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Wood effective in rehab outing

May 5, 2010

Cleveland Indians closer Kerry Wood made his second rehabilitation appearance Wednesday at Canal Park in the Aeros 5-2 victory over the Trenton Thunder. Wood said he felt no discomfort through the outing and said he is close to being ready to return to the Indians. “Health wise I feel great,” he said. “Body feels good. [...]

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Pitching staff is shaping up

March 23, 2010

GOODYEAR, Ariz.: The Indians reduced their spring roster by eight this morning, leaving 38 players in major-league camp. More important, manager Manny Acta said on Monday that after the next cut, he would begin piecing together the uncertain areas of the team: rotation, bullpen, utility players. But today, right hander Jess Todd was optioned to [...]

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Wood sidelined at least six weeks

March 20, 2010

GOODYEAR, Ariz.: Indians head trainer Lonnie Soloff told the media this morning that closer Kerry Wood will miss six to eight weeks with a strained muscle in his back. Wood, who last pitched on March 10, has had problems with the latissimus dorsi muscle before. But in past years, the soreness in the large muscle [...]

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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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Morning edition: Who’s hitting second?

February 28, 2010

Manny Acta is putting his mark on the Indians right away this spring, announcing that Grady Sizemore will be batting second in his lineup. Some have been calling for Grady to move down in the lineup, and Eric Wedge did tinkering with him lower in the lineup on occasion. Here is the story. Acta also [...]

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Bullpen better, but Perez, Lewis still shaky

August 12, 2009

CLEVELAND: It took more than half a season, but the Indians’ bullpen finally is becoming an asset. Manager Eric Wedge credits the relievers’ recent success to the rotation, at least in part. “We are in that position because of what the starting pitchers have done,” he said Wednesday. Because the starters have been staying in [...]

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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. [...]

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8-1-09 Morning Highlights

August 1, 2009

INDIANS 6, TIGERS 5 (13 INNINGS) – Jamey Carroll‘s RBI single in the 13th inning made the difference after Carlos Guillen tied the game at five with a two-run home run off of Indians closer Kerry Wood in the ninth inning. Fausto Carmona allowed two earned runs over five innings in his debut. BOX SCORE [...]

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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 [...]

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Heyman: Peralta, Wood and Pavano available

July 6, 2009

Third baseman Mark DeRosa may have been the first Indians player dealt this season, but it is likely he won’t be the last. Sports Illustrated writer Jon Heyman reports shortstop/third baseman Jhonny Peralta, closer Kerry Wood and starting pitcher Carl Pavano could all be shipped out before the trade deadline. In the same column, Heyman [...]

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5-22-09 Morning RoundUp

May 22, 2009

Winning consecutive games? Haven’t seen that to often this season. Beating up on someone else’s bullpen while the Tribes’ pen flourished? We’ve seen that even less.  Sheldon Ocker game story.  MLB.com game story. Paul Hoynes game story.  Kansas City Star game story. HAFNER UPDATE Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner seems to be doing well on [...]

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5-21-09 Morning RoundUp

May 21, 2009

I had to double check what channel I was on last night. The Cavaliers choked late and the Indians came back to win. That can’t be right can it? Kerry Wood rebounded to save a 6-5 win as the Indians finally won again. Sheldon Ocker game story. MLB.com game story. Paul Hoynes game story. Kansas [...]

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5-20-09 Morning RoundUp

May 20, 2009

The bullpen just keeps getting worse and worse. Kerry Wood took his turn Tuesday giving up two home runs balls, a walk, a triple and a sacrifice fly to blow a three-run lead in the ninth inning. Sheldon Ocker game story. MLB.com game story. Wood said he didn’t have a second pitch out there. Some [...]

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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. [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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May 2, 2009 Morning RoundUp

May 2, 2009

If only they could get that bullpen straightened out as well. On Friday Carl Pavano and the offense already built a big enough lead so the bullpen couldn’t blow it, but they still tried in a 6-5 win over the Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit. Put April behind us, it’s a new month, wrote [...]

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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 [...]

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4-28-09 Morning RoundUp

April 28, 2009

The Red Sox extended their winning streak to 11 games last night. The Indians struggle hard enough to get just one. So with the score tied at zero in the ninth inning the Indians went for the power play in front of the home crowd. Bringing in closer Kerry Wood to calm the Boston bats [...]

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Reyes pitches out of crucial jam

April 23, 2009

Manager Eric Wedge likes to say it starts with starting pitching. The manager of the Indians isn’t being redundant. What he means is winning probably isn’t going to happen if the starting pitcher lets a game get out of hand. With that in mind, Anthony Reyes deserves to be pleased with his outing Thursday, even [...]

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