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January 26, 2012The Indians today added to the pile of arms vying for a spot on the roster. No, they didn’t sign Roy Oswalt. According to several reports the team added veteran Dan Wheeler with a minor league deal.
Wheeler is 34 years old, and will be entering his 13th Big League season. He has pitched for Tampa Bay, the Mets, the Astros and most recently the Red Sox. He has appeared in 577 games, with a career ERA of 3.88, and strikeout to walk rate of 2.96. If healthy, he would be the leading candidate for the final bullpen spot, according to IPI’s Tony Lastoria.
The Indians also signed a pair of minor league free agents without invitation to ML spring training. They are RHP Jose De La Torre and INF Ryan Rohlinger.
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Love the move.
Take that, Detroit!
Throw 10 million at Oswalt and see if he bites. We need all the pitching we can get.
hey, he’s gotta be better than Chad Durbin, right?
maybe we could then combine our pitching with KC’s lineup and be a formidable monster?
I think Dolan should add another week to the Snow Days event just to see if we can sign someone in there late 20’s