It is past time for Carmona to go to the bullpen. There are 3 guys in Columbus that would be better than Carmona!

Well, Husker, it was worth a try.

Durbin moves up one spot in the bullpen, Fausto becomes the mop up long man.

Like now.

He could be good in long relief, holding the fort when the starter leaves with a 5 run deficit. No stress, Carmona can pitch. One of the most braindead players I can recall.

The Tony Horton of pitchers!

Yeah, Hillbilly, I tried. Time for him to go.

Maybe we're waiting to get the Clippers rotation lined up the Tribe's so the right guy is available to take Carmona's start after next.

Seems to me that every time they showed Nunnelly in the dugout, he was smiling or laughing. I believe that in the structure of the management of the team, the manager is the inspirational leader, and the coaches are the task-masters, the ones to tell you off if you need it. The fact that everyone liked Nunnelly tells me that he was having difficulties dumping on someone. Kind of like saying "Hey don't worry, we'll get them tomorrow" instead of "If you don't change your approach, the same thing will happen tomorrow".

If'n that was the case, good riddence!

Tribe had no trouble relieving OC of the second base job so what's the problem doing the same with Carmona? Of course, you'd have to chop someone else out of the bullpen, a minor matter compared to attempting a fix on a spot in the rotation.

So we should begin to believe that Brantley and Astrubal are solid long term pieces.

But where does it go from there?

Choo will be here until he's eligible for FA.

Santana still shows signs.

LaPorta looks so-so.

The others don't fit into the everyday picture for seasons to come.

Sizemore isn't going to bring back much in a trade right now.

So you've got 3 corner positions up for grabs(2) and iffy(1). Second base is the other spot.

Dump more fertilizer on the Farm crops and get 'em ready sooner than later.

Hamilton was on XM this morning and said that while the Tribe isn't adverse to adding pieces to help the club win this season, they are unwilling to deal any decent prospects to accomplish that goal. He said they are basically taking a very cautious appproach as they view the team performing one year ahead of schedule on the the field this year.

On pregame Manny says only positive things about Carmona. He's feeling good. He has no reason to replace hime. Of course he's not going to say anything else until the day he actually makes a change.

O.J.: I killed in self-defense

http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/36396

(This is what I do when the boss is looking -- then I go back to fantasy baseball)

I think Phelps shoud try a few games at 3B and SS to see how he does at being the utility guy, Jason Donald seems to have disappeared.

If Choo has really taken over a month to get over a DUI charge, is he tough enough to be considered a core piece for Cleveland?