitsRus

  

  The Tribe is down 4-0 in the 7th...
  
  
  Bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar,
  rum. He will come.