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By Sheldon Ocker
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 10:10 p.m. EDT, Jun 03, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS: The Indians' body count continued to rise Wednesday with the news that Asdrubal Cabrera was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Rather than being struck down with a dislocated shoulder, as Cabrera thought, the diagnosis, made in Cleveland, is a sprain.
''An MRI and an exam by Dr. [Mark] Schickendantz confirmed that it's an AC joint sprain,'' head trainer Lonnie Soloff said. ''It will not require surgery. It should be approximately two to four weeks before he can resume playing. We are hoping that he can begin baseball activity before that.''
Cabrera ran into the injury, so to speak, when he tried to break up a double play Tuesday night, and his shoulder collided with the hip of Minnesota Twins shortstop Brendan Harris.
''I thought it was going to be worse when I saw it; we're kind of lucky,'' manager Eric Wedge said. Considering that Cabrera is one of nine players on the disabled list, and that he is likely to be back before many of them, Wedge's comparative use of the word ''lucky'' might be appropriate.
Nevertheless, Wedge will have to work harder each day to patch together a lineup.
He already lost his everyday leadoff hitter, Grady Sizemore, with an elbow injury that probably will take at least two more weeks to heal. Cabrera took over for him. So whose turn is it now?
''Benny [Francisco] has led off before,'' Wedge said. ''Jamey Carroll could do it, too. I wouldn't like to do it so early in his career, but Trevor Crowe has led off in the minors. But Bennie is the logical guy to start out with.''
The injury to Cabrera will move Jhonny Peralta back to shortstop with Luis Valbuena as his backup. Taking over for Peralta at third will be Carroll and Mark DeRosa. Second base will be shared by Valbuena, Carroll and DeRosa, with Ryan Garko and Victor Martinez at first.
Martinez has refrained from catching the past four games because of a bruised knee, but he might be behind the plate this afternoon.
Josh Barfield was recalled from Columbus to take Cabrera's place on the roster, but Wedge did not indicate that Barfield was about to increase his work load beyond his two previous 2009 stints with the club.
''We're versatile enough to still be OK,'' Wedge said, indicating that Barfield would be an unlikely semi-regular. ''Josh is someone who can play second or the outfield and be a pinch runner as the game wears on.''
Sheldon Ocker can be reached at socker@thebeaconjournal.com. Read the Indians blog at http://www.ohio.com/tribematters. Follow the Indians on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ABJ_Indians.
MINNEAPOLIS: The Indians' body count continued to rise Wednesday with the news that Asdrubal Cabrera was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Rather than being struck down with a dislocated shoulder, as Cabrera thought, the diagnosis, made in Cleveland, is a sprain.
''An MRI and an exam by Dr. [Mark] Schickendantz confirmed that it's an AC joint sprain,'' head trainer Lonnie Soloff said. ''It will not require surgery. It should be approximately two to four weeks before he can resume playing. We are hoping that he can begin baseball activity before that.''
Cabrera ran into the injury, so to speak, when he tried to break up a double play Tuesday night, and his shoulder collided with the hip of Minnesota Twins shortstop Brendan Harris.
''I thought it was going to be worse when I saw it; we're kind of lucky,'' manager Eric Wedge said. Considering that Cabrera is one of nine players on the disabled list, and that he is likely to be back before many of them, Wedge's comparative use of the word ''lucky'' might be appropriate.
Nevertheless, Wedge will have to work harder each day to patch together a lineup.
He already lost his everyday leadoff hitter, Grady Sizemore, with an elbow injury that probably will take at least two more weeks to heal. Cabrera took over for him. So whose turn is it now?
''Benny [Francisco] has led off before,'' Wedge said. ''Jamey Carroll could do it, too. I wouldn't like to do it so early in his career, but Trevor Crowe has led off in the minors. But Bennie is the logical guy to start out with.''
The injury to Cabrera will move Jhonny Peralta back to shortstop with Luis Valbuena as his backup. Taking over for Peralta at third will be Carroll and Mark DeRosa. Second base will be shared by Valbuena, Carroll and DeRosa, with Ryan Garko and Victor Martinez at first.
Martinez has refrained from catching the past four games because of a bruised knee, but he might be behind the plate this afternoon.
Josh Barfield was recalled from Columbus to take Cabrera's place on the roster, but Wedge did not indicate that Barfield was about to increase his work load beyond his two previous 2009 stints with the club.
''We're versatile enough to still be OK,'' Wedge said, indicating that Barfield would be an unlikely semi-regular. ''Josh is someone who can play second or the outfield and be a pinch runner as the game wears on.''
Sheldon Ocker can be reached at socker@thebeaconjournal.com. Read the Indians blog at http://www.ohio.com/tribematters. Follow the Indians on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ABJ_Indians.
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Cleveland, OH
Posted 09:46 AM, 06/05/2009
I'm sorry, but Francisco is NOT the 'logical' choice to hit leadoff. His OBP is a whopping .332. Choo's is .408. Choo is also tied for the team lead in steals (with Francisco). He's leading the team in walks and has a batting average over .300.
Choo should be leading off. Or at least hitting second with Carroll leading off. Francisco should be hitting in the middle of the lineup like 5th or 6th with DeRosa (who has a nearly identical batting line).
Francisco hit leadoff in the minors cause he was OLD for every level he was at and was able to put up big numbers and get on base. He's not a top of the order hitter in the MLs though.
Man....God must really hate Cleveland to stick us with suck an idiotic manager.....
