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Indians Notes: Gomes, House, Marcum, Murphy

By Steve Adams | May 22, 2015 at 8:29am CDT

Injured catcher Yan Gomes will be activated from the disabled list and start just his sixth game of the season for the Indians on Sunday, writes Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A sprained medial collateral ligament in Gomes’ right knee caused him to miss roughly six weeks of action, and the loss of one of the game’s most valuable (and underrated) catchers has likely contributed to Cleveland’s slow start, to an extent. With Gomes nearing activation, Hoynes notes that one of Roberto Perez or Brett Hayes will have to go to make room. Neither has hit for much in terms of average, but Hayes has shown more power in a smaller sample, whereas Perez has shown more in terms of on-base skills, walking at a surprising 17.5 percent clip in 97 plate appearances. Manager Terry Francona feels the team has been fortunate to have Perez and Hayes fill in. “They haven’t hit for average, but each have hit three homers and done a pretty good job behind the plate,” said Francona. The 26-year-old Perez has options remaining, whereas Hayes does not and would have to clear waivers before he could be sent back to the minors.

A bit more from Cleveland…

  • Within the linked piece above, Hoynes notes that T.J. House has been activated from the disabled list and optioned to Triple-A, leaving Shaun Marcum as the owner of the No. 5 spot in Cleveland’s rotation. House has struggled nearly all season, and he has an option remaining. Marcum does not. “The reality of it was who should we get rid of?” Francona asked rhetorically. “Would it have been fair to say to Shaun Marcum, “Hey, man, thanks for the seven dazzling innings.'” Marcum made his first Major League start since 2013 earlier this week and fired 6 2/3 innings with just two runs allowed on four hits and no walks with six strikeouts.
  • In a separate article from earlier this week, Hoynes looks at how David Murphy has seemingly gone from expendable trade chip to indispensable asset. When the Indians acquired Brandon Moss this offseason, it created a logjam in the outfield with Moss, Murphy and Nick Swisher all appearing to cut into each others’ roles. However, Murphy has been one of the team’s most consistent bats against right-handed pitching this season after struggling in 2014, and he’s playing better defense this season as well.
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  1. Scann...

    7 years ago

    Are the Indians the less liked team among mlbtraderumor user’s….im just Curious because I’m in Cleveland….and don’t know of many user’s….

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    • basquiat

      7 years ago

      Indians articles on here generally have few comments. Apathy?

      Reply
      • Scann...

        7 years ago

        I see…Tribe fan’s are you out there can u hear me….HELL-OOOOOO…

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        • NorCalTribeFan

          7 years ago

          Scann’s voice echos endlessly……….

        • IndianaBob

          7 years ago

          Indians are interesting.

    • Shaungbd

      7 years ago

      I wondered that, I’m a cubs fan, I wondered who the least clicked team. I go through all the rumors, it took me nearly a week to read the Cleveland rumors.

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