The Indians haven’t been winning, and the chances of contesting for the AL Central division have already slipped away before the All-Star break. Everyone knows that. And the trade of Mark DeRosa wasn’t a good sign.
But today, by announcing that there’s no way that Tribe manager Eric Wedge will be fired this year, the team management has pretty definitively brought down the curtain for the year.
Too bad for the tribe this year. I was hoping they would do a bit better than they have, even though I’m a Sox fan. They’ll be sorely missing the fielding utility and batswing of DeRosa and while V-Mart is still slumping (in comparison to his red hot april/may) there isn’t much hope. Hopefully Grady Sizemore will be healthy for the rest of the season, too.
Yeah, Grady Sizemore is a really good player, and at least he should be around for the second half. And Victor Martinez is headed to the All-Star game even though, as you say, he’s been slumping lately.