Indians Release Matt Herges

Seems like an odd move.

Maybe now they have the possibility of signing him back and DFAing Abreu to correct the mistake they made in the second place.

The first place mistake of course being the one that sent Melaon to Tampa for Abreu to begin with. That was a disaster you could see coming from China. And Abreu has done exactly as expected

Game 1 – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 4 R
Game 2 – 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 2 R

Shapiro, what the he!! were you thinking?

Yeah this is strange. They traded a young power arm (Meloan) so that they could have Abreu and in order to make room for Abreu they released an effective reliever with a log+ ERA of 127.

odd, but this bodes well for alot of other teams, pitching is needed by most of the teams out there and Herges is actually half good

I don't know how things ended with him in Colorado, but you gotta think they'll be in on him. With Embree down and an already thin bullpen, they could sure use him.

What your not hearing about much like The Dodgers Meloan also rubbed the high ups within the Indians organization the wrong way was said to not take direction well and was overall lazy.

Herges situation shocks me totally this guy was lights out for about 3 weeks in a row and then just lost it and it could be that Wedge tends to find a horse that he can ride hard and then he rides him into the ground.

Just look at all the pitching injuries within the bullpen over the last 2 or 3 years they are at a outrageous level.

Check the games he's pitched in, Herges has tapered off in a hurry.

In his last 8 games, he's gone 6.2 innings, given up 16 hits, 8 runs, and 2 BB with 3 Ks. It's just a case of a 39 year old without much left in the tank, and batters figuring him out.

The Abreu move made zero sense, it has to come down to injury/attitude/PEDs or something on Meloans part.

The Tribe are done, they need to clear space for their young bullpen arms to develop. The Perezes, Joe Smith, Jensen Lewis, and Tony Sipp should be exposed to all situations, so that the front office knows what they have for next season. There's a lot of talent in that group, they just need coaching and experience.

lets see if the Marlins offer him a contract. we're starting to look good in the bullpen but we use our relievers alot so it wouldn't hurt to have him. At the very least in the minors.

“I get that Abreu might have a bit more upside because he throws 91-95”

Abreu has upside? Sure, he has a fastball a bunch of eager AAA kids fan at, but that doesn’t mean much since they want him to face real ML hitters now. Otherwise it is straight control issues and low BAbip (result of the lack of control with that FB you would have to imagine). Where could Shapiro be seeing this upside? Shoot, where are you? Lol

Anyway, see you in the “Indians DFA Abreu” post a couple weeks from now :)

“Check the games he's pitched in, Herges has tapered off in a hurry.”

He was so lucky in the first month, he was bound to experience problems – especially on a club experiencing so many of them all over the place already.

Wouldn't mind seeing the Braves pick him up, and send Kris Medlen to AAA to start.

If the Dodgers lose out on the hallday sweepstakes, getting Beimel and Herges for cash not prospects seems like a nice addition to the bullpen, not the premier relievers, but nice additions that do not sacrifice the future.