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Masterson shuts out the Mariners to give the Indians 7 out of 8 wins over Cy Young Award winning pitching this season.
Justin Mastserson did it again. He pitched a fantastic game to help the Cleveland Indians shut down their 7th Cy Young award-winning pitcher out of the 8 they faced this season. The Cleveland Indians have now won 16 of their last 20 games and they wake up this morning with a 2 game lead over the Tigers in first place in the A.L. Central. The Indians watched as their Ace, shut out...
Lindor and Naquin are Fishing for Mudcats
From the Bait Shop:
There’s struggling…
…and then there’s being just plain bad.
The Mudcats were officially bad last week, as they only managed a 1-6 record, dropped to 13 games behind the first place Myrtle Beach Pelicans, were outscored by 13 runs, and had the worst record in the entire Carolina League, by five games.
Some will point to the offense leading the league with...
The Cleveland Indians stand alone at the top of the A.L.Central Division, after 41 games.
They say you judge your baseball teams after 40 games of the regular season. The Cleveland Indians have played 41 games and they have played most of them very well. The team is in first place in the A.L. Central and even the starting pitchers have done better than expected. The Indians won another one run game over the Seattle Mariners yesterday. That makes 2 games they won in the...
Tribe Happenings: Third time the charm with this hot start?
Some news, notes and thoughts from my Indians notebook…
Quarter pole review
The Indians just passed the quarter pole in the season, which is typically the time when the fans and the front office reassess the team. Sitting at 24-17 and winners of 16 of their last 20 games, the Indians are playing well and hitting on all cylinders.
The Indians are ahead of last year’s pace by...
Indians beat M's on walk-off, again
Mark Reynolds' fielder's choice with the bases loaded in the ninth inning lifting the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
The Indians, who began the day tied with Detroit atop the AL Central, have won 16 of their last 20.
Seattle tied the score at 4-all with two-out, solo homers by Raul Ibanez and Justin Smoak off Indians closer Chris...
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Jason Kipnis puts an exclamation point on the return of Vinnie Pestano last night for the Cleveland Indians.
Good things happened for the Cleveland Indians last night. Ubaldo Jimenez continued to show he is making a comeback to the level of pitching that made the Tribe trade from the big man. He pitched his 3rd game in a row commanding the pitches he threw. Jimenez struck out 9 batters in the 5 innings he pitched.. He only allowed 2 earned runs and one of them was a home run. Each time...
Trend Spotting: The value of Drew Stubbs and a dilemma at third
As an Indians fan watching the team get off to a tremendous start, I find myself spending the majority of my time trying to pick holes in the roster that could eventually be our downfall or equalizing force. Attempting to find players who are so far outplaying their capability that regression both as a player and as a team is inevitable. This is not to say I am not thoroughly enjoying...
Kipnis' home run in 10th sends 34,282 home happy
CLEVELAND -- Jason Kipnis remembers making noises, but he doesnt know what they were.There were no words coming out, really, he said Friday night. It was just kind of sounds. Gibberish. Just screams.Kipnis had just watched his 10th-inning fly ball sail into the right-field stands to give the Indians a 6-3 win over Seattle. And as the crowd of 34,282 exulted, so did Kipnis.The dugout...
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Indians activate RHP Vinnie Pestano
The Cleveland Indians have activated right-hander Vinnie Pestano, the team's top setup man, from the 15-day disabled list.
Pestano went on the DL with a sore right elbow on May 1. He hasn't pitched for the Indians since April 28 against Kansas City. Pestano, who pitched a scoreless inning on a rehab assignment for Class A Lake County on Wednesday, has no record with a 2...
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Jimenez looks for fourth straight against Mariners
Ubaldo Jimenez is finally enjoying some success with the Cleveland Indians.
The right-hander looks to win a fourth straight start for the first time in almost three years when the Indians host the surging Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
Jimenez (3-2, 5.55 ERA), who won 46 games and tossed a no-hitter for Colorado from 2008-10, is 16-23 with a 5.35 ERA in 49 starts since he was...
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Indians easing Bauer into the show
Baby steps.
Indians' starting pitcher Trevor Bauer is taking baby steps with each start at the major league level.
Last season, the 22-year old Bauer was rushed to the big leagues by Arizona, barely a year removed from the 2011 MLB Draft. He made just four starts and went 1-2 with a 6.06 ERA before he was sidelined for the year with a groin issue.
After a three-team, nine-player...
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Francisco Lindor could be MLB’s top prospect by end of 2013
Two separate MLB scouts have reportedly told Yahoo! Sports baseball columnist Jeff Passan that Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor may end up being the most highly-touted prospect in baseball by the end of 2013.
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Lindor is reminiscent of Jurickson Profar: excellent plate discipline, fantastic glove, will hit for average and if power...
Indians Demote Chisenhall, Call Up David Huff
I speculated about him this morning in the weekend recap, but the Indians have decided not to wait any longer to see if the struggling Lonnie Chisenhall would come around.
With the need for a long reliever during this doubleheader day, the Tribe’s third baseman of the present and the future was sent down to AAA Columbus this morning. Left-hander David Huff was promoted and added...
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Jason Kipnis' pants burned by dugout heater
Your browser does not support iframes. Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis burned a hole in his pants when he stood too close to the clubhouse heater during Sunday's game at Comerica Park against the Detroit Tigers. Kipnis had a hole in his pants that was at least a couple of inches in diameter, and said he didn't feel any burning when it happened because he had...
How good of a starting prospect is Danny Salazar?
The Cleveland Indians must have seen something in Danny Salazar before everyone else — and their early belief has paid off in a big way.
After the 2011 season, Cleveland’s organization surprised a lot of people by placing the 21-year-old right-hander on the official 40-man roster. Salazar actually had only made 15 starts in the previous two years because of Tommy John surgery...
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