Ryan Garko may not be in the Indians plan as their everyday first baseman in 2009, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. "I'm not sure how that's going to play out, just because I'm uncertain about what the winter is going to lead to," Indians manager Eric Wedge remarked.Garko has not had a wonderful year, disappointing his team and fantasy owners with an average of .256 along with just 10 home runs.

It seems that Indians manager Eric Wedge's benching of Ryan Garko sure sent the message. According to Indians.com in the month of August, after Wedge benched Garko, he has responded with an average of .307 and 20 RBI.Garko has hit 10 home runs on the year and driven in 70 runs.

The Associated Press reports Cleveland Indians 1B Ryan Garko snapped his 11-game hitting streak Tuesday, Aug. 26.

News: Cleveland 1B Ryan Garko was 0-for-4 Tuesday against the Tigers to snap his 11-game hitting streak.

Analysis: Garko's average has gone from .242 to .255 in August and is finally hitting as the Indians hoped he would all season. He remains an intriguing low-end sleeper for deeper mixed formats

News: Indians OF Ryan Garko extended his hitting streak to 11 games with an RBI single in the fourth inning Monday against the Tigers. Garko is 15-for-41 (.366) with one homer and 13 RBI during the streak.

Analysis: Garko's average has gone from .242 to .257 in August and is finally hitting as the Indians hoped he would all season. He remains an intriguing low-end sleeper for deeper mixed formats

The Associated Press reports Cleveland Indians 1B Ryan Garko extended his hitting streak to 11 games Monday, Aug. 25, with an RBI single in the fourth inning.

Garko now has a nine-game hitting streak, during which he is batting .382 with two homers, five runs scored and 11 RBIs in 34 at-bats. The 27-year-old first baseman is enjoying his most productive month of the season, hitting .329 with 19 RBIs in 79 at-bats in August.

News: Indians 1B Ryan Garko went 1-for-4 with a run scored in Thursday's 10-3 rout of the Royals, extending his hit streak to seven games.

Analysis: Garko is hitting well over .300 in August after managing to hit only .242 in July. He has hit two homers in every month this season, but you don't have Garko in your lineup for his power. He remains an intriguing low-end sleeper for deeper mixed formats

News: Indians 1B Ryan Garko went 2-for-4 with his 10th homer of the season, two runs scored and a walk in Tuesday's win over the Royals. He now has a five-game hit streak, during which he is 8-for-17 (.471) with at least one RBI in each game.

Analysis: Garko is hitting a stellar .328 in August after managing to hit only .242 in July. He has hit two homers in every month this season, but you don't have Garko in your lineup for his power. He remains an intriguing low-end sleeper for deeper mixed formats

The Associated Press reports Cleveland Indians 1B Ryan Garko hit his 10th homer Tuesday night, Aug. 19.

Garko has really come into his own lately, swinging himself into a modest five-game hitting streak. In that span, he's hitting .471 (8-for-17) with a pair of jacks, two doubles and six RBIs. With a .328 (19-for-58) average for August, Garko is slowly making up for a lost year and is worth a flier in any format.

News: Indians 1B Ryan Garko went 1-for-3 with his ninth homer of the season, two RBI and a walk in Saturday's loss to the Angels. He now has 10 RBI in his last eight games.

Analysis: Garko was in the doghouse recently as he continued to fight through a season-long slump, but he seems to be in the right frame of mind recently with his recent RBI output. Garko could be a sleeper for deeper leagues down the stretch, but remains a low-end Fantasy option at this time

In going deep for the first time since July 23, Garko also hit safely for the seventh time in eight games. An RBI onslaught has coincided with the hot hitting, as Garko has driven in 10 runs in that same time frame. He's now just one RBI behind his 2007 total in 118 fewer plate appearances.

News: Indians 1B Ryan Garko had a RBI single in four at-bats Friday against the Angels. Garko is 10-for-27 (.370) with eight RBI in his last seven games.

Analysis: Garko was in the doghouse recently as he continued to fight through a season-long slump, but he seems to be in the right frame of mind recently with his recent RBI output. Garko could be a sleeper for deeper leagues down the stretch, but remains a low-end Fantasy option at this time

Garko is starting put things together at the plate, hitting safely five of his last six games while collecting multiple hits in four of those contests to give him a .289 (13-for-45) average for August.

That's three straight two-hit games for Garko, who is now hitting .303 (10-for-33) with five RBIs for Aug. The 27-year-old first baseman still has a long way to go to start compensating for his .248 season average, but this is certainly a start.

