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Cleveland Indians (2011 Season)

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not anything that will impact the club anytime soon

but the Indians signed one of the top Dominican catching prospects

http://www.dplbaseball.com/index.ph...ed-to-play-professionally&catid=1:latest-news

Kevin Calderon, a 16-year old catcher trained by Chicho Campos, was also selected to the 2011 DPL All-Star Game and was widely acknowledged as one of the top available catchers on the island with pop times to 2nd base consistently ranging between 1.8-1.95 seconds. Calderon was locked up by the Cleveland Indians for $80,000.
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NFBuck;1871292; said:
*puts on best Lou Brown voice* If a couple things go right, we might have a pretty decent lineup there.


...or at worst, not disastrous.
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Valbuena is the only player who I would call "disastrous"....he is the only player on the tribe who can hold the claim of being worse than Andy Marte

hopefully they don't hang onto him for ever like the Marte Partay.
 
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buckeyemania11;1871335; said:
Valbuena is the only player who I would call "disastrous"....he is the only player on the tribe who can hold the claim of being worse than Andy Marte

hopefully they don't hang onto him for ever like the Marte Partay.
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I'll be a little surprised if Kipnis isn't starting at 2B to begin the year.
 
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NFBuck;1871341; said:
I'll be a little surprised if Kipnis isn't starting at 2B to begin the year.
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doubt it, the highest level hes reached is AA, I doubt they will give him the go right away before seeing at least a little time in AAA....unless maybe he explodes big time in spring training
 
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buckeyemania11;1871349; said:
doubt it, the highest level hes reached is AA, I doubt they will give him the go right away before seeing at least a little time in AAA....unless maybe he explodes big time in spring training
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I've read several places that he's pretty close to ML ready regardless of getting AAA time or not. He's 24, so he's no kid. A few blogs I read regularly have been mentioning him as a rookie to watch in spring training. After seeing that, if he has a pretty solid spring, I wouldn't be shocked to see him break camp as the starting 2B given what a complete mess Valbuena is and how Donald is probably better suited as a utility guy. Not saying I fully expect it, just that I wouldn't be surprised if he is. Even if he doesn't win in straight away, I can't imagine them waiting long.
 
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NFBuck;1871655; said:
I've read several places that he's pretty close to ML ready regardless of getting AAA time or not. He's 24, so he's no kid. A few blogs I read regularly have been mentioning him as a rookie to watch in spring training. After seeing that, if he has a pretty solid spring, I wouldn't be shocked to see him break camp as the starting 2B given what a complete mess Valbuena is and how Donald is probably better suited as a utility guy. Not saying I fully expect it, just that I wouldn't be surprised if he is. Even if he doesn't win in straight away, I can't imagine them waiting long.
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maybe here is the answer for second base if true:)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians have reportedly agreed to sign free agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com.

Indian GM Chris Antonetti would neither confirm nor deny the report.
"I will not comment on specific players," said Antonetti in a text.

Cabrera, 36, played 121 games at shortstop last year for Cincinnati. He hit .263 (130-for-494) with 33 doubles, four homers and 42 RBI. He stole 11 bases in 15 attempts and scored 64 runs.

He spent the 2009 season with Oakland and Minnesota. He hit a combined .284 (186-for-656), helping the Twins reach the postseason as a midseason pickup. In 2008, he spent the full season with the White Sox and hit .281 (186-for-661).

Cabrera has spent almost his entire career at shortstop. If the Indians do sign him, they could move Asdrubal Cabrera to second base and answer one of their big questions going into spring training. The Indians, who open camp Tuesday, have not named a starter at second or third base
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more
http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/02/report_says_cleveland_indians.html
 
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Jeremy Sowers underwent rotator cuff surgery on his left shoulder recently and is expected to miss at least nine months.

Sowers can probably be written off for the entire 2011 season. The former No. 1 overall pick has struggled with health and effectiveness since being selected in 2004 and wasn't really a factor for the Indians' starting rotation heading into this year. He spent all of 2010 at the Triple-A level, where he turned in a 5.85 ERA and 1.40 WHIP across 52 1/3 innings.

Source: Paul Hoynes on Twitter
 
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NFBuck;1871341; said:
I'll be a little surprised if Kipnis isn't starting at 2B to begin the year.
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Then prepare to be surprised. Regardless of what Kipnis does in AZ he will start the season with the Clippers. The Tribe will not bring him up before June so that he does not earn a full year of service credit at the ML level this season. That gives the Indians an extra year of salary control over him. If he's even close to being the impact player everyone predicts he'll be that year of service credit is worth MILLION$ to the Tribe. They'll not waste that money on a season (2011) that they'll not win anything no matter what Kipnis does.
 
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http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/02/the_top_10_challenges_for_the.html

The top 10 challenges for the Cleveland Indians as spring training looms

Published: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 3:50 AM Updated: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 11:09 AM

By Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians and Yankees don't have much in common besides playing in the American League. Still, there are ties that bind.
They're not perfect. The Indians lost 93 games last season and if the Yankees had it all figured out, Bartolo Colon wouldn't be going to camp with a chance to win a job in their starting rotation.
What we have here are two teams, just like their 28 partners, who have questions about what lies ahead. Spring training begins this week. The 162-game regular season follows.
The Yankees' payroll, pushing $200 million, will provide the answers to most questions. The Indians' payroll of between $45 million and $50 million is hardly enough to solve the concerns facing manager Manny Acta and first-year GM Chris Antonetti.
Just in case they've forgotten, here are 10 of the biggest questions facing the Tribe in 2011.
1. How much can a healthy Grady Sizemore improve an offense that finished 26th in the big leagues with 646 runs?
Best case scenario: Sizemore's left knee is sound and he returns to his old form when he averaged 116 runs and played 160 games per season from 2005-08.
Worst case scenario: Sizemore's knee isn't fully healed and the Indians' second-highest paid player at $7.5 million is idle for much of the year.
What will probably happen: As a precaution Sizemore doesn't join the Indians until mid-April, but regains his skills. The Indians trade him to a contender before the July 31 or Aug. 31 trading deadlines rather than exercising his 2012 club option for $9 million.
The trade turns Sizemore's option for 2012 into a player's option. He can become a free agent or accept the option. It could make him harder to trade unless he's playing well and a team really needs him.
Stat attack: If Sizemore was healthy last year and contributed his average number of runs over the course of a full season -- minus the 15 he did score last year -- the Indians would have gone from 26th to 13th in runs scored in the big leagues.
(Correction: Sizemore's impact on last year's offense would have improved the Indians from 26th in runs to a tie for 19th in runs with the Angels. The original equation subtracted only the 15 runs Sizemore scored last season from his average of 116 runs per season from 2005 through 2008. It did not include the 66 runs his replacements in center field scored last season.)

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Grady Sizemore (knee) said Monday that he still feels some minor discomfort when running.

Sizemore added that he hopes to be ready for Opening Day, but isn't going to push himself too soon. The 28-year-old outfielder is currently working his way back from microfracture surgery on his left knee, so it's very possible that he could begin the season on the disabled list as a precaution.


Source: Jordan Bastian on Twitter
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