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Shoulder surgery shelves Smooth for 5-6 months

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Well that’s certainly not ideal.

Heading into an offseason where adding an outfielder seems to be a priority for the Tribe, the team announced Monday they’ll be down (a big) one for 5-6 months thanks to a weak-minded labrum that couldn’t hold on any longer. Michael Brantley apparently tore his on this play in Minnesota late in the year:

He was shut down for the season shortly after that. Apparently the decision was made to go under the knife after a couple weeks of unsuccessful rehab.

I would obviously prefer for our best hitter to not tear his labrum and not miss the beginning of the 2016 season. But let’s talk silver linings here folks. First off, it’s not his throwing shoulder. Rehabbing the right shoulder for a left-handed hitter that almost always follows-through with one hand on his swing won’t be a cakewalk but I’ll take that over a throwing shoulder any day. Also I don’t blame them for not doing the surgery right away. Labrum issues don’t always require it, and with the recovery time associated with a procedure it should always be a last resort. I’d much rather him have this done now and miss some time at the beginning of the season than have him try to fight through it and end up having the surgery in June anyway. Stuff like that can set careers back.

So who’ll be patrolling the green grass in front of the bleachers come opening day? With very little financial wiggle room, the new front office will almost certainly look to fill the void Brantley leaves in left or find an upgrade over Almonte in center (or both) internally or via the trade. Options that have been whispered about include:

Trades

  • Marcell Ozuna, Miami Marlins
  • Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Jorge Soler, Chicago Cubs
  • Desmond Jennings, Tampa Bay Rays

Free Agents

  • Alex Gordon
  • Gerardo Parra
  • Alejandro De Aza
  • Nori Aoki
  • Will Venable

Internal

  • Zach Walters
  • Jerry Sands
  • Michael Choice
  • Jose Ramirez

(not on 40 man)

  • Tyler Naquin
  • James Ramsey

For a team that has been plagued by slow starts in recent seasons (seriously, like the black death), this is one hell of a first test for our new front office structure.

 

KEEP THE CHIEF

 

 

PS shit.

(from the Brantley shut down blog last season)

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Need Indians tickets or a dime bag? Call 216-420-HITS

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So I’ll keep this one short and sweet. I just had it pointed out to me last night that the phone number for the Indians executive offices is 216-420-HITS and I’m absolutely fucking flabbergasted. It’s a number you hear ALL the time if you listen to games on the radio, or watch the games on TV, or follow them on any sort of social media. Basically, if at any point in your entire life you’ve paid one ounce of attention the Tribe, you’ve seen or heard this number read aloud a couple million times. I’m 24 years old, I’ve been a fan my whole life and I had to have it pointed out to me. Last night. By Mike. I’m actually embarrassed.

It’s not like this is a new thing either. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, we can be sure this has been the Indians phone number since at least 2007 (the oldest archive available of Indians.com). Chris Perez MAILED POT TO HIS OWN DOG in 2013 and I still never saw this phone number brought up. Absolutely stunning.

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Seriously, why though? Hits are just things that happen in baseball. One of many, many things. Not specific to the Indians. In fact, most of the time, not at all specific to the Indians. Why not 216-420-BATS? 216-420-DIRT? 216-420-FANS? Just so many options and they went with literally the only four letter word in the English language that pertains to both baseball and smoking weed. I, for one, can’t believe it’s lasted this long. Maybe if those god damn Dolans would spend some money on PR talent they’d realize why they get a dozen calls a week from slow talkers in Colorado.

KEEP THE CHIEF

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Justin Bieber is all aboard the Cleveland Indians Bandwagon

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Mark it down. February 5th, 2015. The day the Cleveland Indians assured themselves of a World Series birth. MARK. IT. DOWN. All these dorks on Twitter calling it the “Bieber Curse” blah blah blah. Hey people, remember when he was photographed with the New England Patriots in December? How’d their season go?

And also, who does Bieber accompany to the ring during boxing matches? Oh, only Floyd Mayweather, ya know, one of the most dominant boxers ever.

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So spare me with this loser “Bieber Curse” stuff. We’ll be having a Cavs parade in June and an Indians parade in November led by The Biebs on the first float. Deal with it.

PS- I think the kid is a puke and if the Indians do happen to have a bad season then I’m all for blaming it on Justin