tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post2209071647129842416..comments2024-03-16T08:21:16.037-04:00Comments on The DiaTribe: Head v. HeartPaul Cousineauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-4403801106565594152009-06-17T13:33:40.268-04:002009-06-17T13:33:40.268-04:00I tend not to be a big supporter of the "stud...I tend not to be a big supporter of the "stud reliever" theory. Good organizations can find them much easier than they can find above-average starters. One reason the Cardinals might be willing to trade a Chris Perez is because they're using journeyman Ryan Franklin to close games, and he has almost doubled his career save total already. No one would have remotely considered him a stud prior to this year. <br /><br />I'm going to be accused here of 20/20 hindsight, but I thought all along that the big signing of Kerry Wood considering the massive uncertainty in the rotation was a miscommitment of scarce resources. And now Wood is the proverbial hood ornament on the clunker. Wedge refuses to use him before the 9th inning, and the Tribe has lost game after game in the 8th.<br /><br />Hard to get excited about this coming fire sale, when none of the other ones have helped us do anything other than tread water. A fire sale conducted by a bad organization is just killing time. Maybe, just maybe, the Dolans will take note of what the non-$$$ Brewers have managed to do these last couple of years, and wonder why we can't seem to do the same.Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984348525069741897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-33544435053114396052009-06-17T12:22:07.292-04:002009-06-17T12:22:07.292-04:00x,
I guess I should say that a "bullpen arm&q...x,<br />I guess I should say that a "bullpen arm" to me is not a guy who would only help this year, but rather a guy like a Chris Perez in StL, who is a 22-year-old in MLB who some project as a dominant closer and has already spent some time closing. I'm not interested in some 27-year-old that we'll have control over for a few years, I'm looking for a stud to put in the back of that bullpen from Day 1 and for the next 5 years.<br /><br />Obviously, I'd love to replace that last line with "I'm looking for a stud to put in the FRONT OF THE ROTATION from Day 1 and for the next 5 years", but I just don't think DeRosa nets us that.<br /><br />Ultimately, I'd take a stud reliever over a fair-to-middling starter because I feel like we're overstocked on the latter and in desperate need of the former, particularly one who is young and already in MLB.<br /><br />DeRosa's time with the Indians has to be getting shorter and shorter the further they fall back in this as EVERY other team has taken advantage of the Tigers' 3-game losing streak (KC is 4 1/2 back)...all except for the Tribe.Paul Cousineauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-4761675417155673202009-06-17T11:42:22.276-04:002009-06-17T11:42:22.276-04:00this is hilarious commentary on the new belt being...this is hilarious commentary on the new belt being passed around:<br />http://www.clevescene.com/64-and-counting/archives/2009/06/17/out-game-balls-in-wwe-championship-beltsCy Slapnickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109399114263980881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-27335434433246300042009-06-17T10:03:27.081-04:002009-06-17T10:03:27.081-04:00Nice job dude, but your heart clearly clouds your ...Nice job dude, but your heart clearly clouds your mind. smell the roses. What will the tribe do with Ole Sheldon?the diatribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10410654260770823468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-85775131666454204892009-06-16T13:30:42.382-04:002009-06-16T13:30:42.382-04:00Another enjoyable piece, as is my expectation of t...Another enjoyable piece, as is my expectation of this blog.<br /><br />The question that keeps going through my mind as I read all of the bloggers (you, letsgotribe, etc.) talk about the Tribe being able to win the AL Central is: "so what if they do win the Central?" There is no way this team will make any kind of noise in the post-season, not with this pitching staff, bullpen and the fact that our offense always disappears in the playoffs. <br /><br />Moving DeRosa for a bullpen arm makes no sense to me - that is a short term solution (this season). Moving him for a starting pitcher for the next few years does. Whether or not we can win the Central, there is NO way this team gets past the first round. And with all of the question marks in the starting pitching the next few years (cf. your wave of arms piece), we have some serious work to do to put together a contender in the next few years.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583587849068250395noreply@blogger.com