Cleveland Indians (2011 Season)

[OHSportsFan]

Hello World Series! We get Derek Lowe for a whole year!

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7...rade-derek-lowe-cleveland-indians-sources-say

ATL is picking up $10mil of the $15mil he's owed.

Also declined Grady's team option ($9million).

Picked up Carmona's ($7million).

I'm OK with the moves today. Nothing earth-shattering.

edit- Time for 2012 (There's always next year...) thread???

 

[LitlBuck]

Hello World Series! We get Derek Lowe for a whole year!

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7...rade-derek-lowe-cleveland-indians-sources-say

We needed a veteran starter

Lowe, 38, went 9-17 with a 5.05 ERA in 34 starts this past season for the Braves. Atlanta will absorb all but $5 million of the $15 million he'll earn next season.

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/10/cleveland_indians_acquire_vete.html

Sizemore is history and we keep Carmona for 7 million

Grady Sizemore is a free agent after the Indians declined his $9 million club option for 2011. The Indians picked up Fausto Carmona's $7 million

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/10/cleveland_indians_decline_opti.html

Is it worth it to start a thread for next year

 

[y0yoyoin]

We needed a veteran starter


http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/10/cleveland_indians_acquire_vete.html

Sizemore is history and we keep Carmona for 7 million


http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/10/cleveland_indians_decline_opti.html

Is it worth it to start a thread for next year

once we sign pujols and fielder we will be cool

 

[Magua]

once we sign pujols and fielder we will be cool

Don't forget bringing back CC.

 

[buckeyemania11]

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/11/asdrubal_cabrera_first_clevela.html

CLEVELAND, Ohio --

Asdrubal Cabrera was denied gold, but won silver.

Cabrera became the first Indians shortstop to win a Silver Slugger award Wednesday night when the awards were announced on MLB Network. Tuesday night he was a finalist for the AL Gold Glove for shortstops, but lost to the Angels' Erick Aybar.

The Silver Slugger honors the top offensive player at each position in the American and National leagues. Cabrera is the first Indians infielder to win the award since Hall of Famer Robby Alomar in 2000.

Managers and coaches vote for the award.

Cabrera, 25, had the best offensive season of his career. He led the team with 165 hits, 87 runs, 32 doubles, 25 homers, 92 RBI, 151 games players and a .792 OPS.
He led AL shortstops in RBI and was tied for first in hits, while ranking second in runs, doubles and homers. Cabrera's 25 homers set a single-season franchise record for shortstops. Cabrera hit 18 homers in his career before 2011.

The 25 homers gave him the record for Venezuelan-born shortstops for one season, while his 92 RBI were the most by an Indians shortstop since Lou Boudreau had 106 in 1948 when he won the AL MVP award.

Cabrera was a finalist for the Silver Slugger with former double-play partner Jhonny Peralta of Detroit and Baltimore's J.J. Hardy. Cabrera broke Peralta's franchise home run record for shortstops.

Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki won the award in the NL.

Cabrera is eligible for arbitration this off-season. He salary could jump from $2.025 million to an estimated $5 million. He earned a $50,000 bonus for winning the Silver Slugger award.