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Can Hafner return to past glories?

October 4, 2009

BOSTON: The Indians’ lineup hasn’t been nearly as robust since Travis Hafner was regularly hammering pitches into the seats in 2006.

That was the year Hafner hit 42 home runs, amassed 117 RBI and batted .308. Then came the mysterious on and off slump of 2007 (.266, 24 HR, 100 RBI), followed by the injury-filled [...]

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Wedge treating LaPorta with care

September 26, 2009

Manager Eric Wedge did not want to take a chance on aggravating Matt LaPorta’s inflamed left hip in wet weather and left him out of the lineup Saturday night.

“”It’s tough to put him in there with this rain,” Wedge said. “”I don’t want to lose him for the rest of [...]

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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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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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Shapiro fights to maintain normalcy

July 6, 2009

Until this year, General Manager Mark Shapiro had never gone through a season in which the Indians’ performance fell so totally below expectations and the heat on his manager, Eric Wedge, was so intense.
These kinds of seasons take a toll on all of the decision makers associated with a club. But maybe it’s true that [...]

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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 appearance in [...]

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5-16-09 Morning RoundUp

May 15, 2009

It’s nice to see the Indians bats come alive all of the sudden, and well the pitching held up well enough to get the Indians its second consecutive win. Just ignore Fausto Carmona’s sixth inning implosion and you’ll feel much better about it.
Sheldon Ocker game story.
Paul Honyes game story….
This one belonged to the offense [...]

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5-5-09 Morning RoundUp

May 5, 2009

Yesterday I pulled up the Indians statistics for runners in scoring position with two outs and it wasn’t pretty. The Indians have the worst batting average during those situations in the entire league at .160. They had only driven in 26 runs.
Why do I still bring this up after a 9-7, 12-inning see-saw win [...]

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4-26-09 Morning RoundUp

April 26, 2009

What positives could be taken from Saturday night’s 7-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Progressive Field?
Starting pitching?
Carl Pavano allowed five runs and 11 hits in five innings. He walked one. But as Sheldon Ocker points out, the Twins two, fourth-inning runs were made possible by four consecutive groundballs.
relief pitching?
Rafael Perez is being brought back [...]

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4-24-09 Morning RoundUp

April 24, 2009

 
Thursday’s game against the Royals was one the Indians had no business winning, but somehow, they still did. 
They survived three errors and 16 batters with out a base runner before Grady Sizemore bailed out the team with a three-run home run in the eighth inning. The Indians went on to win 5-2, thus winning their [...]

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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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Rosenthal adds a few Tribe tidbits

April 21, 2009

Fox sports columnist Ken Rosenthal had a few tribe tidbits in his column today….
– Rosenthal talked to Victor Martinez and CC Sabathia about the first time they faced each other.  The two have played together since Class A. 
Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia said his weirdest moment against the Indians occurred in the first time his former [...]

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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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Choo shakes off effects of WBC experience

April 5, 2009

Shin-Soo Choo admits he wasn’t quite himself when he returned from the World Baseball Classic, where he played for South Korea, which lost in the finals to Japan.
“It was a different schedule there, a different program and a different time,” he said Sunday. “My body was different. I came back and I was pretty tired. [...]

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Morning roundup, March 24

March 24, 2009

Cleveland Indians general manager Mark Shapiro took some time yesterday to discuss the state of this year’s team. Sheldon Ocker and the PD’s Paul Hoynes were listening.
This is kind of a telling quote from Ocker’s story:
”Yes, I’m interested in making a deal,” Shapiro said Monday. ”I still spend a lot of time talking to [...]

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Deceptive outing for Carmona

March 9, 2009

Fausto Carmona gave up three runs and five hits in three innings, but it was really better than that.
One problem: Ben Francisco stumbled chasing Chris Getz’s drive to center and the ball rolled all the way to the wall for an inside-the-park home run that probably should have been a double.
“That’s the only pitch I [...]

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Don’t forget Choo on fantasy draft day

January 21, 2009

The baseball blog, Fangraphs, recently reminded us that Shin-Soo Choo may be a valuable fantasy league pickup this season.
Fangraphs points out that the left-handed hitting Choo did have some success against lefties last year, albeit in 84 at bats.
According to its projections, Choo is in line for a .290 average with 15-20 home [...]

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Miller rehabbing, Choo playing in WBC

January 10, 2009

Right-handed pitching prospect Adam Miller has started putting together some meaningful rehabilitation work in the Caribbean this off season, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reports.
Miller, who was the Indians top-rated prospect for three-consecutive seasons by Baseball America, has battled injuries through out his young career. Last year it was finger problems that ended his season. [...]

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Reyes and other notes

January 9, 2009

Anthony Reyes made an immediate impact after being acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in the second half of last season for the Indians. Now, he has earned a spot in the rotation. ¶
‘‘Certainly if he is healthy, Reyes is going to be in our rotation,’’ Gbc Mark Gec GM Mark Shapiro said.¶
Reyes sat out [...]

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