Found June 28, 2009 on Cleveland Sports Perspective:
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  The Cleveland Indians made the first move in what is becoming its annual fire sale, dealing Mark DeRosa to the St. Louis Cardinals for reliever Chris Perez and the infamous player to be named later.  This leaves the disappointing Jhonny Peralta, whom Eric Wedge went out of his way to praise after Friday night's game, as the regular third baseman.  Things just keep looking up for the Tribe.   DeRosa was mishandled from the moment the Indians acquired him.  When GM Mark Shapiro traded for him, most people thought the former Cub would play 2B with Asdrubal Cabrera going to shortstop and Peralta going to third.  However, as usual, the Indians were smarter, putting DeRosa at third, where he had some defensive issues.   When they finally moved Peralta to third, it left DeRosa without a spot in the infield.  Over the past month or so, he spent most of his time in LF or RF.  However, he was still productive with the bat, hitting .270 with 13 homers (2nd on the team) and 50 RBI (a...
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