Before the game, Ubaldo Jimenez stated that he had finally settled in with his mechanics and, once on the mound, only needed to concern himself with retiring hitters. I believe it. There is no knocking Big U's last two starts coming in (1.32 ERA, 0.80 WHIP), but today's outing is indicative of what we he will produce on a consistent basis. He'll give you about 6 innings with an ERA around 4.00, a WHIP in the range of 1.5 (hopefully closer to 1.3) and about a strikeout an inning. Is he, like all pitchers, going to have good days and bad days? Of course. Still, today is the baseline. Today is what we should expect from the guy for whom we traded our farm.
I'm getting awfully tired of saying it, but something must be done about Tony Sipp and his 6.95 ERA. Unfortunately, with Scott Barnes shipped back to Columbus and Rafael Perez likely not ready to return for at least a month, there are no options. woManny will not go with just one lefty in the pen. Regardless of whether it's a good idea or not, it's simply not up for discussion. Given the dearth of upper level left handers, I, as of right now, am advocating the purchase of Chris Seddon's contract. Neither Seddon's MLB career (1-2, 7.03) nor 2012 AAA numbers (7-4, 3.78 as a starter) will wow you, but, again, the Sipp situation is untenable. Seddon was in big league camp during Spring Training and held his own (10 K, 1 BB in 8.1 IP). Although Seddon is a fringe guy, he is in the organization for a reason: depth. Now is when we need that depth. While it's not an optimal situation or even a preferable one, it is what we have to deal with and, if the Indians are going to stick in the Central race all summer, the sort of tough decision that must be made properly.
Gotta go. Let's win that series tomorrow.
Roll Tribe.
Cheers.
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