Indians meet with BJ Ryan...

[Providence A's]

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NAS...2005&fext=.jsp

CLEVELAND -- The Indians moved to shore up their bullpen as they brought left-hander B.J. Ryan into town in hopes that he'll be the closer who can anchor the back of their bullpen.
Ryan, 29, met with Indians general manager Mark Shapiro, but how those talks went were not known.

"We hosted the Ryans into Cleveland over the last two days," Shapiro said Tuesday. "It was a great opportunity for us to get to know B.J., and for him and his wife, Candi, to get to know the city and our staff."

In 2005, Ryan spent the season in that role with the Orioles. He went 1-4 with a 2.43 ERA and 36 saves. He relies on an effective, sharp-breaking slider, and Ryan has proved dominant against left-handers.

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[Timah]

lol they are trying to warm him up lol they put welcome to Cleveland BJ and Candi RYan on the scoreboard lol But yeah I think a Leftie like Ryan would upgrade our bullpen even though wicky did a good job last year