On Friday, we took a very early look at some National League postseason predictions, so it’s only fitting that we take a look at some early American League postseason predictions. American League East 1. Z – Tampa Bay Rays: A full year of Matt Moore and Desmond Jennings and Evan Longoria, B.J. Upton, and David [...]
The Cleveland Indians were looking to upgrade their first base situation all winter and on Thursday afternoon, the Indians finally found their man. The Indians signed 1B Casey Kotchman to a one-year, $3 million contract according to Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Kotchman spent last season with the Tampa Bay Rays and had [...]
Tom Britton of the Providence Journal is reporting that Pedro Martinez told reporters over the weekend that he is finally officially planning to retire. Martinez hasn’t pitched since 2009 when he went 5-1 with a 3.63 ERA in nine starts with the Philadelphia Phillies. Martinez will finish his career with a 219-100 record with a [...]
After being courted by 9-to-10 teams (according to reports), Grady Sizemore has decided to return to the only place he has called home in his Major League career — Cleveland. As reported by Buster Olney, the Cleveland Indians have re-signed OF Grady Sizemore to a one-year, $5 million contract. Sizemore can earn another $4 million [...]
The first somewhat significant offseason trade happened this morning as the Atlanta Braves traded RHP Derek Lowe to the Cleveland Indians for High Single-A pitcher Chris Jones. The Braves will eat $10 million of the $15 million on Lowe’s contract for 2012. Despite going 9-17 for the Braves last season, I think this is a [...]
As first reported by Nick Camino via Twitter, Cleveland Indians RHP Carlos Carrasco will undergo Tommy John surgery and will miss the remainder of the season. With this type of surgery so late into to the baseball season, there’s a very strong possibility that we won’t see Carrasco again on a major league mound until [...]
