Pitching, Pitching, and Pitching..............

Obviously Cliff Lee and Carl Pavano have been the bright spots in the rotation thus far. Jeremy Sowers continues to be up and down but looks like he might turn the corner and provide a quality start sometime soon(hopefully). David Huff has also pitched "ok" in his last 2 starts. The biggest problem is Fausto Carmona who is really struggling to get outs and continues to give up walk after walk.

Here are some extremely alarming stats for Carmona: In 58 innings he has given up 64 hits (7 homers) and walked 38, while only striking out 35. I guess you can say that at least he's healthy.

I'm hoping that Jake Westbrook, Aaron Laffey, and/or Scott Lewis can return to the rotation sometime soon. I think Westbrook and Laffey are the real keys here, we still don't know that much about S. Lewis yet. If any of them can return to the rotation I'm guessing Huff would be the first to be sent back down unless he really pitches well in his next couple of starts, unless the Tribe surprises me and sends Carmona down.

The problem with Laffey and S. Lewis is that they are similiar pitchers and you can throw Sowers into that mix. They are all left handed finesse pitchers that don't throw hard. Although I'm sure the Tribe will take anything right now just to eat up innings and field a team.

Let's move on to the bullpen. Who would have ever thought that Matt Herges, Greg Aquino, and Luis Vizcaino would be the ones to stabilize the 'pen. We can't complain here, these guys came in and solidified the relief corps. Those guys are going to be needed to continue to play key roles while Rafael Betancourt and Joe Smith are on the DL, and until we find out which Rafael Perez and Tony Sipp shows up. Both lefties have shown hints of greatness but also have had extreme meltdowns. Kerry Wood and Jensen Lewis have been borderline consistent but not terrible so we'll take it. Guys like Tomo Ohka, Zach Jackson, and Vinnie Chulk are going to continue to travel between the Cleveland and Columbus.