Cleveland Indians Grades for Every Player in May

[CaptO]

Bleacher Report
by Dan Diloreto on May 31, 2013

Matt Albers - C
Cody Allen - A
Mike Aviles - B-
Scott Barnes - A
Michael Bourn - B+
Michael Brantley - A+
Asdrubal Cabrera - B-
Jason Giambi - B
Yan Gomes - A
Nick Hagadone - F
Rich Hill - D-
Ubaldo Jiminez - B-
Scott Kazmir - B+
Jason Kipnis - A+
Corey Kluber - D
Justin Masterson - A+
Zach McAllister - B+
Chris Perez - F
Vinnie Pestano - C
Ryan Raburn - B+
Mark Reynolds - C+
Carlos Santana - C
Bryan Shaw - C-
Joe Smith - A
Drew Stubbs - B
Nick Swisher - A+

Interesting the 2 F's come from the BP...

Cleveland Indians Grades for Every Player in May | Bleacher Report

 

[CaptO]

Some interesting side notes, also from Bleacher Report

Every MLB Team's Breakout Star, Bust After 2 Months of Baseball

Breakout Star: Justin Masterson (8-3, 3.07 ERA, 9.11 K/9)

One year removed from having the worst ERA among the 31 pitchers who threw at least 200 innings, Nasty Masty has been one of the better pitchers in the entire league.

He and Zach McAllister are solely responsible for keeping the Indians above .500 to this point in the season. With the exception of Trevor Bauer—who somehow had a 2.76 ERA despite a BB/9 of 8.27 in three starts—everyone else who has started a game this season for the Indians has an ERA of at least 4.95.

(Mark Reynolds also considered, but he has hit 44 home runs in a season before. The only breakout thing about his season is that he's striking out less than 30 percent of the time for the first time in his career.)


Bust: Chris Perez (16.2 IP, 4.32 ERA, 6 saves)

I made this decision even before his final horrible game that landed him on the disabled list.

Aside from one pretty good season in 2010, Perez has never really deserved to be in the closer role. Both Vinnie Pestano and Joe Smith have been more valuable than Perez over the past three-plus seasons.

It's just a shame that it took an injury for him to lose the job. His ERA was already the highest it has ever been, and his 6.18 FIP would indicate that it was only going to get worse.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Nice list!

 

[buckeyebill]

Hargodone deserves a double FF the rest pretty much on the money Capt.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I think Gomes should get an A+. He was excellent and had a game winner.

 

[CaptO]

I think Gomes should get an A+. He was excellent and had a game winner.

Agreed. Hes becoming a factor for the team

 

[CaptO]

& for June Mastersons A+ goes right down the crapper

Tonight was a first. Dont think Ive ever seen a pitcher convert himself to catcher before... WHAT THE FUCK WAS HE THINKING...or did his brain just suddenly shut down ???

Him & Zach sure havent been performing like a 1/2 lately. Sad day when we have to turn around & say Ubaldo might be our ace...