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Indians Outright Gimenez, Reyes and Ambriz, Start to Prepare 40-Man Roster

October 30, 2010 by 3 Comments

Cleveland baseball news in October? Yes, I know it’s an odd realization for fans to believe with the start of the NBA calendar and the NFL mid-way through its season. But believe it or not, the Cleveland Indians began to make some changes to its 40-man roster that will affect the team for the upcoming season.

Catcher Chris Gimenez and right-handed pitchers Anthony Reyes and Hector Ambriz were all outrighted off the 40-man roster to the listing for the Triple-A Columbus Clippers. Because of this move and the fact it was the second outright for both Gimenez and Reyes, those two players were granted free agency. This was the first such demotion for Ambriz, and thus he remains within control of the Indians organization.

These moves from earlier in the week are a sign of many more to come for the Tribe as the roster deadline approaches in November.
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Tigers 6, Indians 0: Armando Galarraga Strikes Again

August 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Armando Galarraga delivered seven scoreless innings Friday night as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Indians 6-0 at Comerica Park. Galarraga, who nearly threw a perfect game against the Tribe on June 2nd at the same stadium before another stint in the minor leagues, allowed just three hits total in earning the victory.

It was not a pretty game yet again for the Indians as starter Justin Masterson allowed five runs on 11 hits in six frames and the offense struggled to produce anything. A fifth inning double from Jayson Nix was the lone offensive highlight and you won’t win many games when finishing with just one at bat with runners in scoring position.

Cleveland has now lost nine of their last 12 games to fall to 50-72 with exactly 40 games remaining on the year. Keeping up this exact pace, the team should be expected to finish with 66 wins on the year, exactly one more than 2009 and the second-fewest since 1992.
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Orioles 14, Indians 8: Walks (and Defense) Do the Tribe In

August 11, 2010 by 5 Comments

Will someone please tell Justin Masterson that he can start throwing strikes?  It’s, like, allowed and everything?

Masterson walked three last night over his five innings pitched, which doesn’t sound terrible until you consider the circumstances.  His first walk was issued to the leadoff hitter in the fourth inning, Nick Markakis.  Quite obviously, Markakis scored the Orioles’ first run.  Masterson’s next walk was issued in the same inning to Corey Patterson, who didn’t score, but extended the inning long enough for Matt Wieters to score the O’s fourth run.  Then, to drive the point home, Masterson walked Adam Jones the next inning which allowed Felix-Freaking-Pie to hit a three-run home run. [Read more...]

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Yankees 8 Indians 0: Don’t Wear a LeBron Heat Jersey To The Jake!

July 29, 2010 by 42 Comments

I know it’s Progressive Field…..

There was little on the field to discuss in last night’s 8-0 loss to the Yankees. However, a scene in the bleachers stole the show. Some clown decided it was a good idea to come to the game wearing a brand spanking new LeBron James #6 Heat jersey. That’s right, in Cleveland, this idiot was prancing around the bleachers with his girlfriend throwing it in the faces of the fans around him. [Read more...]

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Red Sox 4 Indians 1: Victor-y For the Sox

June 8, 2010 by 10 Comments

This one is gonna be short. Last night’s 4-1 Indians loss to the Boston Red Sox was about as exciting as listening to a Ben Stein speech on economics. The difference in the state of these two teams is night and day. While the Sox are perhaps the hottest team in baseball despite being without Jacoby Ellsbury, Josh Beckett, and Mike Cameron, the Indians are one of the worst teams in the game with a lineup mixed with retreads (Mike Redmond, Russell Branyan, Austin Kearns), under-achieveres (Travis Hafner, Jhonny Peralta), and youth (Jason Donald, Luis Valbuena, Trevor Crowe). Only Shin-Soo Choo rates as a quality, entering his peak type player.

