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
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















