Dave Cameron — of FanGraphs fame — posted a rather intriguing article on ESPN Wednesday morning entitled: 5 AL Moves That Need to Happen. (Warning, it’s part of ESPN’s Insider.) It’s nothing more than conjecture, something to pass the time prior to the beginning of free agency. But it’s a good read, typical of Cameron. […]
For the first time in years, the Cleveland Indians should have some serious money to play with in the offseason. Travis Hafner’s albatross of a contract is finally coming off the books. The Grady Sizemore gamble proved to be a $5 million bust. The same could be said for Derek Lowetoo. All three, by the […]
With just over two weeks remaining in the season and Indians fighting to stay on the positive side of 100 losses, CBS’ Jon Heyman dropped a bit of a bomb on Wednesday evening, reportingthat Terry Francona’s “name is already making the rounds in insider circles as a possibility to manage either Detroit or Cleveland, if […]
The Boston Red Sox are in last place in the AL East, a laughably preposterous thought prior to the season when the team entered with the second highest payroll in baseball. And, now, with the media circus in tow and questions abound, the franchise’s record stands at a miserable 66-81, marking the first time since […]
Shin-Soo Choo is arguably the best transaction made under the Mark Shapiro-led regime, be it during his time as GM (2001-2010) or team president (2010-current). Choo, who was acquired along with Shawn Nottingham from Seattle for first baseman Ben Broussardand cash, has developed into a solid, five-tool, owning a career .289/.381/.468 line and generally playing […]
Brace yourselves, Cleveland Indians fans – you’re witnessing the culmination of the team’s latest rebuild, an effort that was kick-started with the trades of two Cy Young Award winners and polished off with the acquisition of what appears to be the skeleton remains of the once promising career of Ubaldo Jimenez. And the return? Well, […]
As I was cruising the web this morning – before work, of course – I happened to stumble upon an ESPN blog post by Jason A. Churchill entitled Next Wave of Call-Ups. Churchill, for those that don’t know, is the executive editor over at ProspectInsider.com and a regular contributor to ESPN as well. He knows […]
Orginally presented on February 4 for the Cleveland chapter of SABR (Society of American Baseball Research), an in-depth player/positional analysis was performed to see how the 2012 Indians will fare. This is part one of a 15 part series that will be released over the following two weeks. The rest of the research/analysis can be […]
The average competitive window for a smaller market team is, what, three or four seasons – perhaps, five, at most? Working within that confine, the margin for error, obviously, is fairly small. One bad free agent signing and, oops, that could wreck an entire year, if not longer. And don’t forget that the player turnover […]
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