The talk of the night was the return of the prodigal son, Victor Martinez who made his first appearance in Cleveland since last summer’s white flag trade. As always, Vic The Stik was a class act, meeting with many of his friends before the game and discussing his love for the Cleveland. “I didn’t leave this city because I wanted to. This city was great for me and my family,” he said. [Read more...]

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Rays 6 Indians 2: The Donald’s Debut

May 19, 2010 by 5 Comments

If I were ever to bet a baseball game, yesterday would have been the day. You had the Indians sending their worst starter, David Huff, against the Rays young stud David Price. It was a getaway day game and the final on an eight game road trip for the Tribe. They were without Asdrubal Cabrera who broke his forearm the night before. They were without Grady Sizemore who is struggling with an injured knee. And they notoriously do not hit left-handers well to begin with. If there was ever a lock, this was it.

Huff did his best Jeremy Sowers 2009 impression, pitching five strong innings before imploding in the sixth during the Indians 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. He worked in and out of trouble over the first five innings, allowing just one run, but he walked three and gave up six hits during that time. [Read more...]

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Mitch Talbot Wins Indians Rotation Spot Over Aaron Laffey

March 28, 2010 by 1 Comment

The Indians announced Friday night that recently acquired Mitch Talbot will be in the starting rotation this season. With this move, last year’s most consistent starter, Aaron Laffey, moved to the bullpen as the competition continues for Cleveland’s fifth starter.

Denny linked to this story yesterday in WWW, but it is interesting to see what this means for the team this season. Certainly, we don’t really know all that much about Talbot just yet. In four spring appearances the right-hander has gone 1-0 with a 0.79 ERA in 11 1/3 innings, and he turned 26 this past October. Acquired by the Tribe as the player-to-be-named-later in the Kelly Shoppach trade with the Rays, he must have done enough to change the organization’s mind on Laffey.

As for the future, it appears that lefty David Huff and righty Carlos Carrasco remain in a competition for the final spot in the starting rotation. There is no word yet on whether the Indians will keep Hector Ambriz as well, who was acquired in the Rule 5 Draft from Arizona.
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Tribe Talk: Filling Out The Pen

March 25, 2010 by 3 Comments

By now, you have heard the bad news; Tribe closer Kerry Wood is out 6-8 weeks with a lat strain. If this were a year in which the Wahoo Nation were thinking contention, there would be massive “here we go again, we can’t catch a break” talk. This year, nobody seems to be all that concerned. Why? Well because the “experts” think the Indians are going to be a bottom-feeder in 2010. The other reason – they actually have a viable, backup, closer in waiting in Chris Perez to take the job right away.

Perez, the power throwing right-hander, came over from St. Louis in the Mark DeRosa trade last June. We will look back one of these days and say this was one of Mark Shapiro’s best heists, up there with Asdrbual Cabrera for Eduardo Perez and turning Ben Broussard into Shin-Soo Choo. DeRosa was in Cleveland for half a season, and Perez will be a mainstay in the back of the bullpen for years to come. [Read more...]

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Cleveland Indians Offseason News: Rule 5 Draft Results and Coaching Staff Finalized

December 12, 2009 by 2 Comments

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(The following is a look at the recent movement in the Cleveland Indians organization. This follows in line with my article about the first batch of offseason news for the Indians about three weeks ago. For other recent Tribe updates, check out Scott’s article on Adam Miller/Carlos Santana and TD’s take on the winter meetings from earlier this week.)

Hector Ambriz – It had been a while since the Indians selected a player in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft, let alone a player with so much risk as this 25-year-old from the Diamondbacks organization. A fifth-round selection in the 2006 June draft, he showed tons of potential in his first few seasons out of UCLA. He has been a starter throughout his career and he was dominant early last season in Double-A before mixed results in Triple-A with Reno. In five starts for Mobile in the Southern League, he went 3-2 with a 2.17 ERA and 32 strikeouts. Moving up to the Pacific Coast League for the first time in his career, he then went 9-9 with a 5.57 ERA in 23 games and 127.2 innings pitched.
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