Acta To Manage Indians

Wow ... perfect fit imo ... Congrats on getting your man Cleveland!

I can envision him in a Indians uniform .. this move "seems" right.

Lets take a look at the likely guys he'll have to work with shall we:
C-Shoppach
1B-LaPorta
2B-Valbuena
3B-Peralta
SS-Cabrera
LF-Crowe
CF-Sizemore
RF-Choo

SP1-Huff
SP2-Carmona
SP3-Sowers
SP4-Masterson
SP5-Carrasco

RP-Perez
RP-Smith
CP-Wood

Congrats Manny!! Best of wishes. He will do better in the AL, being a wait-for-the-three-run-homer type of manager. I'm sorry it didn't work out here in DC. This will make my Al team the Indians now.

You're a little out of touch Souvenier City. Where's Westbrook? Where's Hafner? Shoppach will be gone, replaced by Lou Marson until Santana is ready. No way Crowe starts over Michael Brantley.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Rondon force his way into the rotation early on. The keys to that rotation are a healthy Westbrook, a return to some semblance of effectiveness by Carmona (does everyone remember how good he was in '07?) and progress by Huff and Masterson.

C Marson
1B LaPorta
2B Valbuena
3B Peralta
SS Cabrera
LF Brantley
CF Sizemore
RF Choo
DH Hafner

Westbrook
Huff
Carmona
Masterson
Sowers/FA/Carrasco

@drumzalicious: Last I heard of Willie Randolph, he was the bench coach with Houston. Don't know if he's still there with all of these managerial changes and stuff. *shrug*

I like the hiring. Just hope they add someone like Hargrove as a bench coach to get some good experience on the bench.

@MickS

I don't see Brantley starting in the MLs next year. It makes no sense for the Indians. If they wait til May to bring him up they get him for an extra year before free agency hits.

He still needs to work on his defense and his hitting. Yes, he looked great in September, but he struggled a LOT at times in AAA. Bringing him up would be a mistake and he'll end up in AAA anyways.

Crowe has nothing really left to prove in AAA, so I think he gets the nod to start.

Sowers actually was our best SP between July-beginning of September. Ran out of gas at the end, but if he's not traded, i think he makes this club as a starter.

Until the last week of the year, he NEVER went less than 4 innings, which was something that even Cliff Lee couldn't claim to doing (he went 3 innings for Cleveland and Philly).

I could see him traded though. package him with someone and an NL team may bite. He'd be pretty solid in the NL and a large park. Put him in SD and he'd have an ERA right around 4.

This will be another hugh mistake in the signing department by Shapiro.

The Indians young players need stern direction IMHO the answer was Bobby Valentine.

We can all say welcome to 5 more years of horrid baseball in Cleveland.

Also for all posting line-ups that include Shoppach / Crowe and Sowers as starters or even part of this team there will be no such luck with any.

Crowe may get lucky and stick with the team as a 4th ot 5th outfielder Bradley will be the starting Leftfielder.
Shoppach will be traded or Non-tendered and Sowers will be gone by trade also.

The starting rotation will include Rondon out of Spring training he will blow away Masterson / Carrasco / Carmona and Sowers for quality innings piched in Spring training.

Rondon is a strike thrower where as the above others are not they nibble and don't throw strikes.

If the Indians really need "stern direction," they made a huge mistake. Manny Acta is a nice-guy manager who explains away bad play and praises opposing teams.

There's a reason the Nationals' win percentage went up 50+ points after Acta left. Manny's response to his horrible DC squad? "The other team played really well, I thought we did fine, we just didn't win."

Acta had to deal with Jim Bowden's team when he was in DC. I wish he'd had a good team here. I'll give you that he could've argued more calls (step up for his players) but overall he's a good manager. just ask Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa, or Frank Robinson; they are all references on his resume. it's no surprise he was the hottest candidate out there this off-season. In a perfect future scenario I wish the Nats do what the Astros have done and will probably do again: Hire a former manager (Garner).
I will take Manny back. Go Nats!! Go Acta!!

Thank You Cleveland! If Houston really offered him a deal then HOORAY!

Maybe he works out great for you guys in Cleveland but I did not want him for my Astros. I really hope this means the writing is on the wall and Garner will get the nod. He didn't deserve to get fired and the team always performed above where their neutral numbers had them.

GL in Cleveland Acta, I really hope this works out well for both teams.

any recommendations for a new hat im leaving now to buy one. i cant stick around with a team right now that isnt trying its damndest to rebuild or win. i need a break from the dolans for a little while.

I knew it wouldn't take long for the perenially negative Cleveland.com contingent to show up.

Mark Shapiro >>>>>> Jim Bowden.

When JimBo puts together your teams, even a HOF manager can't get very far.

Shapiro did Tribe fans no favors with this hire.

We need a manager who isn't afraid to lay down the law on one hand and build up players with the other.

Acta never lost a game, he was always beaten by a better team.

clemsontribe 24.. you cant be to big of tribe fan if A. your giving up on the them.. and B. you think the roster is weak..in one of the weakest divisions in baseball ( that a few years ago was the strongest) things change all the time in baseball.. I live in maine never lived in ohio..i travel 3 hours to fenway to route against the sox for the tribe.. i too was pissed in 07, 97, and 95 .. but i will always be true to my favorite team.. since 95 they have been in the playoffs quite a few times as opposed to the other teams in the division...

this is a random question, but I have always wondered:
Why has Peter Gammons never been offered a magagerial job? I don't think there is anybody in the game that knows it better than Gammons.

On the other post where I said Acta would probably take the Cleveland job over the Astros one someone told me Houston was his dream job.

What is the point of firing Wedge, who, I feel, did all he could with a team that had been lessened by management, then hire Manny Acta? Bad move.