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Derek said:
Regardless of what he does, I won't. If he outperforms his performance in recent years/career, good for him. I don't bet on outliers.
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He'd be a heck of a lot better than Lonnie who cant stay off the DL.
 
Shitty Indians are in 1st place in the Central and have the same record as the almighty Yankees
 
Tomlin, McAllister, and Belisle are all weak links at this point in the season, and I don't trust any of them going forward to do anything at all in any sort of leverage situation.

Danny Salazar and Ryan Merritt should be ready to go pretty soon. Only other pitchers on the 40-man are Merryweather, Plutko, and Morimando.

The free agent market, despite still being kind of loaded with position guys and starting pitchers, really doesn't have much of anything to offer in terms of relievers. Here are a few of the guys, but trust me, this list is borderline ulcer-inducing and probably not better than McAllister/Belisle:

- Jason Grilli
- Bryan Morris
- Eric O'Flaherty
- Zach Putnam
- Chad Qualls
- Trevor Rosenthal
- Drew Storen
- Huston Street

Only guys on that list that intrigue me at all are:
- Zach Putnam, from 2014-2017, he posted a 2.71 ERA, 1.17 WHIP in 139.1 IP. Definitely a better option than Belisle.
- Trevor Rosenthal, not sure how he isn't signed to be honest. All-star in 2015, down year in 2016, and then a bit of a resurgence last season for St. Louis. Very good strikeout rate. Would take him in a heartbeat to throw in our bullpen. Wouldn't have to be a high leverage guy here like he was in St. Louis since we have Allen & Miller.
 
Fortunately we are strong pitching wise overall.

The bats are the problem.
 
Stark said:
Tomlin, McAllister, and Belisle are all weak links at this point in the season, and I don't trust any of them going forward to do anything at all in any sort of leverage situation.

Danny Salazar and Ryan Merritt should be ready to go pretty soon. Only other pitchers on the 40-man are Merryweather, Plutko, and Morimando.

The free agent market, despite still being kind of loaded with position guys and starting pitchers, really doesn't have much of anything to offer in terms of relievers. Here are a few of the guys, but trust me, this list is borderline ulcer-inducing and probably not better than McAllister/Belisle:

- Jason Grilli
- Bryan Morris
- Eric O'Flaherty
- Zach Putnam
- Chad Qualls
- Trevor Rosenthal
- Drew Storen
- Huston Street

Only guys on that list that intrigue me at all are:
- Zach Putnam, from 2014-2017, he posted a 2.71 ERA, 1.17 WHIP in 139.1 IP. Definitely a better option than Belisle.
- Trevor Rosenthal, not sure how he isn't signed to be honest. All-star in 2015, down year in 2016, and then a bit of a resurgence last season for St. Louis. Very good strikeout rate. Would take him in a heartbeat to throw in our bullpen. Wouldn't have to be a high leverage guy here like he was in St. Louis since we have Allen & Miller.
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Rosenthal hasn't been signed because he's out all season recovering from Tommy John surgery. He still would be a prudent signing with 2019 in mind when he returns to the mound and the Tribe has likely lost both Miller and Allen.
 
We need bats. As long as Miller is healthy for the playoffs.....it's no worry for me.
 
Why couldn’t it be Josh Tomlin ?
 
Jesus, this Jeff Beliveau dude we called up to replace Miller suuuuuucks.

Like, worse than McAllister and Belisle combined. If we wanted a lefty, I would've rather given Morimando another shot.
 
Stark said:
Jesus, this Jeff Beliveau dude we called up to replace Miller suuuuuucks.

Like, worse than McAllister and Belisle combined. If we wanted a lefty, I would've rather given Morimando another shot.
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Why the disagree @AZ_ ?

Guy hasn't been worth anything in four years. Barely an MLB guy in 2015. Didn't pitch in the majors in 2016. 7.47 ERA/1.468 WHIP last season. Lefties hit almost as well as righties off him last year.

He's not an MLB quality level pitcher at all.

Unless it was a disagree about Morimando, which is fair.
 
Stark said:
Why the disagree @AZ_ ?

Guy hasn't been worth anything in four years. Barely an MLB guy in 2015. Didn't pitch in the majors in 2016. 7.47 ERA/1.468 WHIP last season. Lefties hit almost as well as righties off him last year.

He's not an MLB quality level pitcher at all.

Unless it was a disagree about Morimando, which is fair.
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He did his job tonight, but look at Morimondo so far this year.

Plus, burning this guy in the short term while not disrupting the system too much is fine.

He looked good so far this season. Same could have been said for Tyler Olsen at this time last year.
 
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