Archive Indians Closer Kerry Wood Out 6-8 Weeks

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Eric Taylor

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Mar 20, 2010 3:17pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2010/news/story?id=5013052

wes_mantooth

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Mar 20, 2010 3:20pm

Not a biggie. They probably won't have a save situation for 10 weeks..lol

hoops23

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Mar 20, 2010 3:23pm

Damn right, because Cleveland is going to win by an average of 10-2 during this stretch.

wes_mantooth

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Mar 20, 2010 3:24pm

well, yeah.....what the hell did you think I meant??!!

HitsRus

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Mar 20, 2010 11:36pm

Closer? we don't need no stinkin' closer!

From the Hills

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Mar 20, 2010 11:39pm

Bring back Doug Jones, he should be in Dolan's price range.

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Footwedge

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Mar 21, 2010 12:27am

Sign Jamison, Nothing like a stretch 4 putting out rallies.

wes_mantooth

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Mar 21, 2010 12:29am

^^^^I lol'd

royal_k

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Mar 21, 2010 12:38pm

This gives Chris Perez a chance to close. Not a bad thing IMO. If he does well, Woods becomes tradeable. The twins will be looking for someone.

Laley23

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Mar 22, 2010 5:57pm

This team is gonna lose by 8 or win by 8. We wont need a closer all year.

Azubuike24

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Mar 22, 2010 6:44pm

Francisco Cordero can be had. A top 5-10 closer in MLB!

Cordero for Masterson or Brantley?

Laley23

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Mar 22, 2010 6:47pm

Azubuike24 wrote: Francisco Cordero can be had. A top 5-10 closer in MLB!

Cordero for Masterson or Brantley?

Blasphemy. Our players arent traded until the year after they hit their prime! You're gonna have to wait a couple more seasons.

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Footwedge

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Mar 22, 2010 6:58pm

Azubuike24 wrote: Francisco Cordero can be had. A top 5-10 closer in MLB!

Cordero for Masterson or Brantley?

Nope...we like Masterson. Not sure about Brantley yet.

Azubuike24

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Mar 22, 2010 7:07pm

I'm a big Masterson fan. Not sure the Reds really would have a place for him, so I figured Brantley would be someone for the future in the OF with Stubbs, Bruce, Heisey and others.

royal_k

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Mar 22, 2010 9:16pm

I don't think Masterson or Brantley are going anywhere. There hasn't been a Cy Young or a batting title yet.

BigAppleBuckeye

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Mar 22, 2010 9:29pm

royal_k wrote: This gives Chris Perez a chance to close. Not a bad thing IMO. If he does well, Woods becomes tradeable. The twins will be looking for someone.

How good is Chris Perez? From what I have read, he has good stuff, strikes out a lot of hitters. Indians fans, any insight? I picked him up in my fantasy league on a whim, is it worth it?

Laley23

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Mar 22, 2010 10:11pm

BigAppleBuckeye wrote:
royal_k wrote: This gives Chris Perez a chance to close. Not a bad thing IMO. If he does well, Woods becomes tradeable. The twins will be looking for someone.
How good is Chris Perez? From what I have read, he has good stuff, strikes out a lot of hitters. Indians fans, any insight? I picked him up in my fantasy league on a whim, is it worth it?

Hes a wild man, both on the field and off. Think Wild Thing from Major League, haha. He does have some sick stuff though. If he has it all figured out (he is young) he will be a good bullpen arm who will get the Ks. But he can also walk the world and have the big inning. I think we will find out early on what type of year he will have.

royal_k

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Mar 23, 2010 5:10am

Carmona pitches well again against Cubs "A" lineup.

http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100322&content_id=8872752&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle

hoops23

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Mar 23, 2010 5:55am

Carmona looked like 'Fabulous Fausto" yesterday..

His stuff was filthy and in the strike zone. Hopefully he's got it figured out, because he's looked good this spring.

september63

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Mar 23, 2010 6:17am

I think this Wood injury is more of a problem. He is fragile and likely one injury away from being done. I hope this isnt it but I dont feel good about him having a successful season in Cleveland.

HitsRus

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Mar 23, 2010 7:05am

royal_k wrote: This gives Chris Perez a chance to close. Not a bad thing IMO. If he does well, Woods becomes tradeable. The twins will be looking for someone.

This.

The Tribe will be looking to dump Wood's salary. I'm anxious to see if Perz can do it.

Tribe will NOT trade Brantley or Masterson for a closer.

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Swamp Fox

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Mar 23, 2010 10:29am

I don't think it matters much.

Laley23

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Mar 23, 2010 10:56am

september63 wrote: I think this Wood injury is more of a problem. He is fragile and likely one injury away from being done. I hope this isnt it but I dont feel good about him having a successful season in Cleveland.

He wasnt ever gonna have a successful year in Cleveland, lol. You have to be on a team who gives you some save opportunities.

royal_k

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Mar 28, 2010 6:42am

Carmona putting doubters to rest.....

http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100327&content_id=8971434&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle

Tigerfan00

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Mar 28, 2010 9:45am

I just read in the plain dealer that Carmona has only let up 1 run in 20 innings so far and only needed 70 pitches to get through 7 innings yesterday against Arizona.It also said that Arizona complained to the umps during the game about the color of Carmonas glove saying it was disguising the ball. The umps allowed him to use it the rest of the game but said he could not use during the regular season.