White Sox @ Indians, 7/16/07

Okay, it's time to send Cliff Lee down. We're not going to win the Central with the back of our rotation like this.

Geez.

UPDATE: My friend Brett and I are debating as to when Lee should/could be sent down. Any thoughts?

While Lee's ice might have gotten thinner tonight, it's got to be completely gone for Cabrera. I'll be honest, I usually give Wedge the benefit of the doubt, but I can't believe he put Cabrera in there tonight. I suppose you have to use him at some point, but following up our least effective starter with our least effective reliever didn't seem too smart, particularly given that we were still in the game.

If there was a bright spot tonight (besides our offense), it had to be the new guys coming out the bullpen. Sure, Jensen Lewis walked two guys, but I think that would be easy to chalk up to nerves in his first big league appearance. Rafael Perez struck out the side and looked dominant as he usually does and Jason Stanford looked good.

So what DO we do with Cliff Lee, who's 5-6 with a 5.67 ERA? Well, Lee has options left, so I think we need to do the same thing with him as we're doing with Sowers. Then we move Jason Stanford back to that spot, because while we're not exactly stocked with great relievers in Buffalo, we're even thinner on starters.

We let Stanford pitch in the fifth spot while Lee regroups, or Sowers regroups, or Miller gets back on track. Because right now I don't feel like Cliff ever gives us a chance to win.