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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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High draft pick at stake

September 21, 2009

What is left for the Indians to play for?
No matter how many of the last 13 games they win, they will not induce the fans to visit Progressive Field next year. Neither can they significantly improve their place in the standings nor come close to finishing .500.
But they can reach for one goal: They can [...]

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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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7-30-09 Morning Highlights

July 30, 2009

ANGELS 8, INDIANS 3 — Angels second baseman Howie Kendrick drove in five runs as the Angels buried the Indians in the series finale. Kelly Shoppach was 2-3 with two RBI for the Indians. The Indians are off today, but return home tomorrow to play the AL Central leader, Detroit. Jeremy Sowers and Edwin Jackson [...]

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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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Little help for Cleveland pitching woes in Columbus

July 10, 2009

The Indians pitching problems this year go much deeper than just the major-league organization. Cleveland’s Triple A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, are hurting just as bad for pitching help. The Clippers’ pitching staff ranks last in the International League in ERA (4.67),  home runs allowed (77), strikeouts (534). They lead the league in hits allowed (856) [...]

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Wedge challenges relievers

July 9, 2009

CHICAGO: Eric Wedge doesn’t get it. The manager of the Indians fails to understand why so few among the 19 pitchers who have tried to find employment in the bullpen have fallen short.
Rafael Betancourt is not one of those. He returned Thursday after spending more than five weeks on the disabled list with a strained [...]

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Betancourt recalled; Sowers sent down

July 9, 2009

The Indians started Thursday morning with a roster move. reliever Rafael Betancourt will be returning to the major league squad from the 15-day disabled list. Left-handed starting pitcher Jeremy Sowers will be returning to Triple A Columbus to make room on the roster for him.
Betancourt pitched 3.1 innings of scoreless baseball while on rehab assignment [...]

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Sowers headed for bullpen?

July 8, 2009

CHICAGO: Jeremy Sowers has presented the Indians with their latest dilemma.
Sowers has consistently breezed through four innings before running into certain trouble in the fifth or sixth inning. Manager Eric Wedge has watched this happen often enough to believe that Sowers is not merely going through a temporary slump.
“We can’t have starters who are only [...]

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6-9-09 Morning RoundUp

June 9, 2009

It is draft day for the Cleveland Indians. It sounds like a good day for the Tribe, but will it be?
Traditionally, The Indians haven’t been strong on draft day. CC Sabathia, a 1998 draftee, is the last first rounder to be a major contributor at the major league level. 
As Dennis Manoloff writes about the Indians [...]

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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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5-23-09 Morning RoundUp

May 23, 2009

The Indians seemed like they were finally making strides to piece together the season. That was before Anthony Reyes and Aaron Laffey were bit by the injury bug yesterday. 
Reyes lasted three innings before inflammation of the elbow sent him to the locker room. Laffey felt pain in his side while pitching in the eighth inning. 
Oh [...]

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5-8-09 Morning RoundUp

May 8, 2009

Could Thursday’s game symbolize the rest of the Indians season? Or will the Indians, somehow turn these bullpen woes around? While it is still early in the season, its starting to get late for the Tribe and no answers are in sight.
Aaron Laffey pitched well out of the bullpen Wednesday night, but that moved forced [...]

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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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Laffey assigned to save bullpen

May 6, 2009

With few moves to make and lots of holes to fill in the Indians’ bullpen, General Manager Mark Shapiro and manager Eric Wedge are using the creative approach.
Why not ask a starter to become a reliever, at least temporarily, or maybe not. At this point, nobody can say when the bullpen crisis will end, or [...]

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Balky shoulder puts Hafner on DL

April 29, 2009

Travis Hafner’s surgically repaired right shoulder has again become an issue for the Indians.
Wednesday afternoon, Hafner was placed on the 15-day disabled list and will visit Birmingham, Ala., orthopedist James Andrews, probably on Monday. 
“Hafner is having some soreness and a little fatigue in the shoulder,” manager Eric Wedge said. “”We knew this could come up. [...]

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04-29-09 Morning RoundUp

April 29, 2009

 
It was one of those games the Indians had no business winning, but they found a way with Boston shining the light.
The Red Sox committed three errors — some could argue four with that Jacoby Ellsbury sliding attempt in centerfield — including the final play of the game that allowed the Indians to snap the [...]

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Wanted: clutch hitters

April 14, 2009

Raise the topic of excessive striking out, and Eric Wedge’s blood pressure doesn’t budge. But mention that the Indians have 21 strikeouts with runners in scoring positon, and the manager begins to bristle.
“We’ve been striking out entirely too much with runners in scoring position,” he said Tuesday. “I don’t get too caught up in strikes [...]

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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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