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2009 Record: 99-76, +52.8950
Johnstones
Sunday: 4-3, +2.75
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Piece by piece today.
CLEVELAND +103 (2 UNITS) - Fausto
Carmona has shown steady improvement. His fastball has been steadily increasing
in speed since the beginning of April and the break on most pitches has been
much crisper and more effective. Meanwhile, Brian Tallet was absolutely crushed
in his last start to the tune of 10 earned runs. For some
reason, his two seam fastball was flat and 6 mph off in his last start. Tallet
is a reliever by trade who is being forced to start due to injuries. Last
season, he threw no more than 39 pitches in any single appearance and in 4 MLB
years prior to his last two starts, he has never thrown more than 49 pitches in
any appearance. He now comes in off back to back efforts having thrown 93
pitches in each outing and has only lasted 9 2/3 innings in the two combined
starts. The Indians are hitting a solid .286 against lefthanders and it can't
hurt the scouting assignments to know that Tallet was with the Indians earlier
in his career when they gave up on him as a starter..
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...don't know if you watch the majority of their games but for those who don't know Cito (and HC Gene Tenace) has done magic for their bats and now has the best record in the majors among managers since he re-joined the team last season 
GH
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