In any case, here are some of the recent pitching changes/moves:
- The Indians have released three pitchers in the past few days: left-hander Ryan Edell and right-hander Erik Stiller at Double-A Akron, and at High-A Kinston right-hander Steve Smith was released. Right-hander Neil Wagner (pictured) was initially thought to be released, but has been picked up by Oakland and it appears a last minute trade occurred.
- Right-hander Zach Putnam has been removed from the Akron starting rotation and will pitch in the bullpen, and right-hander Justin Germano is temporarily filling his spot in the rotation.
- Right-hander Josh Judy will be activated at Double-A Akron on Tuesday (hence the Stiller/Wagner release).
- Right-hander Rob Bryson has been promoted to High-A Kinston, and left-hander Chris Jones was promoted to Kinston just the other day (he pitched for Kinston on Monday night).
- Right-hander Brett Brach has been reassigned to Low-A Lake County. Also, right-handers Preston Guilmet and Tyler Sturdevant have been activated at Lake County from extended spring training.
As you can see there has been some reshuffling in the organization with the pitching, particularly in Akron, and many more moves are expected in the coming weeks as the organization looks to sift through a lot of pitching depth and align their top two levels with the best available talent by the end of the season.
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6 comments:
I'm surprised Steven Wright's still around. I'd have thought he'd get the axe before Wagner. Neither had performed well this year.
I am not sure how long Wright and Smith will be around. Both were found wanting at AAA and they are at an age where they will have a short leash in this organization. Probably only a matter of time before Pestano gets a look in Columbus.
Not sure if this was said somewhere or not, but De La Cruz started in Double-A last night. 7 k's in 6 IP and only 2 ER's.
It is good to see Preston being activated to Single A.
Do we know who we recieved for Wagner yet?
The player for Wagner will be determined at season's end, or be cash. Won't be much of a player, and I actually expect it to be cash (the player stipulation is probably somehow tied to if Wagner makes it to the bigs this year).
As for Steven Wright and Carlton Smith, I am not sure they are on the outs. At least not Smith. I think both will at some point be back in Columbus, but I think both will be here next year.
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