Determining the market value for Shin-Soo Choo
Last night while trying to avoid the actual topic of the Indians losing to the A’s1 I decided it would be interesting to start discussing what kind of price Shin-Soo Choo could demand on the open...
View ArticlePlayoff Baseball and What the Indians Did Wrong
The past few nights have been tremendous fun for baseball fans around the world. Obviously, the results did not go in the underdog’s favor, but several extra-inning games and a record 4/4 five-game...
View ArticleTribe Weekend Wrapup: A Ode To Corey Kluber
Could “Team Streak” be trending upwards again? Your Cleveland Indians were a blown save away from sweeping the Washington Nationals out of Progressive Field this weekend in grand fashion. They settled...
View ArticleMLB News: Tigers trade Doug Fister to Washington Nationals
Major AL Central news again occurred Monday night, as the Detroit Tigers traded starter Doug Fister to the Washington Nationals. High schooler Chris Cotillo of MLB Daily Dish was the first to report...
View ArticleIndians trade Asdrubal Cabrera to Washington for Zach Walters
After yesterday’s unloading of Justin Masterson, this can’t be much of a surprise: The Indians have traded long-time shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera to the Washington Nationals. In return, the Indians...
View ArticleAdios Cabbie, it was fun … until it wasn’t
Back in 2006, the Indians had the bright idea of a first base platoon of Ben Broussard and the 36-year old right-handed free agent signee Eduardo Perez. All credit to the great Anthony Castrovince, now...
View ArticleBauer’s Much-Needed Bounce Back
While he is only one man, one part of that five-pitcher unit that had made waves through the first four months of the 2016 season, fewer individuals in the Cleveland Indians clubhouse needed to right...
View ArticleGoing, going, Tomlin: Ball Played
They are called underdogs for a reason with that reason being that the probabilities for success are limited. Josh Tomlin had staved off regression to the mean accusations from statistical models for...
View ArticleIndians Trade Yan Gomes — Who are Daniel Johnson and Jefry Rodriguez?
Reallocation of resources. Market limitations. A youth movement. Call it what you want, the Cleveland Indians sold an asset off prior to a season in which they hope to compete for a World Series. In a...
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