Following LaPorta, Jackson, Bryson, Hammond, Ford -- Latest: Bryson on Brewers' MRI Reluctance

[Mass Haas]

Matt LaPorta 0-for-4 with a K, two stranded in scoring position

Matt now sporting a .537 OPS in 42 AB's.

 

Darren Ford 1-for-4 with a walk, run scored, RBI, stolen base, two K's.

[Mass Haas]

Matt LaPorta 0-for-2 with a K, but walked twice and scored a run

 

San Jose scored 11 runs in a wild win, but leadoff man Darren Ford was 0-for-5, but did walk once and scored a run; committed an error as well

[Mass Haas]

Steve Hammond with a quality start for Fresno Saturday night, in line for the win as of this post time

 

Matt LaPorta 1-for-4 in a 2-0 Akron loss

Darren Ford singled twice and was hit by a pitch, picked off once

[Mass Haas]

Rob Bryson retired all five batters he faced today against his former mates -- not sure why he was pulled for another RHP just prior to having to face Eric Fryer.

 

West Virginia Top 7th

• - Pitcher Change: Rob Bryson replaces Garrison Campfield.
• - Curt Rindal strikes out swinging.
• - Ulrich Snijders strikes out swinging.
• - Lee Haydel flies out to center fielder Adam White.

West Virginia Top 8th

• - Eric Farris flies out to center fielder Adam White.
• - Caleb Gindl grounds out, first baseman Cristo Arnal to pitcher Rob Bryson.

[Mass Haas]

Where was this Zach Jackson the past two seasons?

 

Matt LaPorta had a two-out RBI single, 1-for-4 with two K's on the day.

 

Darren Ford 0-for-3 with a K, but walks twice

[Mass Haas]

News-Herald in Cleveland:

 

Rob Bryson, the promising right-handed reliever who was one of three prospects sent to the Indians from the Milwaukee system in the CC Sabathia deal, was forced out of Sunday's game in the eighth inning. Bryson reported discomfort in his shoulder and elbow. He will be examined today by Tribe team doctors.

[wvpowerblkwel]

We went and watched the battle of the Roommates (Gindl vs. Bryson) last nite. One heckuva battle! Here's hopin that Rob is ok so that we can have a rematch in the playoffs!!

[Mass Haas]

Darren Ford singled, doubled, walked, struck out once, stole a base, and was picked off second base in a 13-inning San Jose win.

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Journal-Sentinel:

Traded prospect injured

 

Right-hander Rob Bryson, one of the minor-leaguers sent to Cleveland in the Sabathia trade, injured his shoulder and will have season-ending surgery. Bryson complained of shoulder pain after an appearance Monday with Class A Lake County and an MRI revealed partial tears in his labrum and rotator cuff.

 

Bryson made six relief appearances after the trade, going 0-1 with a 2.38 earned run average.

 

Melvin said there were no concerns about Bryson's health before the trade.

 

"He never had any problems with us; never spent time on the DL," Melvin said. "We exchanged medical information with them."

[TheCrew07]

Wow that's too bad for Cleveland and Bryson. LaPorta hasn't exactly been raking for Akron either... he's still sporting a 538 OPS (insert small sample size argument here) and hasn't played since July 27th.

[wvpowerblkwel]

I followed Rob after the trade, and he was throwing really great. The injury came during the game with the Power where he appeared to have a little "hitch" in his delivery to me. He told me after the game that they had him working on some changes in his delivery....combine new movements with extra adrenalin in facing your old team....bad result. I still think Rob has huge potential for only being 20 years old. Keep an eye on him in the future!

[molitor fan]

LaPorta is actually in Durham, NC today playing for the US Olympic team against the Canadians.

 

Too bad about Bryson's labrum - not good news at all on him. Hopefully the tear is a minor one, and he will be able to pitch in 2009.

[Mass Haas]

Steve Hammond with a much rougher start Thursday night.

 

Darren Ford is getting on base at a .366 clip in San Jose, even if he's hitting only .188 (6-for-32).

[Mass Haas]

Darren Ford 0-for-2, but three walks, in a 9-3 win.

 

.420 OBP in 11 games with San Jose.

 

Zach Jackson was pounded Friday night.

[Mass Haas]

Darren Ford on base three more times in a 4-3 13-inning San Jose win.

[Mass Haas]

In Team USA's first exhibition game Friday, Matt LaPorta homered, but the Americans lost to Canada 4-3 in 10 innings.

 

Darren Ford a single in five AB's.

[TheCrew07]

I was looking through Team USA's boxscores... thus far LaPorta is 5 for 16 in tune-up games including 3 HRs in the 4 games.