That's two straight two-hit afternoons for Garko, who is still only hitting .267 (8-for-30) in a homer-free August. He'll need quite a few more games like this to help boost his season .244 clip back to respectability.

Ryan Garko went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored Sunday as the Indians topped the Blue Jays. Garko is 4-for-8 with three RBI since he was benched for a couple of games last week as punishment for not running out a groundball. He's now hitting .244 this year with 53 RBI. Shin-Soo Choo contributed a 3-for-4 performance while Grady Sizemore, David Dellucci and Jhonny Peralta drove in one run apiece.

Ryan Garko went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored Sunday as the Indians topped the Blue Jays. Garko is 4-for-8 with three RBI since he was benched for a couple of games last week as punishment for not running out a groundball. He's now hitting .244 this year with 53 RBI. Shin-Soo Choo contributed a 3-for-4 performance and Grady Sizemore, David Dellucci and Jhonny Peralta drove in one run apiece.

Nice to see Garko get off the schneid, as he'd gone just 4-for-22 (.182) without a single RBI in his first six contests this month. Owners continue to wait for the power-hitting first baseman to come around, though their patience might be wearing thin after watching him bat just .242 with a .394 slugging percentage in 66 at-bats last month. He'll need to pick up the pace in a hurry to return to the realm of mixed-league relevance.

News: The Sports Xchange notes that Ryan Garko was not in the starting lineup Friday at Toronto. Garko was removed from the Indians' previous game, Wednesday at Tampa Bay, for not running to first after hitting a grounder down the first base line. He remained on the bench Friday.

Analysis: Garko, once considered a .300-30-100-100 candidate, has had an awful season and is in the doghouse now amid another slump. Consider him little more than an AL-only option right now

Ryan Garko was out of the lineup again on Friday for not running out a ground ball on Wednesday. "I'm not playing him today," manager Eric Wedge said before the game. "I'm not sure when I'm going to play him." Despite his comments, Garko will probably be back in the lineup on Saturday.Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ryan Garko wasn't in the starting lineup on Friday night after not running out a groundout in the Tribes game on Wednesday night, according to MLB.com. "I'm just not playing him today," manager Eric Wedge said. "I'm not sure when I'm going to put him out there. We'll play it day by day."Garko has been a disappointment all season with only eight home runs and a terrible .659 OPS. Maybe he should have done us all a favor and stopped hustling a bit earlier so we could have stopped running him out there in our lineup to produce middling numbers.

Anthony Castrovince, of Indians.MLB.com, reports Cleveland Indians 1B Ryan Garko was not in the starting lineup Friday, Aug. 8. Manager Eric Wedge said he does not know when he will put Garko in the lineup again.

Garko remained standing in the batter's box after tapping what he believed to be a foul ball, but the ball ended up rolling back into fair territory, providing Tampa with an easy out that left Indians skipper Eric Wedge fuming. "I'm just not playing him today," Wedge said. "I'm not sure when I'm going to put him out there. We'll play it day by day." Andy Gonzalez replaced Garko at first base in Friday's affair.

Even though the Indians are facing a left-hander, Ryan Garko is being benched in a second straight game on Friday. This seems pretty excessive for not running out a grounder that seemed likely to go foul off the bat. Manager Eric Wedge figures he can take a hard line here, but we're guessing neither Grady Sizemore nor Victor Martinez would be taken out of a game and then held out of two more for a similar offense.Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

News: Cleveland DH Ryan Garko got an early exit in Wednesday's game after failing to run. Garko stood in the batter's box when his squibber down the first-base line stayed fair in the second inning. Andy Marte pinch-hit for Garko the next inning.

Analysis: Garko, once considered a .300-30-100-100 candidate, has had an awful season and is in the doghouse now amid another slump. Consider him little more than an AL-only option right now

Ryan Garko was benched for failing to run out a grounder in the second inning of Wednesday's game. It wasn't an injury, but mere laziness. Garko thought his roller would go foul, but it didn't, resulting in an easy out. Andy Marte replaced him in what would have been his next at-bat.

Ryan Garko was forced out of Wednesday's game in the third inning due to an apparent leg injury.He was working as the DH, and sustained the injury while grounding out in his first at-bat. He was replaced by Andy Marte.

Ryan Garko left Wednesday's game in the third inning with an apparent leg injury. Garko, who was DHing today, was injured while grounding out in his first at-bat. Andy Marte replaced him the following time through the order.