Bullpen Shuffle

Mark Shapiro once again thinks that the only thing the Indians need to change is the bullpen. Come on, Mark, it's time for something a little bigger than this. Get rid of Dellucci, trade Betancourt, trade Marte, do something of significance. Just once. So here it is: Mastny and Jensen get sent back to buffalo after the 12-7 loss and Brian Slocum and Rick Bauer were called up to take their places on the roster. I was not surprised that Mastny got sent down. He was completely useless giving up 5 runs in less than 2 innings in his first major league start. I was surprised to see Jensen get sent back down, why call up a reliever for one game? I understand when that happens to a starter, but they need to stop toying with Jensen. Either keep him or Cleveland or keep him in Buffalo for longer than a week. I actually thought they might call up Rick Bauer soon, he was pitching lights out in Buffalo and is sort of a veteran, even though he's never really stuck anywhere since his best season for the Orioles in 2002. Slocum last pitched for the Indians in 2006: in 8 games and 2 starts, he had a 5.6 ERA 3 HR and 11 runs in 17.2 innings. We'll see if this actually works out well or not. I've always liked Jensen, so Slocum and Bauer have to pitch lights out or else Shapiro's just going to keep shuffling the bullpen for no apparent reason.