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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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Martinez: I wanted to stay

October 2, 2009

BOSTON: Victor Martinez didn’t get his wish, but maybe a he got something better: a trip to the playoffs and a chance to win the World Series.
If the Indians hadn’t traded him to the Red Sox July 31, his season would be ending on Sunday rather than continuing with the Division Series against the Angels [...]

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Peralta’s stats deceiving

September 25, 2009

CLEVELAND: It’s been a struggle for Jhonny Peralta this year.
But when you look at his numbers, there is little indication that this has been anything but a normal season for the Indians’ new third baseman.
Going into Friday night’s game against the Orioles, Peralta was batting .262 with 11 home runs and 78 RBI. Granted, his [...]

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Smith finally on a run

August 26, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo.: It took awhile. That’s the way it works, especially for younger, less experienced relief pitchers who drop their arm down and throw sidearm.
Those pitchers can’t be trusted, according to conventional baseball wisdom. If they throw with their right arm, like Joe Smith of the Indians, left-handers get a longer look at the [...]

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Westbrook shut down six more weeks

August 11, 2009

CLEVELAND: Any hope the Indians had that Jake Westbrook would beat the healing curve disappeared Monday, when they received the report from Los Angeles orthopedist Lewis Yocum.
Monday, Westbrook visited the doctor who performed his right elbow reconstruction in June of 2008, because he was experiencing soreness in the elbow after his last rehabilitation start.
“The purpose [...]

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Aeros win streak snapped at seven; Westbrook throws

August 4, 2009

CONNECTICUT DEFENDERS 4, AKRON AEROS 3
KEY STATS: Akron and Connecticut represent the the top two teams in the Eastern League as the Aeros entered Tuesday’s action leading the Southern Division with 68-41 mark and a seven-game lead over second-place Reading. The Northern Division-leading Defenders were 63-45 with a 10-game lead over second-place Trenton…The loss [...]

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Aeros’ Edell wins EL weekly honors

August 3, 2009

Left-handedpitcher Ryan Edell was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Monday.
It is the fourth weekly award for an Aeros player this season as right-handed pitcher Jeanmar Gomez and outfielder Nick Weglarz (twice) have also claimed the honor this season.
Edell was dominating in his two starts – both wins – this week.
First, he shutout Erie [...]

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Shapiro emotional over Martinez trade

July 31, 2009

When Indians general manager Mark Shapiro went to bed late Thursday night, he had no intention of trading Tribe All-Star catcher Victor Martinez before baseball’s trading deadline the next day.
But as Friday progressed, it became clear that trading Martinez was indeed the direction the Indians were headed. The deal was finally reached in the late [...]

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Roster moves R’ us

July 31, 2009

CLEVELAND: The Indians’ roster will undergo more changes in the wake of the trades of Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez.
Wyatt Toregas will report to Progressive Field today from Columbus and join Kelly Shoppach to form the Tribe’s tandem of catchers. He will take Martinez’s place on the roster.
Right-hander Justin Masterson also is scheduled to arrive [...]

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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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Now is no time to quit

July 10, 2009

DETROIT: Why not call it a season after the All-Star Game?
Forfeit the rest of the games and tell the guys, “Don’t fall in any holes over the winter; eat your granola, and see you in Goodyear next spring.”
Sounds like a plan for the Indians.
Of course, there’s a catch, maybe two: The commissioner wouldn’t allow it, [...]

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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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Wedge issues for Tribe manager

June 16, 2009

CLEVELAND: Manager Eric Wedge doesn’t mind identifying two aspects of the Indians’ game that cause a spike in his blood pressure: walks and strikeouts.
Only one American League team’s pitchers have issued more walks per game than the Tribe. The Yankee staff has walked an average of 3.97 batters per game, the Indians 3.95.
Among the league’s [...]

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Drennen homer lifts Aeros

June 9, 2009

AKRON AEROS 4, NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS 2
KEY STATS: The Aeros stranded 11 batters on base, leaving the bases loaded in the fourth and fifth inning and grounding into a double play with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth. Their first two runs were unearned, scoring on a throwing error in the [...]

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Westbrook enters home stretch

June 9, 2009

CLEVELAND: Nothing against suburban Phoenix, but Jake Westbrook is happy to be gone from Arizona and the Indians’ extended spring training program.
“I was there four months,” he said Monday. “I glad to be out of there. My tan is good enough. Now, I get to see the guys and pitch under the lights.”
Just like the [...]

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Cabrera out two-four weeks

June 3, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS: The Indians’ body count continued to rise Wednesday with the news that Asdrubal Cabrera was placed on the 15-day disabled list. 
Rather than being struck down with a dislocated shoulder, as Cabrera thought, the diagnosis, made in Cleveland, is a sprain.
“An MRI and an exam by Dr. (Mark) Schickendantz confirmed that it’s an AC joint [...]

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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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5-12-09 Morning RoundUp

May 12, 2009

The four-game losing streak has ended as the Indians beat the White Sox 9-4 last night at The Prog.
MLB.com game story.
Plain Dealer game story.
Chicago Sun-Times game story.
Eric Wedge had a lot of good tidbits about the Indians moving forward.
– Grady Sizemore could be moving down in the order. The lead off hitter is struggling [...]

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Wedge too busy to worry about job

May 11, 2009

CLEVELAND: Once the subject of a manager’s job security is broached publicly, the story tends to take on a life of its own.
After the Indians’ loss to the Tigers Sunday, two players were asked whether manager Eric Wedge should be taking heat for the team’s ugly start. Both players, Victor Martinez and Mark DeRosa, emphatically [...]

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5-3-09 Morning RoundUp

May 3, 2009

Rafael Betancourt step right up. It’s your turn to cough up a lead!
The Indians have been able to score back-to-back wins just once this season and are now fighting to get over that hump.
In Saturday’s 9-7 loss to the Tigers the Indians responded to a five-run deficit early before eventually taking the lead in [...]

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