Everyone in the baseball universe has essentially said the same thing about the chances for the Indians to compete with the Detroit Tigers for the AL Central crown. They will not be able to hang unless Ubaldo Jimenez finds his old form and pitches like the the top of the rotation starter that Chris Antonetti thought he was getting last summer. Not that anyone has forgotten, but the Indians sent their top two pitching prospects – Alex White and Drew Pomeranz – to get him.
When the Tribe made the deal, there were whispers that Jimenez was hurt. His velocity, which when healthy was regularly in the 95-96 range, was more like 90-91. The command was very up and down. From start to start, the Rockies didn’t know which Ubaldo was going to show up. On top of that, it was well known that Ubaldo was not thrilled that the Rockies had taken care of their other young stars Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez long term, yet he was still looking for his extension. Adding all of those things up, Co...
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PLAYERS:
Ubaldo Jimenez,
Alex White,
Drew Pomeranz,
Troy Tulowitzki,
Carlos Gonzalez,
Justin Masterson,
Fausto Carmona
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies
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