25-year old righty starting pitcher Justin Masterson is having another rough year for the Indians. He has started 22 games for the Tribe this year and he is 4-10 with a 5.40 ERA and a 1.63 WHIP. He has given up 152 hits and walked 57 batters in only 128 1/3 innings this season for the Indians. Masterson has now pitched in 33 games (32 starts) in his two years with the Indians and he is 5-17 with a 5.14 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP. The Indians got a call before the trade deadline from the Red Sox who were going to convert him back to being a relief pitcher which is a role in which he has had some success. It’s painful to watch Masterson try to work 5-6 innings at a time. Use your heads in the front office in Cleveland and make Masterson a reliever again.

The Cleveland Indians have sent 25-year old lefty starting pitcher David Huff to AAA. Huff has pitched in 13 games (all starts) for the Tribe this season and he is 2-9 with a 6.04 ERA and a 1.69 WHIP. He has given up 88 hits (11 homers) and he has walked 30 batters in only 70 innings as he has been pretty pathetic. Last season as a rookie Huff started 23 games for the Indians in which he was 11-8 with a 5.61 ERA and a 1.56 WHIP as he led the team in wins. Either Carlos Carrasco or Aaron Laffey will likely be called up to replace Huff in the starting rotation.

25-year old righty starting pitcher Justin Masterson has been awful this season for the Indians. Masterson has started 11 games for the Indians this year and he is 1-5 with a 5.46 ERA and a 1.82 WHIP. He has given up 75 hits and walked 33 batters in only 59 2/3 innings this year which is pathetic. Masterson has whiffed 55 batters this season so he can be effective if he starts getting aggressive and throwing more strikes. Masterson has pitched in 22 games (21 starts) in his first two years with the Indians and he is 2-12 with a 5.01 ERA and a 1.71 WHIP.

The Indians really have swung the bats well when 25-year old lefty pitcher David Huff has been on the mound this year. Huff has started 22 games for the Indians this season and he is 10-8 with a 5.98 ERA and a 1.60 WHIP. He has allowed 154 hits (16 homers) in only 120 1/3 innings for the Tribe this season as he doesn’t miss many bats. Huff better finish the season strong if he wants to be penciled into the starting rotation for 2010.

Watching 25-year old righty starting pitcher Fausto Carmona pitch this season is downright painful. He has started 21 games for the Indians this season and he is 3-11 with a 6.58 ERA and a 1.81 WHIP. He still has great stuff but he just doesn’t appear to know where the baseball is going when it leaves his hand. The most frustrating thing about watching Carmona pitch is remembering how good he was in 2007 when he started 32 games and was 19-8 with a 3.06 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. Where is that guy? In his other three seasons with the Indians (2006, 2008 and 2009), Carmona has pitched in 81 games (50 starts) in which he is 12-28 with a 5.84 ERA and a 1.68 WHIP. The Indians are running out of patience with Carmona who is turning into the Indians’ version of Daniel Cabrera and that’s not good.