Baseball in Fort Wayne

Former Wizards infielder, Josh Barfield is set to rejoin the big league club after the Indians optioned the struggling Cabrera down to Triple-A Buffalo and recalled Barfield to take his roster spot.
Barfield was acquired in a trade that sent Kevin Kouzmanoff to the Padres and was slotted in at second base. However, after batting just .243 with three home runs and 50 RBIs over 130 games, Cabrera was promoted from Buffalo and took over the everyday gig at second.

Following those events and Barfield’s inability to show anything more during spring training, he began the year at Triple-A Buffalo. He had hit safely in nine of his last 12 games while at Buffao. During that time, he batted .288 (15-for-52) with a homer and five RBIs.

He was in Monday’s starting lineup for the Indians.

“Being down there was enough motivation,” Barfield said. “It wasn’t fun at all. It’s something you deal with. The first thing I thought about when I woke up and the last thing I thought about when I went to sleep was getting back here. [source: MLB.com]“

This caps a big couple week’s for the Barfield family. Josh’s younger brother, Jeremy, was taken by the Oakland A’s in the eighth round of last week’s First-Year Player Draft and signed his first professional contract Monday.

Photo courtesy of the Fort Wayne Wizards.