Indians, Aeros and Major League Baseball

   MINNEAPOLIS: Shin-Soo Choo was sent back to Cleveland after reinjuring his left oblique and won’t play again this season.  ””It’s the same injury, but he’s done for the season,” manager Manny Acta said.  After being on the disabled list since Aug. 28, Choo was activated for Thursday night’s game against the Rangers in Texas [...]

   CHICAGO: Kosuke Fukudome’s appearance in the leadoff spot Friday night wasn’t a one-day experiment. Manager Manny Acta said today that Fukudome probably will remain at the top of the order for the rest of the season, displacing Grady Sizemore. “”The reason is that since Grady is not going to play on an everyday basis, [...]

CLEVELAND:  After missing almost the entire season following shoulder surgery March 30, Trevor Crowe was placed on the 40-man roster and activated for today’s game against the Tigers. Crowe, who will play left field and bat ninth, began a rehab assignmnt at the Tribe’s complex in Arizona then progressed to Columbus. To make room for him [...]

CLEVELAND: The Indians activated Jason Kipnis (strained hamstring) from the disabled list this afternoon and called up middle infielder Luis Valbuena from Columbus. Kipnis probably will get most of the at-bats at second base, sending Cord Phelps to the bench. Carlos Carrasco,out with an elbow injury, has been placed on the 60-day DL.

Jack Hannahan, the Indians starter at third base Sunday, left the game in the third inning after injuring his left calf. He was replaced by rookie Lonnie Chisenhall. “I felt it on the single coming out of the box,” said Hannahan, who doubled and singled in his two at-bats. Tribe manager Manny Acta was blunt after [...]

KANSAS CITY – When you play for a team that has seen one major player after another go down with an injury, it seems like the only way to be granted an off is to join the M*A*S*H list. That’s what it took for Tribe shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera to earn a seat on the bench Saturday in Kansas City, [...]

KANSAS CITY: Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco has been seeking medical opinions about his ailing right arm, but Indians manager Manny Acta said a decision to undergo surgery hasn’t been made yet. This, despite a report surfacing Friday from Venezuelan newspaper Líder en Deportes, that quoted Indians minor leaguer Hector Rondon. In the article, Rondon said fellow right-hander Carrasco [...]

  CLEVELAND: Like the good teammate he is, Jack Hannahan gave his lodge brothers in the Indians’ lineup a chance to win the game Wednesday night.  But when the 16th inning arrived and the score was still tied, Hannahan took matters into his own hands. With ther Athletics’ eighth pitcher of the game, Josh Outman, [...]

  CLEVELAND:  The Indians lost another everyday for the season Sunday, when Michael Brantley was placed on the 60-day disabled list this afternoon.  Shin-Soo Choo’s oblique soreness has sidelined him again, but so far there is no indication that he will become the eighth Tribe player on the DL.  Brantley will undergo swurgery to remove the hook [...]