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Mitchell- You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows
The Tribe and White Sox combined to club in 32 runs yesterday with the wind whipping out to left field at the Ballpark at Camelback Ranch. Luis Valbuena hit two home runs which is good. The homers were just his 2nd and 3rd hit of the spring, which is bad. However, if these trends continue, heeeeeyyyyyy! (For future reference, any opportunity for a Disco Stu allusion will be taken in this space.)
As for the rest of the likely or possible Clippers, here’s what the early stats look like, and they are still early. Notice that Jordan Brown is once again off to a hot start and Lonnie Chisenhall is making himself difficult to send away.
Cleveland Indians
NAME BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
Brown .308 .538 .400 5 13 2 4 7 1 1 0 4
Buck .471 .706 .500 6 17 5 8 12 1 0 1 3
Carlin .200 .200 .429 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Carrera .364 .500 .517 8 22 6 8 11 0 0 1 7
Chisenhall .467 1.000 .556 7 15 4 7 15 2 0 2 4
Donald .375 .500 .444 4 8 1 3 4 1 0 0 0
Duncan .375 .625 .375 3 8 2 3 5 2 0 0 0
Everett .385 .385 .500 6 13 1 5 5 0 0 0 1
Goedert .000 .000 .000 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hannahan .400 .467 .526 7 15 2 6 7 1 0 0 0
Head .077 .154 .188 8 13 1 1 2 1 0 0 2
Huffman .571 1.000 .667 6 14 5 8 14 3 0 1 3
Kipnis .154 .385 .267 6 13 2 2 5 0 0 1 2
Marson .125 .125 .300 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
McBride .154 .231 .154 6 13 2 2 3 1 0 0 2
Phelps .222 .333 .417 8 9 2 2 3 1 0 0 1
Phillips .417 .417 .417 4 12 3 5 5 0 0 0 1
Valbuena .188 .563 .350 7 16 7 3 9 0 0 2 6
Weglarz .286 .857 .545 4 7 3 2 6 1 0 1 4
Includes games of Monday, March 7, 2011
NAME W L ERA G INN H BFP AB R ER BB IBB SO WP BK BA
Germano 0 0 0.00 2 2.0 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250
Gomez 0 1 8.31 2 4.1 6 18 15 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 .400
Herrmann 0 0 0.00 3 4.0 4 16 15 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .267
Huff 1 0 0.00 2 5.0 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .125
Judy 0 1 20.25 2 1.1 4 8 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Mathis 0 1 3.60 4 5.0 5 19 18 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 .278
McAllister 0 0 0.00 2 4.0 5 18 17 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 .294
Pestano 0 0 0.00 3 3.0 0 10 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .000
Pino 0 0 9.00 1 1.0 3 8 7 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 .429
Putnam 0 0 18.00 2 2.0 3 10 8 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 .375
Todd 0 0 2.70 3 3.1 3 16 13 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 .231
Tomlin 0 0 1.80 2 5.0 5 18 18 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .278
White 0 1 6.00 2 3.0 3 14 12 2 2 2 0 4 1 0 .250
Mitchell- Will they Trade for Miguel too?
It seems the Indians are poised to sign free agent SS Orlando Cabrera. The veteran hit .263 in 123 games for Cincinnati last season but was essentially replaced by Edgar Renteria.
Asdrubal Cabrera has been the shortstop in Cleveland for a couple of years now, but came up as a 2B. Orlando has only played 33 career games at 2B. Who plays where is an interesting situation and what it means for the Clippers roster is too.
Heading into spring, Columbus didn’t have a clear Shortstop option, but this move may clear things up. Unless he completely outperforms Jayson Nix, look for Jason Donald, who still has minor league options, to be back in Triple-A at least to start the year. Luis Valbuena might be a good bet to lose out on a spot as well if Adam Everett plays well in ST. If that happens, Luis V might be out of luck in Triple-A too where the infield is going to be a crowded house. Valbuena’s 2010 season (.193 BA 3-1 K-BB ratio) did him no favors, but a very solid rookie campaign in 2009 (38 extra-base hits in 103 games) might be enough to keep him on the utility radar if Everett and Donald falter (though he was terrible at 3B).
Valbuena came up as a 2B, but was rounded out the last few years. Donald is a shortstop by trade, but projects more as a 2B, where he looked comfortable. With Jason Kipnis as the 2B of the (maybe near) future and Lonnie Chisenhall poised to move on 3B, shortstop might be the best bet for young players looking for a regular spot on the Cleveland infield. Asdrubal Cabrera had a very good 2009, but his range last year was down and his overall play might not justify where his salary is going to go in the next few years.
Of course, if the Indians are out of the play-off race in July, look for O. Cabrera to be a trade chip for Chris Antonetti in a TLC Flip-This-House move for the future. Do people still flip houses?
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Did You Guys See the Size of that Chicken?
If the Clippers get a chance to defend their Triple-A National Championship, they will have to log a few more miles than last year. The National Championship game has been moved from Oklahoma City, OK to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Columbus beat the Tacoma Rainiers last season to become Triple-A National Champions, the Clippers 1st such distinction.
Here is the story. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110208&content_id=16594946&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp
The contest was formerly known as the “Bricktown Showdown” after the name of the RedHawks home, Bricktown Ballpark. As an exercise in beating the cursed cold, I open to you, who pine for June nights at the ballpark, the chance to come up with a name for the battle of the International League and Pacific Coast League Champions in “The Land of Enchantment.” It won’t be official, but we can certainly use different terms throughout the year to talk about the contest and it should be fun.
Bonus Points for getting the title of this post.
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