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Indians Sign Ensberg
The Indians signed third baseman Morgan Ensberg to a minor league deal today. The 32 year-old hit .203/.263/.243 in 80 plate appearances with the Yankees to earn his release.
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Seems like they could have gotten that kind of productivity out of Marte.
Posted by: DocBot | June 17, 2008 at 05:38 PM
Sounds like either Blake is getting some interest or Marte is about to get the boot
Posted by: the lowercase zach is better | June 17, 2008 at 08:02 PM
seems like they could have, but they didn't...
Marte
.152/.204/.174
ouch. 174 slugging?
Posted by: greg | June 17, 2008 at 09:17 PM
“The Tigers would've been interested in Barry Bonds if they didn't have Gary Sheffield, according to Jim Leyland.”
…Reason number 3 on the list of about 2000 things saying the Indians should have brought Bonds in… (Note to Indians: When your competitor wants him, you should too ~ esp when you have an obvious spot for him…)
Posted by: darkstar1661 | June 17, 2008 at 10:13 PM
(((Sorry about the last post ~ Type-Keys problems has me typing in Word and pasting into posts ~ that one ended up in wrong thread :\ )))
Anyway…
…They arent calling him up, they just signed him for depth. He’ll go to the minors, and if he shows he can hit then he might get a call-up.
Makes since incase other moves happen down the road (ie, trading one of the OFers and moving Blake back out there)
Posted by: darkstar1661 | June 17, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Please tell me how bringing in B-Roid helps the Tribe. He is a ghost of himself. This is not the answer. Tweak and rebuild, but then again...
Posted by: studio179 | June 17, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Uhhh, maybe it was the 480 OBP and 565 SLG… That “ghost” of Bonds was afterall 6th in OPS…
…But hey, maybe youre right ~ the most feared hitting in baseball is probably a bad fit for a team currently sitting without a slugger…
Plus ~ it gives all the bias people the opportunity to continue the “b-roid” thing that they have somehow felt is funny for like 10 years or so…
Posted by: darkstar1661 | June 18, 2008 at 12:51 AM
I think Ensberg signing signals the end of MArte. Not a Bonds fan, but you can't argue that he'd help the lineup especially since Hafner could be out 2-4 more weeks. But theres no point talking about it, because Bonds isn't a fit with the Tribe, Shapiro would never do it.
Posted by: shapiromakeatrade | June 18, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Cleveland has a legitimate slugger in Kelley Shoppach.
Posted by: helloelan | June 18, 2008 at 02:42 AM
future... why dont you throw yourself into that category. The only reason you aren't in guru's league is because you barely post anymore. Otherwise you would give him a run for his money for most annoying and uninformed dumba$$
Posted by: nrmax88 | June 18, 2008 at 03:14 AM
futureprospect3 ~ that made me smile… :)
…But hey, did want to ask what brought you back? I was under the impression that everyone ran you off months ago when you were doing all that WhiteSox trolling… Well either that or that Tim went as far as banning ya…
“Cleveland has a legitimate slugger in Kelley Shoppach.”
…Hehehe.
Posted by: darkstar1661 | June 18, 2008 at 03:40 AM
The indians like to load up on over the hill veterans and hope they magically get back what they used to have. It almost never works, but they keep on trying. I am suprised they didn't give morgan a 3 yr, 3 million deal just like the likes of trot nixon, aaron boone, david delluci, jason michaels, jason johnson, old-berto hernandez, etc. This is insurance for when Marte is gone, even though he never plays and never will get a chance to. Blake will be on the indians as long a shapiro and wedge are in charge.
Posted by: gocletribe | June 18, 2008 at 11:25 AM
“…even though he (Marte) never plays and never will get a chance to. Blake will be on the indians as long a shapiro and wedge are in charge.”
…A truer statement then that probably cant be said. Who do you think Blake has those compromising photos on, Wedge, Shaprio or someone else? I cant think of another reason the team would have such a strange loyalty to him; a loyalty which seemingly started as soon as he played his first game for the Tribe back in 03…
Posted by: darkstar1661 | June 18, 2008 at 12:18 PM
I have no problem with Casey Blake as utility guy coming off the bench, but has he ever done anything to prove he should start? Doesn't make sense. Hopefully when we get Atkins, he'll finally be let go.
Posted by: shapiromakeatrade | June 18, 2008 at 04:47 PM