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January 2009

Indians television schedule announced

January 29, 2009

All 162 Cleveland Indians baseball games and seven spring training games will be telecast this season, the Indians announced Thursday in a press release.
Of the 162 games, 154 of them will be broadcast on SportsTime Ohio. Fox has the rights to other eight regular season games. The Spring training games will be on SportsTime [...]

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No room on roster for Marte

January 29, 2009

In a bit of shocking news, Cleveland Indians third baseman of the future Andy Marte has little time left in Cleveland, MLB.com beat writer Anthony Castrovince reports.
Marte has not performed up to expectations in his three seasons with the organization, although he didn’t have many opportunities to either.
Marte saw the most action of [...]

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Torre takes a few jabs at Pavano

January 29, 2009

Apparently Joe Torre wasn’t a fan of former Yankee and current Indians pitcher Carl Pavano, according to Tyler Kepner of the New York Times.
Kepner is currently reading the Joe Torre/Tom Verducci collaboration, The Yankee Years, as fast as he can. Although he isn’t done, he took some time to list some previously unpublished juicy [...]

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New Front Office simulator released

January 27, 2009

Monday marked the release of a new game and possibly a new era for baseball fans when 2k Sports released its newest game: MLB Front Office Manager.
The game — which is now available on PlayStation 3, Xbox360 and PC –puts gamers into the front office. Players must recruit the world, find gems in the [...]

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Sean Casey Looking to Retire

January 25, 2009

I thought it was too bad to see this short report By MLB.Com’s Steve Gilbert on former Indian Sean Casey. I always loved the Big Guy.
‘The Mayor’ hit .302 in 12 seasons with five different clubs
By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
Red Sox first baseman Sean Casey is officially retiring, according to a report by WEEI Radio [...]

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Manny won’t return to Tribe, MLB.com says

January 24, 2009

The LA times decided to give us an update on the ongoing saga with Manny Ramirez. Bill Shaikin’s update?
There is no update.
Although there is plenty of interest in the situation, there is nothing new to report. Shaikin does a good job of summarizing the situation regardless.
Meanwhile, in the midwest, MLB.com Indians beat writer [...]

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ESPN: Indians have five in top prospects

January 22, 2009

ESPN’s Keith Law has put together his top 100 prospects in baseball. It is behind ESPN’s paided-content wall but here are the Indians minor-leaguers he has chosen.
13. Carlos Santana, catcher
27. Matt LaPorta, first baseman
58. Adam Miller, pitcher
61. Nick Weglarz, outfielder/first baseman
66. David Huff, pitcher

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Vizquel signs deal with Rangers

January 22, 2009

Former Indians shortstop Omar Vizquel is officially a member of the Texas Rangers, well sort of.
Vizquel has signed a minor league contract with the Rangers and will be invited to Spring training. Vizquel is expected to be the insurance policy should 20-year-old prospect Elvis Andrus struggle in his first major league season. Gold Glove [...]

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Jeff Kent to announce retirement

January 21, 2009

One of the best offensive second basemen of the last 20 years has decided to call it quits. Jeff Kent, who once saw 102 at bats for the Indians in 1996, will announce his retirement Thursday.
Kent leaves the game with 2,461 hits, 377 home runs and 1,518 RBI in his 17-year career. His career [...]

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Indians to be well represented at WBC

January 21, 2009

The Cleveland Indians should be well represented at the World Baseball Classic, MLB.com beat writer Anthony Castrovince reported two days ago.
Fourteen Indians players could be competing in the WBC:
Center fielder Grady Sizemore (USA)
Third baseman Mark DeRosa (USA)
Shortstop Jhonny Peralta (Dominican Republic)
Starter Fausto Carmona (Dominican Republic)
Reliever Rafael Perez (Dominican Republic)
Reliever Masa Kobayashi (Japan)
Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo [...]

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Don’t forget Choo on fantasy draft day

January 21, 2009

The baseball blog, Fangraphs, recently reminded us that Shin-Soo Choo may be a valuable fantasy league pickup this season.
Fangraphs points out that the left-handed hitting Choo did have some success against lefties last year, albeit in 84 at bats.
According to its projections, Choo is in line for a .290 average with 15-20 home [...]

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Vizquel now eyed by Rangers

January 17, 2009

As it turns out the report earlier in the week stating former Indian shortstop Omar Vizquel was taking his act out to San Diego was a little premature. The Padres filled that role with 2002 World Series fan favorite David Eckstein.
Meanwhile, the 1997 World Series shortstop — that diving stop in game 6 will always [...]

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Pedro to Indians? Possible

January 17, 2009

A published report in Pittsburgh on Saturday listed the Indians among several teams who have an interest in free-agent pitcher Pedro Martinez.
Martinez, 37, has professed a foremost interest in returning to the New York Mets but has had exploratory talks with the Indians, Pirates and Florida Marlins.
It is reported that he is seeking $7 million [...]

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Two more invited to Tribe camp

January 16, 2009

The Indians continue to add to the pitchers who will be in camp in Arizona in less than a month. Friday, they added Matt Herges and Jack Cassel. Both are right-handed, and both are non-roster invitees.

Here is the press release:
The Cleveland Indians today announced the minor league free agent signings of RHP JACK CASSEL [...]

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Hall Player to be Named in Paul Byrd Trade

January 16, 2009

The Cleveland Indians announced late Thursday that they acquired minor league outfielder Mickey Hall from the Boston Red Sox to complete the August 12th trade that sent veteran right-hander Paul Byrd to the Red Sox for a Player to be Named later.
Hall, 24, spent most of last season at Double-A Portland, where he hit [...]

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Hafner says he’s on schedule to start Opening Day

January 15, 2009

Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner met with local media Thursday afternoon in the Tribe locker room at Progressive Field to give an update on his health status since having offseason surgery to clean out his right shoulder.
The slimmed-down Hafner was in good spirits while discussing how he lost 10 pounds and how well his rehab [...]

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LaPorta, Brantley get training camp invites

January 15, 2009

Some of the Indians best prospects, including Matt LaPorta and Michael Brantley, will be in Arizona with the major-league club this preseason. Here is the press release:
The Cleveland Indians today invited eight (8) players to Major League camp from their player development system, bringing the total number of non-roster spring invitees to 16 for [...]

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Byrd intends to sit out first half of season

January 14, 2009

Former Indians pitcher Paul Byrd is taking the Roger Clemens approach to semiretirement: sit out half a season and try to sign with a contender midway through, Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com reported.
Rosenthal writes:
He doesn’t want to spend another full season away from his wife, Kym, and sons Grayson, 12, and Colby, 11.
But he also doesn’t [...]

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Vizquel to Padres?

January 14, 2009

Channel 4 San Diego’s Emmy winning sports reporter John Weisbarth reported yesterday former Indian short stop Omar Vizquel could join the San Diego Padres as soon as today.
Vizquel didn’t hit much last year for the San Francisco Giants, but his Gold Glove defensive hasn’t slipped much at all.
No word yet if Vizquel will begin [...]

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Indians sign two to minor league contracts

January 14, 2009

The Cleveland Indians signed right-handed pitchers Kirk Saarloos and Greg Aquino to minor league contracts today. The two will be non-rsoter invitees to Spring training.
Saarloos is a journeyman pitcher who began his seven-year career with the Houston Astros. He has also pitched with the Reds and, most recently, the Oakland A’s. His career record [...]

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