Laffey pulled, off to Cleveland?
Bisons left-hander Aaron Laffey, who has won seven straight decisions, was pulled from the opening game of today's doubleheader against Syracuse with the score tied at 1-1 in the top of the third. Laffey wasn't hurt and wasn't in a huge jam, although there were two on and two out.
The tell-tale sign about what was going on was the way manager Torey Lovullo shook Laffey's hand and tapped him on the back at the mound, and the way his teammates greeted him with high-fives as he reached the dugout steps.
Official word won't come until after today's twinbill is completed but it looks like Laffey is getting his first callup to the big leagues to help out the Cleveland Indians' bullpen. While that would be a blow to the Herd, it's well-deserved for Laffey -- who is 23-8 over the last two years at three levels of the Cleveland chain.
---Mike Harrington
Jonathan: I'm heading to the Jake for the first two games of the Red Sox series. I'll surely be poking around with my eyes and ears open!
Posted by: Mike Harrington | July 23, 2007 at 09:11 AM
Mike, awesome job covering baseball and the bisons/tribe. Laffey deserves the call up and he may be possible trade bait in the next week. The indians have glaring needs in the bullpen and corner outfield positions and trading high level pitching is something maybe the indians can afford. Of course shapiro's track record on trades since the cliff lee, sizemore and phillips trade has been horrendous. Mike can you let us know some trade deadline rumors in the coming week.
Posted by: Jonathan | July 22, 2007 at 04:07 PM