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Seven prospects reassigned to minor-league camp

March 19, 2010

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.: Today is the day the Indians’ phenoms return to work on the minor-league back lots. Seven of the Tribe’s most promising farmhands, who had no chance of making the team in spring training, were reassigned. Catcher Carlos Santana, the top prospect in the organization, right-handers Jeanmar Gomez and Hector Rondon plus injured outfielder [...]

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Indians payroll drops about $20 million

March 10, 2010

GOODYEAR, Ariz.: The Indians wrapped up signing season, announcing this morning that every player on the 40-man roster was no under contract. The final active roster won’t be chosen for a few more weeks, so we won’t know how much the club will pay for its 25-man roster, the one the fans care about. However, [...]

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Bad news for Brown, Grilli

March 6, 2010

GOODYEAR, Ariz.: The news wasn’t good for outfielder Jordan Brown and reliever Jason Grilli, both of whom sustained injuries during workouts Friday. Brown tore the medial meniscus cartilage in his right knee and will miss four to eight weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic early next week. Grilli’s injury was significantly more [...]

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Brown, Grilli injured before exhibition opener

March 5, 2010

GOODYEAR, Ariz.: Jordan Brown was in the lineup as the left fielder for today’s exhibition season opener against the Reds but was scratched about two hours before game time with right knee soreness. The injury is not believed to be serious, but he was removed from the lineup as a precautionary measure. Austin Kearns took [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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4-14-09 Morning Roundup

April 14, 2009

The Indians lost the series opener to the Royals last night 4-2 in the newly refurbished Kauffman Stadium. It was more of the usual suspects for the Tribe. Fausto Carmona struggled through five innings and the Indians could not find any timely hitting, according to Paul Hoynes. MLB.com’s Robert Falkoff notes that the Indians doubled [...]

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LaPorta, Brantley get training camp invites

January 15, 2009

Some of the Indians best prospects, including Matt LaPorta and Michael Brantley, will be in Arizona with the major-league club this preseason. Here is the press release: The Cleveland Indians today invited eight (8) players to Major League camp from their player development system, bringing the total number of non-roster spring invitees to 16 for [...]

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