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You can’t complain about Adam Miller’s performance this spring.  And it actually looked like he’d have a shot at a spot in the rotaton with Cliff Lee going down but it looks like the job was Fausto Carmona’s job to lose.  So despite having not given up a run all spring, Miller will most likely […]

Ryan Richards from Lets’ Go Tribe recently wrote a five questions piece on the Indians at the Hardball Times as they head into the 2007 season.  He talks about things like all of the potential platoons the Indians could use as well as how the new and improve bullpen should shape up.  Great read from one of […]

The Indians may be close to breaking through as a preemptive strike, they locked up the guy who’s but running things for the team through 2012 in a big contract extension.   Mark Shapiro wants a ring and he now knows that the team is behind him long term.  Things didn’t start out all that hot […]

Jeff Passan’s latest it a great read on Indians star outfielder Grady Sizemore.   It talks about everything from his dugout banter to the car he drove up in to report to spring training.  He also touches on Grady’s ladies, his local female fan club.  Good read.

This is tough.  Cliff Lee is going to start the season on the disabled list because of his injured abdominal muscle.  He’s going to be shut down for close to two weeks, which means he won’t be in shape to start the season and the speculation is that he’ll be out of the rotation anywhere […]

Alright, the Indians have looked pretty good this spring.  They’re now 7-2 and even better, super prospect Adam Miller had a very good outing with three scoreless innings.  Jeff Harris also had a nice game with two shutout frames in which he gave up only one hit.
Mike Rouse had the big day at the plate […]

The Indians bunched eleven runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings today to walk away with a win against the AL champion Tigers.  Oddly, none of the runs scored on homeruns and David Delucci, Mike Rose and Jason Michaels all had good games.  Delucci went two for three with three RBIs, Rose went three […]

This Baseball America story talks about how the Indians have a pair of pitchers who share the same last name and both will be starting at Double A in 2007.  Jensen Lewis got some time at Akron last year and he struck out 44 in 39 1/3 innings.  Scott Lewis is actually a year older […]

Jason Stanford has had one of those careers that you wince at.  He made the Indians in 2004 and after a couple of solid starts, he blew out his elbow and faced Tommy John surgery.  Then he comes back last year and while he’s not horrible at Triple A, he didn’t light it up either.  […]

Buster Olney picked Cliff Lee as the top pitcher who could swing their team in the right direction. He talks about how if Lee puts together a good 2007, then with mainstays like C.C. Sabathia and Jake Westbrook, the Indians could have one of the best rotations in baseball.  Nice to know someone in the […]

Man, this is a kick in the you know what.  Keith Foulke was supposed to top a rejuvinated Indians bullpen and now on the eve of training camp, he calls it quits.  It’s noble of him to throw it in now instead of forcing through the season and collecting his paycheck, but it still leaves […]

At least NBCsports.com seems to think so.  I like the home/road split Foulke has and that should equate to some better numbers in more pitching friendly Jacobs Field.  And when you factor in a strong finish to the season when nobody was paying attention to the Red Sox, it could mean that the $5-7 million […]

Anthony Castrovince at MLB.com recently took a look at the Indians bullpen.  Pitching, especially relief pitching, was one of the things that set the Indians back in 2006 after making a run in 2005.  They signed veterans like Keith Foulke and Roberto Hernandez to help bolster last seasons young bullpen and hopefully the final result […]

John Sickels recently solicited people for what they thought Andy Marte would hit in 2007 and you can find the aggregate here.  I could definitely live with 21 homeruns in 495 at bats.  And while the .260 average looks low, it’ll be boosted by the 51 walks.  I’d be happy if this was what Marte […]

Alan Schwarz at Baseball America recently published a great interview with Ellis Burks.  The former outfielder is now the special assistant to Indians’ general manager Mark Shapiro and he talks about everything from Burks’ experience at the winter meetings as well as his thoughts on his playing career.  There’s a ton of good stuff here.

The Indians shored up their outfield yesterday when they signed the oft injured outfielder Trot Nixon to a one year, $3 million contract.  Nixon was very good from 2001 through 2003 but since then he’s spent a ton of time on the disable list.  it’s expected that Nixon will share right field with Casey Blake
Nixon […]

The Indians signed right handed relief pitcher Rafael Betancourt to a one year, $840,000 deal yesterday.  This will mean the team can avoid arbitration with Betancourt, who had another solid season out of the bullpen for the Indians.  Betancourt doesn’t walk many batters, and while his strikeout rate was down last year, for less then $1 […]

Kevin Goldstein recently unveiled his list of top 10 Indians prospects in his latest Future Shock column.  Overall, Goldstein concludes that the Indians have a lot of depth, but the talent they do have isn’t particularly special.
They do have one guy that fell into the “excellent” category and that is right handed pitcher Adam Miller.  […]

Baseball Prospectus wrote up a player profile on Indians shortstop Jhonny Peralta.  While the prognosis isn’t good, it’s not horrible either.  It’s a great read and well worth checking out.

I know, this isn’t really huge news, but for Indians fans, it’s all we have.  Keith Foulke came in to take his physical and this is the final stepping stone before the Indians officially sign Foulke.  It looks like it’ll be a one year deal but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was an option for […]

In 2004, Keith Foulke was on top of the world.  He was closing games for a World Series winner and then the injuries came.  Since then, he’s pitched pretty poorly.  The Indians are hoping his arm troubles are behind him and he can bounce back because they’re close to a deal with the relief pitcher.  […]

The Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority recently approved a stadium plan that would bring the Indians back to Arizona for the 2009 spring training season.  The facility will be in a west Phoenix suburb and it will replace their current winter home of Winter Haven, FL.  The Indians played in Tuscon up until 1993 prior […]