Welcome to Clevelinks, a new feature recapping the previous day’s Indians news and Wahoo’s on First commentary, as well as the best Tribe analysis from other sites.
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Indians News
- This seems like basic economics, but Buster Olney reports that the Indians could have interest in free agent outfielder Michael Bourn “if his price tag dropped A LOT.”
- The Tribe signed catcher Omir Santos to a minor-league contract. Santos, 31, owns a .249/.281/.364 career batting line across parts of four MLB seasons.
- Poor Russ Canzler‘s offseason travels aren’t over yet: the Baltimore Orioles claimed him on waivers from the Yankees on Tuesday, making the O’s his fourth employer this winter.
- Speaking of former Cleveland players looking for work, Jeremy Accardo has agreed to a minor-league deal with the Nationals, Derek Lowe rejected a non-guaranteed contract from the Rockies, and Manny Ramirez might be headed to Taiwan.
Wahoo’s on First Highlights
- Lewie tried to quantify what the Indians are losing without Travis Hafner at DH.
- Jason offered his thoughts on Jordan Bastian and Bill James‘ 2013 projections for Cleveland players.
Tribe Analysis
- Jim Pete at Indians Baseball Insider counts down the 15 best outfielders in Tribe history.
- Vince Guerrieri from Did the Tribe Win Last Night? relives the midgey game.
- Let’s Go Tribe’s Jason Lukehart looks at some comparables for Ubaldo Jimenez and Justin Masterson.
Shameless Self-Promotion
- Voting is underway for the 2013 SABR Analytics Research awards yesterday at SABR.org, Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs, and The Hardball Times. I am among the nominees in the “Contemporary Baseball Commentary” category (the second one on the ballot) for an article I wrote entitled “Did Hall of Fame’s Founders Want Voters to Judge With Their Eyes?”. If you like my work I would appreciate your support; either way, please take a few minutes to read and support some of the best baseball writing around.
Born and raised in Cleveland, Lewie is a junior at Brown University (concentrating in economics and political science) and has been a Tribe fan literally since before he can remember. His playing career never panned out, as he realized in T-ball that he was better at calculating other people's batting averages than increasing his own, but he still hopes to work inside the game one day. He also contributes to 
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