WFNY Wednesday Wahoos: Indians Minor League Weekly Review 6/27
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June 27, 2012We saw some moves coming up soon, but this likely isn’t what we were looking for.
The Indians made a pair of small moves today, as they claimed IF/OF Vinny Rottino off outright waivers from the New York Mets. The versatile 32-year-old journeyman is expected to join the AAA Columbus roster and, of course, will be on the 40-man roster.
In 511 career AAA games, he’s a .294/.360/.436 hitter. He’s notched plenty of time at catcher, right field, left field, third base and first base over the years. A right-handed bat, he’s just at .188/.282/.319 in 44 career MLB games with Milwaukee, Florida and the Mets dating back to 2006.
In a corresponding move, the Indians DFA’d RHP Chris Schwinden, a starter for the Clippers. He actually had been picked up off waivers from the Blue Jays just a few weeks back. In three starts for Columbus, he was 1-2 with a 5.87 ERA, striking out five batters against six walks in 15.1 IP.
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Vinny Rottino my paison – can you say playoffs baby!!!
Saw the headline. Thought it said Vinny Pestano claimed off waivers. Had to put a few coins in to my office collection box.
The best part about this move (besides the RH bat) is that he’s played catcher and all four corner positions. Hopefully he can help this team after we sell off Hannahan and Kotchman (at least). Chis needs consistency at 3B and Lopez needs a legit shot at 1B as he does have some pop. Carrying Rottino would give us that overlooked but very important third catcher.