Tagged: Zack McAllister
Indians Offseason???
With Francona becoming the leader of the Tribe what happens in the offseason??? Let’s evaluate it piece by piece
DH- I don’t see Hafner coming back without a MAJOR pay cut but the Indians have shocked me before. What I do think will happen though is that the Tribe decides to rotate guys in the DH role but guys like Carlos Santana getting the majority of the reps and Matt LaPorta (providing he makes the team)
C- It should stay the same Carlos getting a lot of PT there and Marson getting more
1B- Here’s the position with the most question marks. Will Kotchman be back, will Ruzz Canzler get playing time there, will matt Laporta be back?? We shall see. What i see is Matt Laporta and Casey Kotchman getting the majority of the resp
2b- 1 name KIPNIS
SS- A. CAB
3b- rather kevin youklis signs with cleveland or chistenhall and hanahan get the reps
inf role- look at 3b, phelps might get a shot,lillibridge
OF- Choo are everyday Brantly guys like Lillibridge and Canzler should still get a lot of playing time
Projected Rotation-
1.Justin Masterson
2. Free Agent pickup
3. Ubaldo Jimenez
4. Roberto Hernandez
5. David Huff/ Corey Kluber/ Jeanmear Gomez/ Zack McAllister/ Josh Tomlin (they will have to fight it out in Spring)
Bull pen-
Closer: CP
SU: Vinnie Pestano
MR: Joe Smith
Others (most likely to least likely): Cody Allen, Esmil Rodgers, Rafael Perez, Josh Tomlin, Tony Sipp, Nick Hagadone, Scott Barnes, Frank Herman, Free Agent, Chris Shelden
Trade Possiblities
Choo???- I dont see this happening the Indians I think will try and sign him to a long term deal, he will be in cleveland on oppening day, they might try and get a long term deal done by the end of spring
CP??- With Vinnie being able to close games this deal would make sense especially after Chris’s crude comments this past season, could get a pretty nice return (prospect wise)
Tony Sipp- A name that could pitch well in a different environment he seems like a NL pitcher
Masterson- this doesn’t look to be happening but if a fanastic return this could happen I don’t see it
Hannahan- ONLY if the Indians sign Youk there would be not point in having him with Chistenhall and Youk all on the same roster
Side Note: I feel as if Grady Sizemore will sign a minot league deal in this offseason
July 16th
Choo started the game off with a double that was rumored to be a home run then went back and changed to a double. Then a cab moved him over on a ground out. He would score on a passed ball. Nobody would score until the 3rd when the Indains hit 3 doubles in the inning to score 2 runs. It all started with a double by johnny damon then choo and would steal 3rd after a cab struck out, then the 3rd double of the inning coming from kipnis that would knock in choo and the Indains would lead to a 3 – 0 lead. In the 4th inning the tribe would load up the bases with nobody out. Damon would strike out, choo would pop out and a cab would strike out. So no runs for the tribe. The rays though would score in the bottom half to punish the tribe for leaving them loaded with 3 consecutive basehits. That would be all they would score that inning 3-1 tribe. Nobody would score until in the 7th jennings would hit a solo home run. That would be all the scoring in this game. 3-2 Final
McAllister would pitch 6 innings allowing 1 run while surrendering 3 hits and 4 walks. Rodgers would come in and allow the run in the 7th. Sipp would walk a batter. Then the Vinnie-Chris setup worked again as Perez saved his 26th and vinnie holds his 25th.
July 8th (the day of the all stars [haha])
There was no score in the first but in the second the indains started it out with hafner getting hit by a pitch. Next, brantly, got a base hit moving hafner to second. Carols grounded out sending hafner to 3rd and brantly to 2nd. kotchman would knock hafner in with a basehit. Then lopez would ground into a double play to end the threat. The rays failed to score in the 3rd but the tribe didnt, it all started with a johnny damon triple in which he would score on a error on james shields for trying to pick him off but failing. A cab and choo both got out but kipnis got a double and would be brought in by hafner on a fielding error by Jeff Keppinger. No further runs would score in this inning and again the rays failed to score but again the tribe did, casey kotchman lead off the half inning but nobody else would do anything. The 5th the rays would fail to score again but the indians striked again. Kipnis got a basehit, hafner grounded out which advanced kipnis to 2nd. Brantly would walk. Carlos grounded into a fielder’s choice (getting brantly at 2nd) and kipnis advanced to 3rd, then kotchman singled knocking in kipnis. Then Lopez struck out.
Then the start of the “all star preformance” from a cab. After the indians recorded an out, carlos pena hit a ground ball that should have been an easy play for a cab but he tossed the ball and pena as a result recieved a base hit out of the manner. Then the indians should have had an easy double play but a cab dropped a catchable kipnis toss putting runners on 1st and second (that of coarse was rulled an error)Luke Scott would then double bringing 2 rays in. Jeff Keppinger would walk. Desmond Jennings would then double bringing in 2 runs,then acta would go to the bullpen bringing in smith to stop the bleeding (despite the fact McAllister did not allow an earned run) he did. Nobody would strike again until the bottom of 8 when choo would hit a solo shot. The indians would score no more.
Perez then came into the game saving 25 straight games, or something like that but that wouldn’t last after giving up a lead off home run to Will Rhymes (his first in two years). Elliot Johnson would triple and carlos pena would hit a triple bringing him in. Ben Zoberist would bring in the go ahead run in with a basehit and unfortunately that s all she wrote.
MVI- McAllister
Good- “, pretty good offensive production, anyone not an all star
Bad- Both all stars (Perez and a.cab)
july 3rd
The Indians started off hitting well and pitching excellent. Zack McCallister started off pitching a gem going perfect through 2 1/3 and then finally he blew up in the 5th giving up 5 runs, he would then continue another inning of work while joe smith came in. Then vinnie pestano came in and recorded an out, finally the tarps came out and there was a rain delay. About an hour later it was over. The Indians pen then recorded 5 outs without giving a run up giving the indians the win in the game
The offense started with choo getting a triple and then eventually kipnis brought him in with a basehit. Shelly Duncan later got a sac fly in the 2nd. Jack doubled to bring in a run in the same frame. Shelly then in the 4th hit a monster home run. The Indians in the 5th caught the angels with a double from jose lopez. The Indians then took the lead on an Albert Pujols throwing error that brought in two. The Indians then had 2 innings that they scored 1 run in each.
MVI- Shelly Duncan
Good- The Indains pitching was fantastic except in the 5th and the offense supplied many runs
Bad- The error cost the Indians a couple runs, and the pitching in the 5th
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