Tribe fans talk about next year's starting rotation and how thin it is."We got Lee, Carmona and Laffey" they say. "After that who knows."Better put Aaron Laffey in the "who knows" category.On June 24, after holding the Giants to a run on four hits in 6 1/3 innings at the Jake, Laffey's ERA was   more...
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I'm heading to Cleveland for a long weekend in an hour or so.Contrary to what you may think, I have not been invited to participate in the big pow-wow being planned for today by the Tribe brass.Tribe manager Eric Wedge and his coaches will be meeting, and Wedge will also participate in a conference   more...
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Maw call the kids!Here's a chance to witness a bit of the old days. An actual single-admission, one-right-after-the-other twi-night doubleheader.Thanks to the Mother's Day rainout at Progressive Field today, the Tribe will play an honest-to-God twin bill.We'll get a chance to bring out all the old   more...
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I never thought I'd be writing that headline this season. After last year's performance and the addition of a few seemingly useful bodies over the winter I thought the closer position might be the only problem with the pen this year.But it seems to be a much larger problem.I knew the relief corps   more...
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If you had told me before the Indians' final regular season series ever at Yankees Stadium that the Tribe would take two out of three, I'm quite sure I would have taken that deal.With two games in the bag heading into this afternoon I tried to tell myself that a win today would be the "eating it   more...
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Those of you who drafted Aaron Fultz as the sleeper lefty for you fantasy team, time to pull the plug.The Tribe realized it was plug-pulling time today, telling the lefty reliever he would not make the 25-man roster.They will either eat his $1.5 million salary or designate and trade him.Fultz was   more...
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Unless David Delucci's arm falls off tomorrow, the Tribe's 25-man roster is set.Tom Mastny has been sent to the minors, meaning that newly acquired Craig Breslow will take the final spot on the pitching staff as the second lefty in the pen.Talk about stepping into it.Breslow got cut from Boston at   more...
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Andy MartEE is seeking the final spot among the position players on the Tribe's roster.With the Tribe tabbing Jorge Julio for a spot in the pen and sending Scott Elarton to Buffalo today, newly arrived lefty reliever Craig Breslow is in a similar situation out in the pen - battling Tom Mastny for   more...
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Onto our next Tribe Poll Question: Which Indians' reliever deserves the seventh and final spot in the bullpen? The three pitchers battling for the slot are believed to be Scott Elarton, Jorge Julio and Tom Mastny. All three pitchers bring something unique to the Tribe pen, but have their question   more...
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