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The 2013 Crowdsourced Cleveland Indians Top Prospects List

Last month, we at Wahoo’s on First undertook an experiment of sorts. In the hopes of inserting a little democracy into the traditional preseason prospect rankings, we invited fellow Tribe writers…Read More

Indians Are Confident in Their Left Handed Relievers

Over the winter the Cleveland Indians said goodbye to both of their established left-handed relievers, Tony Sipp and Rafael Perez. Sipp was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of the package to…Read More

Piecing Together the Tribe’s 2013 Bullpen

The Tribe’s bullpen has arguably been one of the team’s better assets in recent seasons, although at times that didn’t take much. So when Esmil Rogers was traded to the Blue Jays for yet another…Read More

Projecting the Indians’ 2013 Bullpen

The Indians bullpen had its highs and lows in 2012. Collectively, Indians relievers were statistically undistinguished. They logged 528.1 innings, the fift- highest workload among major league bullpens.…Read More

Five Indians Prospects Who Could Get the Call in September

With the final month of the season about to begin, speculation is rampant about who could get a late-season look for a faltering Cleveland team. There are a few notable names on the Tribe’s roster…Read More

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Indians’ Pitchers First Half ‘On Pace’ Projections

With the mathematically inaccurate “first half” of the Indians’ 2012 season now behind us, it’s…Read More

This Week in Indians Baseball: Week 12

The Indians opened up the week in New York against the Yankees and were handed a sweep due to a lack…Read More

Tribe Gets Swept as Reds Clobber Indians 12-5

The Indians’ offense finally came alive Thursday afternoon, but the Reds battered Josh Tomlin and…Read More

Projecting the Indians’ 2015 Lineup

Each year, when the analysts at Baseball America post their top prospect lists for every MLB team, they…Read More

The 2012 Cleveland Indians Top Prospects List

Starting in February, our own Geordy Boveroux undertook the ambitious project of compiling a top prospects…Read More

Cleveland Indians 2012 Top Prospects No. 13: Scott Barnes

As the offseason nears its end, we’re profiling the top prospects in the Indians organization.…Read More

Weekly Wroundtable: Who Should Replace Fausto Carmona?

Last week’s revelation that Fausto Carmona is in fact 31-year-old Roberto Hernandez Heredia has…Read More

Seedlings to Stars Ranks Indians Prospects, Takes Negative View of Organization

In their version of the annual top prospect rankings, our friends at Seedlings to Stars have been breaking…Read More

Kevin Goldstein Releases 2012 Indians Top Prospect List

Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstein became the latest prospect guru to chime in on the Indians’…Read More

Baseball America Ranks Cleveland Indians’ 2012 Top 10 Prospects

It’s been a big week for Cleveland Indians prospect talk, and it just got bigger: today, Baseball…Read More

How Good is the Cleveland Indians’ Farm System? The Pitching Perspective

We’ve already analyzed the top prospects and the noteworthy position players, so in our final look…Read More

Indians Protect Three Players from Rule 5 Draft

The Indians were busy last night trying to re-sign Grady Sizemore, but he wasn’t the only player…Read More