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The 2013 Crowdsourced Cleveland Indians Top Prospects List

Lewie Pollis — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:00:32 +0000

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 as well as our regular readers to submit their own lists of the best young players in the Indians organization. Twenty-two people wrote in with their personal Top 10 lists, with 26 possible future stars appearing on their ballots. (more…)

Indians Are Confident in Their Left Handed Relievers

Steve Kinsella — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:50:09 +0000

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 acquire Trevor Bauer, and Perez, who was coming off surgery, was due to receive $2 million in arbitration and was not tendered a contract. These moves left the Indians with only Scott Barnes, Nick Hagadone, and David Huff as left handed relievers with major league experience on their 40-man roster. (more…)

Piecing Together the Tribe’s 2013 Bullpen

Katrina Putnam — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:46:20 +0000

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 utility infielder, it seemed as if the Indians were damaging the only part of the team that should have been left alone, for no apparent reason. (more…)