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CLEVELAND -- Andrew Miller will make his debut in a Cleveland uniform on Monday night, when the Indians host the Minnesota Twins in the first game of a four-game series.Miller was acquired Sunday in a five player trade with the New York Yankees. The Indians sent four minor league prospects to New York, including outfielder Clint Frazier, the Indians first round pick in the 2013 draft.The first order of business when Miller arrives will be for manager Terry Francona to decide how he is going to use him. Indians closer Cody Allen has 20 saves this year and 78 saves over the last three years.But Miller is an all-star reliever. He had 36 saves with the Yankees last year, though thats the only year in his 11 year career that he has been used as a closer. Miller has mostly been a setup man, which is what he was with the Yankees this year, pitching mostly in the eighth inning.Francona said he will sit down with Allen and Miller on Monday and decide how the back of the bullpen will be configured.Andrew Miller is one of the elite relievers in baseball, and it gives us guys who pitch at the end of the game who are interchangeable, Francona said. Over the last two months this should give us a much better chance to win games.Miller fills a major hole in the Indians bullpen. Not only is he good, but hes left-handed. The Indians have gone most of this season without a left-hander in their bullpen. Now they have arguably the best left-handed reliever in the game.Im not sure there is a better fit for our bullpen than Andrew, said Indians President of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti.Whether Miller makes his debut on the mound for the Indians Monday depends in large part on how well Danny Salazar pitches. Salazar (11-3, 2.97) will start for the Indians against the Twins. Salazar ranks fourth in the American League in ERA. In eight career appearances vs. Minnesota Salazar is 3-2 with a 3.63 ERA.Tyler Duffey (5-8, 6.12) is scheduled to start for the Twins, but that is subject to change. The Twins have announced that they will recall right-hander Jose Berrios from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Berrios, who was 1-1 with a 10.20 ERA in four starts with the Twins earlier this season, could get the start in place of Duffey.He (Berrios) is not coming to watch and be a spectator, Twins manager Paul Molitor told MLB.com.In 16 starts at Rochester Berrios was 10-5 with a 2.44 ERA.Theres some feeling that its time to get him up here. . . that this would be a good thing for him to get back up here and see how he reacts, Molitor said.The Indians come into the Minnesota series having just swept a three-game series with Oakland. 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Cheap Authentic Jerseys . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games.Focus on Footy has abandoned a shambolic campaign to shake up the Richmond AFL board but insists the short-lived push achieved something.The group, led by Dr Martin Hiscock, had already backed down on calls for a board spill and instead hoped to gain four to five seats without an extraordinary general meeting at the club.But the attempted revolt was stared down by Tigers president Peggy ONeal, prompting the rebel group to suspend its campaign.While were disappointed that the board would not entertain any change, we believe we have achieved much, a spokesman said on Wednesday.We have put an incredible focus on football, which needed to be urgently addressed at Richmond.We contributed to the return of Neil Balme.We have shaken up the place. We did something.The wind was taken out of the groups campaign when the Tigers effectively beat the rebels to the punch in announcing Balme as their new head of football.Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale has said the club was already in talks with Balme before Focus on Footy callled for the Richmond legends return.dddddddddddd.The rebel group met with ONeal and her board on Tuesday and were told none of the existing directors would step down.The time leading up to the AFL draft is really important for all clubs and our priority right now is running this club, and providing a stable environment that allows our CEO Brendon Gale and our new general manager of football Neil Balme to build a stronger Richmond on and off the field, ONeal said in a statement after the meeting.Im sure all passionate Richmond members and supporters want Brendon and Neil focused on delivering the changes we have announced to strengthen our football department and not be distracted by other issues.Focus on Footy had also insisted it would pay out the remainder of coach Damien Hardwicks contract if performance guidelines were not met next season.Hardwick is contracted until the end of 2018. 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