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May 20, 2014What goes up must come down. Or more specifically, in baseball terms when someone comes up, someone else must go down.
On Tuesday, the Indians activated Jason Giambi from the 15-day disabled list and brought up pitcher Trevor Bauer and infielder Justin Sellers. To make room, the team optioned Jesus Aguilar, T.J. House and Jose Ramirez to Columbus.
Giambi went on the DL back on May 4th after a calf strain. He is 0-10 so far on the season, having started the year on the DL as well.
Bauer will get the start for the Indians against the Tigers and Justin Verlander Tuesday night. Bauer was 4-1 with a 2.15 ERA in seven starts for the Clippers.
Jesus Aguilar got his first major league hit and RBIs last night in the Tribe’s extra innings win over the Tigers. Sellers was hitting just .227 in Clolumbus.
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3 Comments
How many more Giambi Ks until he actually gets a hit?
Ugh, Sellers. He’s hitting something like .230 in C-bus. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but bring Elliott Johnson back. I’m disappointed Jose Ramirez didn’t take advantage of this opportunity. He looked pretty good last September but he was playing against other callups at that time. He’s still very young so I’m not down on him as a prospect per se, but he needed to step up so Lindor doesn’t completely overshadow him in the next 2 years.
As for Giambi, hopefully Francona really meant what he said about patience vs. stubbornness re: moving Swisher and Santana down in the lineup. This team can’t afford another automatic out in its lineup during this crucial part of the season. But Giambi proved me wrong all last year, here’s hoping he does it again.
I would rather see Chis getting ABs