Wahoo Weekly Report, Aug. 1

Recent acquisition from the Sabathia deal, Rob Bryson, was found to have a partial tear in his labrum and rotator cuff. He will likely miss the remainder of this season, but will be ready to go come 2009. Let's hope that this is not a sign of things to come, and that the Indians caught it before the damage was too bad.

Newly acquired catcher Carlos Santana was sent to begin his Indians' career in Class-A Kinston. This creates a logjam of catchers there' where currently the K-Tribe has four catchers on the roster, including another prospect, Matt McBride, who has been playing as the DH of late.

Anthony Reyes had a so-so first outing in Buffalo. He threw five innings, giving up three runs on five hits while walking four. He also served up two gopher balls. It was one start.

I wouldn’t read too much into this first start after the whirlwind of a trade. I would expect a better start next time out. He will be on the Indians' roster before the end of the season.

Another addition to the Buffalo club, pitcher John Meloan, has in fact been moved back into the bullpen. In his first two appearances, covering two innings, he has no runs allowed with two strikeouts.

In a non-acquiree news, Kinston slugger, and former first-round pick, Beau Mills, is tearing the cover off of the ball in the Carolina League. Subtracting his poor April, Mills has hit .304 with 14 home runs and 56 RBI. His slugging percentage is .529 over this time frame. He will undoubtedly be starting in Akron next season.

 

Quotes of the Week

Rafael Betancourt on his season-long slump: “I don't want to kill anybody or do anything crazy."

One can only laugh at this quote, knowing how bad he has been. Also, that we never hear much from the struggling right-hander. He is usually as even as a person can get.

Ryan Garko on his season-long slump: “I've just got to stop worrying about my swing and just get back to competing and grinding out at-bats...That's the kind of player I was when I first got called up and I just need to get back to it."

The surprising thing to me is that it has taken this long for Garko to finally admit that he has been doing something wrong. From what I have read all season, he said that he needed to stay consistent in his approach and that things would turn around, kind of talking like main-man Wedge.

Hopefully, this will be the first step to right himself mechanically to allow his line-drive stroke to come back.

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