Guys Cody Allen has really gone south since a nice start and Andrew Miller has totally sucked the whole month!

Allen at 5.40 and Miller at 6.75.

These guys wanted some $, understandably, and it just may turn out the right thing to walk away from them. And with Mejia's struggles behind the plate defensively that deal with S.D. for Hand (and Cimber) is looking golden.

It is early of course.

Ok, let me know when he starts to hit and I will be happy.

hadn't seen Cody's struggles. Too bad. Good guy.

I doubt it, Civ. The dude hit 296 with 14 homers in 300+ at bats as a rookie and you still never liked him.

If the Indians would stick him in the lineup and leave him there he would hit. He’d have hot streaks and cold, like everyone else.

Unfortunately we won’t get to see that, because the Tribe made a stupid trade and are feeling the pressure with Bauers. They will leave him in the lineup and hope he pans out so they don’t have egg of their face.

Tito has his favorites and he has guys he just won’t give a chance. He’d play Michael Martinez over Naquin or Yandy.

Yankees acquired OF Cameron Maybin from the Indians for cash considerations.

Maybin signed a non-guaranteed minor league contract with the Indians in late March after getting released from Giants camp and was batting .229/.397/.292 through 63 plate appearances this season at Triple-A Columbus. He could be added to the Yankees' major league roster immediately given all the injuries on their outfield depth chart.

Maybin, 32, had a .662 OPS with four homers and 10 stolen bases in 129 games last year between the Marlins and Mariners.

Speaking of the Yankees they have won 6 games in a row fielding a junior varsity team.

At some point we have to stop making excuses. We are a game behind the f’n Twins.

How bad are the Indians' bats?

http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/_/st ... /league/al

The team is 13-10 in the only stat that matters but compared to other teams, the bats worse than awful.

All Naquin has to do is repeat something close to his rookie year. If he does, great. If he doesn't, not so great. Anyone can convince me he's better than I expect. or worse. I never thought Joe would be right about Jose Ramirez, and he was. I have backed all sorts of outfielders coming through the minors who flopped. Even Vic Davalillo himself didn't in fact turn out to be a hall of famer. I will admit that the ratio of walks to strikeouts is one fact that I pay a lot of attention, perhaps too much.

Another addition to my all obnoxious team: Keith Hernandez

Tom Withers @twithersAP
24 minutes ago
#Indians recall former All-Star reliever Tyler Clippard, forced to start season on injured list.

Loufla:

Of course my list will always begin with Dwight Gooden, the washed up thug.

Ty Cobb, obviously.
Denny McLain
Jose Canseco
Lenny Dykstra
Roger Clemens and Keith Hernandez were good choices, IMO.
Milton Bradley

Although he was a favorite of mine because my hypocrisy knows no bounds, Albert Belle might have to be on the list just because he was a huge a hole.

There was a Mets pitcher, Machado, who shot a woman in the head. That dude should make the list.

Mel Hall and Chad Curtis both sexually assaulted young girls.

Pete Rose was always full of himself aside from his other issues. He might make my team.

How about that Expos closer, Urbina. Attacked guys working for him with machetes then tried burning their bodies. I am pretty sure he would get a starting spot.

Orlando Cepeda was busted for smuggling drugs. He might get a spot on the bench.

How many times was Steve Howe suspended for drug use? 7? He might get a set up roll.

Oh, John Rocker would definitely get a set up roll.

The owner of the team might be Marge Schott. Heil Hitler

Youi've put together a pretty impressive team of very unimpressive human beings!

Clippard is up, as noted, and JRod is down.

The next time we need a fifth starter is about 10 days from now. That give Cody Anderson and Neil Ramirez and I forget his first name Olson 10 days to prove he belongs on the major league roster. In May the 5th starter will turn into a regular assignment and Rodriguez certainly has won himself at least several more starts [and there's no one pitching well enough in Columbus to challenge him for that assignment anyway; except Michael Peoples who's been as much of a surprise as JRod's fillin as Jefry has been for Clev]

Nice job, Hillbilly

That list of all-time baseball pieces of shit brought back a lot of memories.

Well, when it comes to unimpressive human beings I can be an expert!