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Piecing Together the Indians’ Bullpen After a Chris Perez Trade

The Cleveland Indians need pitching. That’s just a fact. The Tribe’s starting five was inconsistent to downright terrible in 2012, and it was one of the biggest reasons for that late July swoon…Read More

Indians’ Pitchers First Half ‘On Pace’ Projections

With the mathematically inaccurate “first half” of the Indians’ 2012 season now behind us, it’s time to indulge in one of the most overly simplistic statistical analyses in baseball: “on pace”…Read More

Reds Rock Tribe Bullpen as Indians Lose 7-1

The Indians started the first round of the 2012 Ohio Cup series off on the wrong foot. Johnny Cueto kept the Tribe’s bats at bay and the Reds lit up the Bullpen Mafia as Cincinnati took the opener…Read More

Indians Pitchers’ First Month ‘On Pace’ Projections

Earlier this week, we celebrated the precise one-sixth marker of the 2012 MLB season by looking at what numbers each Indians hitter on the 25-man roster was “on pace” for—i.e., I multiplied…Read More

Ubaldo Outduels Darvish, Rangers in Series Finale

A strong start from Ubaldo Jimenez and some timely hitting were just what the Indians needed Sunday as Cleveland (15-11) won the rubber match of a three-game home series against the Texas Rangers (18-10),…Read More

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Breaking Down the Tigers and Indians: The Bullpens

Heading into 2012, the bullpen was seen as an area of strength for both the Cleveland Indians and Detroit…Read More

Game 2: Blue Jays 7, Indians 4

There were a lot of similarities between the first two games of the Cleveland Indians’ 2012 season…Read More

The Making Of The 2012 Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians compiled their 2012 Opening Day roster through a variety of different means. The…Read More

Pragmatic Predictions for the Indians’ 2012 Opening Day Roster

Over the last several weeks, we’ve been previewing the Cleveland Indians’ season by profiling…Read More

Pessimistic Predictions for the Indians’ 2012 Opening Day Roster

Over the last several weeks, we’ve been previewing the Cleveland Indians’ season by profiling…Read More

Optimistic Predictions for the Indians’ 2012 Opening Day Roster

Over the last several weeks, we’ve been previewing the Cleveland Indians’ season by profiling…Read More

2012 Indians: Improving the Pitching and Defense

Yesterday, we looked at how the Cleveland Indians will look to produce more runs in 2012 than they did…Read More

2012 Player Preview: Tony Sipp

As we count down the days until the start of the season, we’re profiling every player who is likely…Read More

Spring Training Preview: What to Look for from the Pitchers

We can’t put too much stock in spring training numbers, and we can’t judge a player—or even…Read More

Season In Review: May

The month of May started off strong with a sweep of the Detroit Tigers. However, May was a month of inconsistency…Read More

Video: Bullpen Mafia

During the recent series in New York, the Indians bullpen took a trip to the MLB Fan Cave. The bullpen…Read More

Bullpen Falters as Tribe Lose in the 9th

For the first seven innings, it looked as if Josh Tomlin would join Justin Masterson with a record of…Read More

Indians Clinch Series Victory Behind Great Pitching

The Cleveland Indians are in first place. It feels great to type those words because it is very rare…Read More

Looking Back at What Was: Bullpen

Source: Yardbarker.com This is the eleventh in a series of posts looking back at the realities of…Read More

Tribe Still Has Questions to Answer in 2010

A harsh dose of reality hit me last week when I discovered catcher Carlos Santana would miss the rest…Read More