Injuries cause roster shuffle

This time Mark Shapiro was forced to shuffle around the roster. Victor needs surgery on his throwing elbow and could be out at least 2 months. That's a powerful blow to the roster with Victor being the best all around offensive player on the Indians. Shoppach will get the majority of the playing time and they called up Yamid Haad from Buffalo to be the backup catcher. I'm pretty confident that Kelly can do the job and I am almost excited to see what he can do with regular playing time. The other news is that Josh Barfield hurt his finger and he was also placed on the DL. He was called up on Tuesday to replace Asdrubal on Tuesday and was hitless in all six of his at bats. Since Cabrera was sent down to Buffalo to become a better hitter, he's going to stay down there as planned. So to take his spot on the roster is Jorge Velandia, who is a utility player who is 33 and has played for 5 major league teams in 9 seasons. The most games he ever played in was 62 in 1999. He is primarily a defensive specialist. His offense is quite lacking. In 236 major league at bats, he has a 1.82 batting average, 2 HR, 23 RBi and 64 k's. Jamey Carroll should get the majority of the playing time at second base. This is definitely not the same team that I was expecting to see at this point when the season begain. Oh well, the best needs to be made out of the situation.