[Mass Haas]

Zach Jackson bounces back from his lone poor Buffalo outing and Darren Ford's last few game stats available here.

[Mass Haas]

Darren Ford with two hits, triples, drives in four runs, has six-game hit streak

[Mass Haas]

Steve Hammond hit hard Monday night

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Indians recall LHP Jackson to fill in for Byrd

PA SportsTicker

 

While the Cleveland Indians continue to trudge through a rebuilding process, they are giving their prospects a chance to compete at the major league level.

 

The Indians recalled lefthander Zach Jackson from Class AAA Buffalo on Wednesday to take the spot in the rotation vacated by Paul Byrd, who was traded to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday upon clearing waivers.

 

Jackson, who was one of four players acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers on July 7 in exchange for CC Sabathia, will start Thursday in the finale of a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles.

 

General manager Mark Shapiro said Tuesday that whoever was called up to replace Byrd in the rotation would likely be with the club for the remainder of the season.

 

Considered a throw-in part of the deal that sent Sabathia packing, Jackson has been solid over the past five weeks with the Bisons and was added to their starting rotation July 21. In eight appearances (four starts), the 25-year-old is 3-1 with a 4.05 ERA. He has struck out 20 while walking just five batters over 26 2/3 innings.

 

Those numbers have dwarfed what he put up earlier in the season at Class AAA Nashville, where he was 1-5 with a 7.85 ERA in 22 appearances (eight starts). He was briefly recalled in May and made two appearances with the Brewers.

 

Jackson owns a major league lifetime record of 2-2 with a 5.36 ERA in 10 appearances, seven of which were starts.

[Mass Haas]

Matt LaPorta (Indians) was the only U.S. starter to go hitless (0-for-4) in the USA's 8-7 loss to South Korea in the Olympics Wednesday.

[wildbobu]

LaPorta just hit a 3 run bomb that traveled about a mile and a half off a pretty good pitcher from the Netherlands.

[trwi7]

Haha. Was anybody just listening to the Doug Russell show on 1250? Mike Wickett was talking about how the U.S. lost to South Korea and that Matt LaPorta went 0-4 and Mat Gamel didn't play. Our radio hosts sure are on top of things.

[Mass Haas]

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Indians to get look at pitcher Zach Jackson

Joe Maxse, Cleveland Plain Dealer Reporter

 

A change of scenery never hurts.

 

That's how Zach Jackson approached the news of being traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Indians on July 7 as part of the CC Sabathia deal. That will be his mind-set tonight when the left-hander starts against the Baltimore Orioles after being called up from Class AAA Buffalo to replace traded Paul Byrd in the Tribe's starting rotation.

 

"I'm very excited just to start over halfway through the season," said Jackson, who had spent most of the last three seasons at Class AAA Nashville. "I look at it as a blessing in disguise with new scenery.

 

"I was shocked by the trade, what with all the names being thrown around and I wasn't one of them. But I guess you can't be too surprised in this game. You just have to embrace it and go with it."

 

The 6-5 Jackson was drafted by Toronto as the 32nd player overall in 2004. He was traded to Milwaukee in 2005 and went 2-2 with the Brewers in seven starts in 2006. But other than two brief relief appearances with the Brewers this May, he looked to have fallen off the big-league club's radar.

 

He said this move was probably the best thing for him.

 

"I wouldn't say it was getting stale," said Jackson, who was 3-1 (4.05 ERA) in eight appearances (four starts) at Buffalo. "But when things aren't going your way, it couldn't come at a more perfect time.

 

"At Buffalo, the coaches told me to just see what you're about and bring it to the table. The game's easier when you simplify things."

 

Not much has been that simple during this trying Tribe season. Manager Eric Wedge was asked why Jackson got the call instead of Aaron Laffey, another left-hander.

 

"We wanted to take a look at him," said Wedge, who is considering Jackson for some bullpen use down the line. "He threw the ball decent down there and, obviously, we liked him because we traded for him. We wanted to give Laffey a few more starts [at Buffalo]."

 

Jackson, 25, said he had been a starter throughout his career before going to the pen this season with the Brewers.

 

"I got a couple weeks in the bullpen [at Milwaukee] and I wouldn't take back what I've learned," he said. "I bounced back well and learned some things about myself. I'm a young guy and excited about the future and ready to go. What better place to get started than Cleveland."

 

A native of Latrobe, Pa., Jackson said he remembers coming to Jacobs Field to watch a game with his father.

 

"I think I was a freshman in high school," he said. "You think about this. This is a dream come true."