SB Nation User Blog: tyler083

Tribe signs Weaver to AAA

tyler083 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:20:02 -0000

Tribe signs Weaver to AAA

"With trade rumors continuing to circulate around C.C. Sabathia, you may have wondered who would take the big lefty's spot in the rotation if he was indeed traded. Well, the Indians provided themselves with an option today by signing right-hander Jeff Weaver to a minor league contract and sending him to Class AAA Buffalo."

Huff and Martin to Buffalo

tyler083 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:50:51 -0000

Huff and Martin to Buffalo

"Lots of moves again today, the biggest being LHP David Huff being called up to Buffalo. This move is not official at the moment, but Huff is already en route to Buffalo."

"Also, RHP J.D. Martin was promoted from Akron to Buffalo. With Jeremy Sowers heading to Cleveland for his next start and Brian Slocum moving to the bullpen, the Indians need starters in Buffalo. Bad."

-Tony Lastoria

Sowers, not Laffey, gets the call

tyler083 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:00:45 -0000

Sowers, not Laffey, gets the call

"Wednesday afternoon, Indians manager Eric Wedge talked about the decision to promote left-hander Jeremy Sowers instead of Aaron Laffey for Saturday's start against the New York Yankees at Progressive Field. " - Hoynes

Antonetti turns down Cards, named future Indians GM

tyler083 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:33:45 -0000

I live in St. Louis and heard it on the radio while getting lunch.

You can read it on the post dispatch here.

UPDATE: The Indians reportedly convinced Assistant GM Chris Antonetti to stay in Cleveland, declining the Cardinals GM job, by essentially promising him that he would succeed Mark Shapiro, apparently on a somewhat specific timetable. Per ESPN.com:

It appeared Antonetti was leaning toward moving to St. Louis until Indians owner Paul Dolan stepped up, defined the succession process under which Mark Shapiro will eventually be the club president and Antonetti the GM and made other promises.

Antonetti said he was "very fortunate to have a choice of two of the best jobs there are with two of the best owners to work with," Antonetti said. "The Cardinals may be one of the top five GM jobs in the business, but we are very happy where we are and Paul Dolan made it impossible to leave."

Full story here. It's unclear how much the lack of free reign under St. Louis ownership affected Antonetti's decision, and it's probably never going to be clear. The Cardinals expected Antonetti to stick with an incument rising star as head of their farm system as well as La Russa as manager. Shapiro has often raved about the Dolan family's willingness to give him free reign to run the team's baseball operations within the budget available. We also don't know if a significant raise to GM-ish levels was part of the Indians' offer, but it does seem likely. [Jay]

Some Good News (Sowers & Marte)

tyler083 — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:56:41 -0000

Thought I'd try to throw in some good news. Last night Sowers pitched for Buffalo. He went 7 innings striking out 6 (but walked 4) and giving up only 2 runs.

But even more importantly, Marte seems to be coming on. Last night he had 2 hits (1 HR), and he's also has a HR in todays game. Over the past two weeks he's raised his average up to .260

Guthrie Out, Mujica to Buffalo

tyler083 — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:36:55 -0000

Not sure on the rules of quoting sources... so if this needs to be changed, let me know or feel free to change it.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Paul Hoynes reports that Betancourt is being activated while Guthrie is going back to AAA.

http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/pdsports/index.ssf?/mtlogs/cleve_pdsports/archives/2006_05.html#141 491

And Akron Beacon Journal Stephanie Storm reports that Mujica is being promoted to AAA.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/baseball/minor_league/akron_aeros/14589602.htm