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Can Tribe assemble viable rotation?

October 3, 2009

BOSTON: If no new candidates are added to the Indians’ group of starters, will the team be able to field a representative rotation? Manager Eric Wedge thinks so.
“”I think there are enough guys here to potentially do that,” he said
Wedge thinks Fausto Carmona and Justin Masterson need to rise to the top of the pecking [...]

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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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Aubrey making most of his chance

September 27, 2009

CLEVELAND: At 27, Michael Aubrey finally has begun a major-league career that was stalled for years by injury.

Aubrey was the Indians first-round draft pick in 2003 but spent most of his first five years as a professional rehabbing injuries: a strained quad in 2003, hamstring strain in 2004, stress fracture in [...]

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Brantley welcomes fatherly advice

September 6, 2009

CLEVELAND: Michael Brantley knows his father is watching and for him, that’s a good thing.
Mickey Brantley batted .259 in a four-year big-league career with the Mariners, finally ending his playing days with a stint in Japan. He moved on to coaching and managing in the Giants and Mets farms systems before briefly landing a job [...]

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Carrasco to make big-league debut

August 29, 2009

BALTIMORE: Carlos Carrasco will get the first chance to validate the trade of Cliff Lee to the Phillies.
The 22-year-old right-hander will make his major-league debut on Tuesday, when he starts against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. He will take the turn of David Huff, though Huff is not necessarily odd man out the rest [...]

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Tribe still has something to play for

August 10, 2009

The Indians have won 12 of their past 18 games and recently have taken two of three from each of the Central Division contenders: Detroit, Chicago and Minnesota.
If the Tribe were to continue to play at a .667 pace the rest of the season, it would finish with a plus .500 record of 82-80. But [...]

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Choo big hit in South Korea

August 4, 2009

CLEVELAND: Chan Ho Park remains the reigning baseball icon in South Korea, but Shin-Soo Choo is gaining ground.
As the next big thing in Korean baseball circles, the Indians’ right fielder has seen a quantum increase in the attention he receives from South Korean media members — both print and electronic — who have followed him [...]

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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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Wedge optimistic about Francisco

July 12, 2009

DETROIT: Many Indians fans think its time for Matt LaPorta to leave Columbus in the rear view mirror and start patroling left field in the big leagues.
That would leave Ben Francisco on the outside looking in, which is something manager Eric Wedge is not prepared for. At least not yet.
“I still think that Ben is [...]

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Rotation could turn over by end of month

June 1, 2009

   CLEVELAND: Barring further disabling injuries, by the end of June the Indians’ rotation might include most of the players, and more, who started the season.
Before the end of the month, Scott Lewis, Aaron Laffey and Jake Westbrook might rejoin the rotation.
“Laffey (right oblique strain) played catch from 60 feet today for the first time,” [...]

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A look around the Indians minor leagues

May 6, 2009

With the parent-club Indians calling up players, demoting others and even turning starting pitchers into relievers in an effort to help right the ship, let’s find some positives by checking in on the Tribe’s minor league teams.
Triple-A Columbus
the Clippers are 11-15 and remain in last place in the International League West Division, 2 1/2 games [...]

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Sipp saves game for buddy Laffey

April 26, 2009

Tony Sipp was hero for a day on Sunday.
He trotted in from the Indians’ bullpen with bases loaded and one out in the seventh inning, the Tribe holding a two-run lead.
Waiting for Sipp at the plate was Justin Morneau, the Minnesota Twins’ most lethal hitter. Sipp struck him out on a 94 mph fastball. That [...]

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Searching for answers

April 21, 2009

Rafael Perez is lugging around a 16.71 ERA and has made just one praiseworthy appearance in seven outings.
Jensen Lewis has pitched six times and given up four home runs and four walks in 6j innings; two of the longballs were lethal to the Indians’ chances of sweeping the New York Yankees last weekend, a series [...]

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And it only cost $1.5 billion

April 16, 2009

There is a time warp effect for fans sitting in the new Yankee Stadlium.
The shape and sight lines of the grandstand, the dimensions of the field, the location of the bullpens, the scoreboard filled with ads and the iconic slatted frieze that rings the facing of the upper deck are nearly identical to old Yankee [...]

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4-16-09 Morning Roundup

April 16, 2009

 
Aaron Laffey may have pitched yesterday’s game with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. Reasonably so. the left-hander felt as if he belonged in the big league rotation from the get go.
He finally had a chance to prove it Wednesday and he didn’t dissapoint.
Laffey limited the Royals to two runs and three hits [...]

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Manny (probably) can’t go home again

April 13, 2009

It didn’t take long for Manny Ramirez to realize he never had it so good playing for the Indians.
After signing an eight-year, $160 million contract with the Red Sox after the 2000 season, he communicated his desire to return to the Tribe to clubhouse personnel and some of his former Tribe teammates, particularly utility infielder [...]

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Lewis injury goes back to training camp

April 12, 2009

 Scott Lewis‘ forearm injury is not considered serious, but it will keep him on the disabled list for two to four weeks in the estimation of Indians head trainer Lonnie Soloff. 
After examining an MRI scan of Lewis’ left arm, Soloff said Sunday, “It was very encouraging news. He has a mild left forearm strain. He [...]

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Pavano solid in final exhibition win

April 4, 2009

Thankfully for the Indians, spring training games don’t count.
Despite rallying for three runs in the ninth to beat the Astros 4-3 Saturday afternoon at Minute Maid Park, the Tribe completed the exhibition season with a 12-20 record. 
The Tribe got strong pitching from three of four pitchers, including starter Carl Pavano, who yielded one run and [...]

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April 1, 2009 Morning Roundup

April 1, 2009

Maybe the Indians should have kept a secret from Scott Lewis?
Maybe they should have never told him he will start the season in the big league rotation?
He hasn’t taken the news so well.
In his last two outings since being named a starter, Lewis has been roughed up, including yesterday’s 10 runs on 13 hits [...]

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Shapiro shares thoughts before heading to Arizona

February 6, 2009

Before leaving for his team’s new spring training site in Goodyear, Ariz., Indians general manager Mark Shapiro met with the local media Friday at Progressive Field to share his thoughts on a variety of topics. Here are some of the highlights:
Q) How has the nation’s struggling economy affected the team?
A) Shapiro – The challenges are [...]

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