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A complete list of Indians participating in Winter and Fall leagues

October 15, 2009

Many members of the Cleveland Indians organization will be looking to enhance their skills by playing winter and fall league baseball. Here is a complete chart, passed on by by Indians Public relations manager Bart Swain, listing every member of the organization participating in the different leagues. Although I listed the members of the Arizona [...]

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Does Marte have a future with Tribe?

September 28, 2009

CLEVELAND: One of the many decisions the Indians must make in the off season concerns Andy Marte.

Do they keep him on the 40-man roster and give him a chance to make the team in spring training or leave him unprotected and allow him to seek employment elsewhere?

Marte was [...]

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Bunt hits are Brantley’s game

September 19, 2009

Michael Brantley has foot speed, but he still needs to refine his techniques. That doesn’t just mean stealing bases.
“”I’m a bunter, and I have to start taking advantage of my speed that way,” he said, referring to bunting for hits. “”I didn’t have as many bunt hits in the minors as I should have this [...]

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Sizemore injury hangs on

August 3, 2009

Grady Sizemore’s batting average continues to hover below .230, but he says his elbow feels relatively strong.
“My elbow feels good,” the Sizemore said. “It’s just one of those things you have to deal with. You have to be careful that it doesn’t cause bad habits that you have to overcome.”
Sizemore tries to walk a fine [...]

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8-3-09 Morning Highlights

August 3, 2009

INDIANS 11, TIGERS 1 — Grady Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera, Andy Marte and Trevor Crowe all drove in two runs while Indians starter Carl Pavano held the Tigers at Bay. Pavano scattered six hits over eight innings and struck out four. The Indians have eight of their last 12 games. BOX SCORE
Sheldon Ocker’s game story here.
ELSEWHERE [...]

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Dellucci rips Cleveland fans

July 21, 2009

TORONTO:  David Dellucci doesn’t understand it, and he doesn’t think it was right.
Until he was released by the Indians on June 1, he was a constant target of the fans, though it remains unclear why he became the whipping boy for the sporting public of Northeast Ohio.
“I’m disappointed at the treatment I received from the [...]

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Where does Peralta stand? At third base

July 19, 2009

CLEVELAND: On this date last year, Indians shortstop Jhonny Peralta was batting .263 with 16 home runs and 50 RBI.
Today, Indians third baseman Jhonny Peralta is batting .256 with six homers and 39 RBI.
This is one and the same person, of course, which makes it more difficult to explain the disparity in the numbers. The [...]

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Tribe roster on hold?

July 11, 2009

DETROIT: With a roster that includes an inordinate number of pitchers, the Indians can use the All-Star break to rebalance their squad. But will they?
“We have no plan to do that right now,” manager Eric Wedge said Saturday. “”But Mark (Shapiro) and I haven’t had full discussions about that yet.”
Including Toma Ohka, who will make [...]

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Laffey stumbles, comes off DL, anyway

July 7, 2009

CHICAGO: How many pitchers are rewarded with a promotion to the big leagues after giving up 10 runs in 7 1/3 innings during their final two minor-league starts?
At least one: Aaron Laffey.
Laffey will the Indians’ starter tonight against the White Sox in his first major-league appearance since May 22, the day before he was placed [...]

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Marte is IL’s Batter of the Week

July 6, 2009

The International League announced today that Columbus Clippers third baseman Andy Marte was named the League’s Batter of the Week for the period from June 29-July 5.
Marte becomes the IL’s first back-to-back Player of the Week since May of 2006 (pitcher Cole Hamels of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre).
Marte continued his red-hot hitting this week, finding himself at or [...]

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Hafner starts to pick up the pace

June 17, 2009

CLEVELAND: Wednesday was another scheduled night off for Travis Hafner, whose return to the Indians’ lineup, while sporadic, has been marked mostly by success.
Hafner says his surgically operated right shoulder is less subject to soreness and fatigue, and in his first 29 at-bats, he is hitting .310 with three home runs, eight RBI, and characteristically, [...]

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Hafner’s status still up in air

June 2, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.: One day before the end of Travis Hafner’s rehabilitation assignment at Columbus, Indians officials weren’t certain what to expect from their designated hitter.
Hafner left the Clippers and reported to Progressive Field, “”to get looked and get treatment,” manager Eric Wedge said.
Tonight, he will make what is presumed to be his final appearance in [...]

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DeRosa still seeking comfort level

May 10, 2009

CLEVELAND: You can tell that Mark DeRosa is new to the Indians.
The Tribe third baseman didn’t see much of the darker side of baseball in his years with the Braves and Cubs.
“I haven’t gone through a record like this,” he said after the Tribe’s 5-3 loss to the Tigers Sunday at Progressive Field. “”When I [...]

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DeRosa back on track

May 3, 2009

The siege appears to be over for Mark DeRosa, whose batting average fell to .195 in the middle of last week before his bat began to spit out a few hits.
The slump cost DeRosa the No. 2 spot in the batting order, which now belongs to Asdrubal Cabrera, who does not intend to surrender it [...]

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Pavano encouraged by latest outing

March 10, 2009

Carl Pavano made his third and longest start of the spring and pronounced himself on track in the Indians’ 8-4 loss to the Angels.
“I felt strong after the third inning,” he said. “”I’m continuing to pound the zone and trying to get ahead in the count. I think I threw like 50 pitches. That’s not [...]

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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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Reyes and other notes

January 9, 2009

Anthony Reyes made an immediate impact after being acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in the second half of last season for the Indians. Now, he has earned a spot in the rotation. ¶
‘‘Certainly if he is healthy, Reyes is going to be in our rotation,’’ Gbc Mark Gec GM Mark Shapiro said.¶
Reyes sat out [...]

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