SHIN-SOO CHOO RUMORS

Shin-Soo Choo is a BABIP wizard. Sort for batting average on balls in play since 2008, and sitting there in second place is Choo. After four years of BABIPs in the high .300s, he dropped back to earth in 2011 but still finds himself above the league norm these days. Even with over 2000 plate appearances under his belt, it’s fair to ask: what does Choo’s true-talent BABIP...

Now these are the games that make baseball so fun and so frustrating at the same time. For the first seven innings, the Cleveland Indians looked well on their way to an easy win against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. Starting Pitcher Jeanmar Gomez, coming off his first bad outing of the season, dominated the Twins to the tune of one unearned run on three hits. His sinker was...

Shin-Soo Choo came through with a R.B.I. double to push the Cleveland Indians past the Minnesota Twins last night 5-4. The Indians had a 4-1 lead until the Twin launched a rally in the eighth inning to score three runs and tie the game at 4. Vinny Pestano and Nick Hagadone had a tough go of it in the 8th inning setting it up for Chris Perez to come in and get the save. Pestano gave...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Cleveland Indians had lost three in a row and five of their previous six, with another strong start to the season threatening to start swirling down the drain. They appeared headed toward another loss when the bullpen faltered in the eighth inning before Shin-Soo Choo came to the rescue. Choo hit the go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning to back Jeanmar...

While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com First up, on a special to ESPN.com, Brenden Lowery discusses why Shin-Soo Choo is currently struggling, “Choo’s biggest problem has been sliders. During Choo’s...

Indians right fielder Shin-Soo Choo is expected to be back in the starting lineup Tuesday when Cleveland begins a series against the Chicago White Sox. Manager Manny Acta said after Sunday’s game that Choo should be back then, which will mark the one-week date from when he was injured. As a reminder, Choo left this past Tuesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals because...

Shin-Soo Choo is out of the lineup for Cleveland's game against Kansas City with an injury to his left hamstring. The outfielder was replaced by a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning of Tuesday's game. Manager Manny Acta said after the game that Choo had tightness in the hamstring. Aaron Cunningham will start in right field and bat ninth Wednesday. Carlos Santana will hit...

The Indians won the game tonight against the Kansas City Royals 4-3 in the series opener. The Cleveland Indians could wake up tomorrow morning in a three way tie for first place. The bad news is Shin-Soo Choo left the game with a hamstring injury. If Choo misses any kind of time in right field one has to wonder what the Indians are going to do to fill the outfield. The Tribe has...

In an interview with 850AM WKNR, Cleveland Indians team president Mark Shapiro discussed the future of several key individuals within the organization, including chairman and chief executive officer Paul Dolan. With a bevy of players signing one-year, arbitration-avoiding contracts, the Indians have recently been viewed as a team ripe for the having due to perceived financial flexibility...

Shin-Soo Choo got ready for Indians training camp by going to boot camp. After a tough 2011 season, the Indians outfielder spent four weeks with the South Korean army, fulfilling a service requirement for all men in his homeland. As part of a 180-man unit, Choo went on six-hour marches carrying a 50-pound knapsack, learned to shoot a gun and tossed hand grenades. The training not...