Pronk v-mart in Buffalo for the week

Pronk and V-mart will be in Buffalo Monday-Thursday on rehab assignment. True the Indians are pathetic this year and their manager is a travesty and their pitching staff is brutal but two players that used to be good and have since signed fat contracts, Victor Martinez and donkey boy Travis Hafner look to be playing in all four games, and I'll be at the afternoon game thursday no doubt.

The Cleveland Indians have altered their schedule of injury rehabilitation assignments, announcing this morning that designated hitter Travis Hafner and infielder Josh Barfield will begin stints with the Buffalo Bisons Monday night at Dunn Tire Park.

Catcher Victor Martinez will join the Herd Tuesday, keeping to the schedule Tribe manager Eric Wedge indicated prior to Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Angels in Progressive Field.

Hafner is slated to start as Buffalo's designated hitter Monday and make two plate appearances in the series opener against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Barfield is scheduled to play second base for about six innings and get three at-bats. Martinez is scheduled to catch six innings of Tuesday's game.

It's likely that all three players will remain with the Bisons throughout the four-game series against the IronPigs that concludes with Thursday's 1:05 p.m. game.

Hafner has not played since May 25 due to chronic pain and weakness in his right shoulder. Martinez -- who led all major-league catchers in home runs and RBIs last season -- has been out since early June due to elbow surgery