FanHouse Tomo Ohka

For some reason, I had it in my mind that Fausto Carmona was due for a big bounceback year. After a shaky 2008, I figured he would shake off the heavy workload that the Indians' run to the ALCS in 2007 created and use his power sinker to help take the Indians back to the top of the AL Central.

Boy, was I wrong.

With 12 starts under his belt, Carmona's 2-7 with an ERA of over 7.00, and Saturday the Indians announced they'd be sending him to Arizona to work on his struggles.

After putting the baseball world on the edge of their seats with their "Wil Ledezma for Macay McBride" deal with Atlanta earlier this week, the Tigers did it again on Friday afternoon, sending Mike Maroth to the Cardinals. It's not yet known who the Tigers received in exchange for Maroth, whose claim to fame is once losing 21 games as the fall-guy for Detroit's 2003 campaign, but it's not expected to be much. He may not have an arm growing out of his back like the picture suggests, but he is left-handed, which means he should be able to draw a major league salary for as long as he wants to stay in the game.

Maroth's departure wasn't exactly a surprise, not with Kenny Rogers returning from the disabled list tonight and Nate Robertson not too far behind. Chad Durbin has pitched surprisingly well lately, and rookie Andrew Miller looks like he belongs after three starts. The Tigers could certainly use some help in the bullpen, but I'm going to wager they received the always popular "Player to Be Named," likely some kind of pitching prospect in the low minors.

For the Cardinals, it's the second move this week they've made to try patching up their rotation after signing Tomo Ohka to a minor league deal earlier this week. Will it be enough to get back in the hunt? Probably not, especially with the Brewers apparently back on track, but then again, no one saw that Jeff Weaver deal working out quite as well as it did for them last year.