The Cleveland Indians rally in the 8th inning to come from behind to beat the Kansas City Royals.
The Cleveland Indians again looked to have trouble with their offense. They didn’t get on the scoreboard until the 6th inning and the Royals had a 2 run lead since the 3rd inning. For the second night in a row it look like the Tribe was going to fall to the Kansas City Royals. That was until the 8th inning when the Indians offense came to life. It started out with a Michael Bourn...
Pitcher safety against liners still issue for MLB
Cleveland Indians reliever Vinnie Pestano has a recurring dream. A batter hits a line drive right back up the middle and it's screaming toward his head.
He wakes up just before impact.
The real thing is a nightmare scenario that happens a couple times a season in the major leagues.
''Guys are bigger now and hitting the ball harder and we're throwing the ball harder...
Around The Farm: June 18, 2013
Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday’s performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday’s game.
Chris Perez (Akron, 2nd Rehab SP) – L (0-1), 1 IP, 5 H, 5 R (all earned), 2 K, 3 HR allowed, 1 HBP – While the story of a rehab assignment is usually “He got his work in....
Indians comeback late to stun Royals 4-3
CLEVELAND--Things did not look good early at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario, but just as they have been accustomed to all season long at Progressive Field, the Tribe would fight back.
Down 3-1 with one out in the eighth, the Indians battled back to score three runs in the bottom half of the inning to sneak by the Kansas City Royals for the 4-3 victory.
The win puts Cleveland...
Fan at Indians game catches foul ball with one hand (Video)
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A fan at Tuesday night's Cleveland Indians game at Progressive Field made an impressive one-handed grab of a foul ball, while holding a hot dog in his other hand.
It happened in the top of the sixth as Kansas City Royals batter Lorenzo Cain hit a foul ball into the stands in right field. The fan in the front row got up from his...
Weird game provides right outcome for Indians
CLEVELAND -- The Indians have lost some tough ones lately.Tuesday it was their turn to win a weird one. A very weird one. So weird that manager Terry Francona joked he might head right to the casino after his postgame meet with the media.Full uni, he said. If you see anyone over there in a full uni, thats me.It was such a weird game that the Indians watched closer Vinnie Pestano...
MLB News: Chris Perez allows three homers in rehab outing
While the night in Double-A Akron was set to be fun with two rehabbing Indians relievers, the mood turned sour very quickly in the top of the second.
The highlight of the exciting night was supposed to be rehabbing closer Chris Perez, who was to work the second inning for the Aeros against the Trenton Thunder (Yankees affiliate). After a first-batter strikeout on three pitches, there...
Cleveland Indians Option RHP Matt Langwell
Right-handed reliever Matt Langwell has been optioned by the Cleveland Indians to Triple-A Columbus despite a solid 2.08 ERA over a four-game span in the majors.
In need of a hitter because of the absense of Nick Swisher, the Indians will likely replace Langwell with a bat. That of course is just speculation.
The post Cleveland Indians Option RHP Matt Langwell appeared first on...
Indians recall 3B Lonnie Chisenhall
The Indians have recalled third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall from Triple-A Columbus.
Chisenhall began the season as Cleveland's starting third baseman, but he struggled and was optioned to the minor leagues on May 13 after batting just .213 with three homers and 11 RBIs in 26 games.
He will start and bat seventh Tuesday night when the Indians continue their series against Kansas...
Indians call up Chisenhall, option Langwell
Today the Cleveland Indians have recalled third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall from Triple-A Columbus and optioned right-handed pitcher Matt Langwell to Columbus.
Chisenhall, 24, has been with Columbus since May 13th where he hit .390 (41-for-105) with 8 doubles, 2 triples, 6 home runs and 26 RBI in 27 games for the Clippers (.455/.676/1.132). Since May 29th he has hit .467 (28-for...
MLB News: Lonnie Chisenhall promoted to Cleveland
Right on cue, the Cleveland Indians announced that third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall has been promoted from Triple-A Columbus.
The team’s Opening Day starter at the hot corner, Chisenhall was demoted to the Clippers back on May 13th after a sluggish start to the season. But all evening on Monday, there was rampant speculation that he would be on his way back to Cleveland.
First...
Chris Perez hoping to rejoin Indians Friday
Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez told Mark Emery of MLB.com that he believes he'll be able to rejoin the team on Friday after completing one more minor league rehab appearance.
"It's getting better every day," Perez said before
Monday's series opener against Kansas City. "I should be active on
Friday."
Perez is slated to log an inning...
Indians' Nick Swisher likely out until Friday
Cleveland Indians first baseman Nick Swisher has missed his team's last two games with shoulder soreness, and he could likely stay out of the lineup for a few more days. MLB.com's Mark Emery reports that Swisher had his shoulder examined on Sunday, June 16. The examination revealed inflammation but no structural damage.
Swisher took a cortisone shot on Monday. Even...
Jason Kipnis, All-Star?
It’s an annual exercise in disappointment. When the updated All-Star balloting was released earlier this month, only Carlos Santana and Mark Reynolds were among the top-five at their respective positions. The voting that had taken place prior to this release largely occurred during a run where the Indians could not lose. The starting pitchers were motoring, the bullpen was a...
Diamondbacks were able to trade Trevor Bauer because of pitching depth. Will they regret it?
The Arizona Diamondbacks were rewarded for their terrible 2010 season with the number 3 overall pick in the amateur draft. This got them Trevor Bauer, a 20 year old RHP out of UCLA. Barring an injury, it was understood that Bauer would be a MLB pitcher very soon. He made his MLB debut less than a year after being drafted, going 1-2, 6.06 in 4 starts for the Diamondbacks last season...
Kluber proving he belongs in the big leagues
“He’s garbage! Cut him! Send him back to the minors!”
That was the general consensus of many Indians fans shortly afterMiguel Cabrera crushed a 3-run home run off young Indians right-hander Corey Kluber at Comerica Park on May 10th. By the time Kluber was pulled from the game, his earned run total on the night was eight in just four and two thirds innings spiking his ERA...
Animated: Corey Kluber, doing work
Corey Kluber is becoming a bit of a folk hero. The kind folks at FanGraphs have been loving the Cleveland Indians’ starter as of late, as evidenced by some of the links in recent While We’re Waiting… posts. But in the event you haven’t had the chance to see some of their work, we have isolated several of the gif files that depict just how filthy the movement has been on some...
Smoke Signals: Episode 6.11
Smoke Signals is back on the cyberwaves tonight from 10:00pm – 11:00pm EST. The one hour show airs every Tuesday and is hosted by IndiansBaseballInsider.com’s Tony Lastoria and Jim Pete and is brought to you by the Akron Aeros.
In tonight's episode, Tony and Jim talk about how the Indians have rebounded from a rough stretch to in late May and June to play much better over...
A Great effort by Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco gets wasted as the Tribe drops 1 to Kansas City 2-1.
The Indians offense picked the wrong night to take off, Carlos Carrasco pitched the best game in his major leg career. He worked 7-1/3 innings giving up just 1 run and 4 hits. He struck out 4 and walked only 1 batter. This was a more mature Carrasco we saw in the game against the Kansas City Royals. When Carrasco got into trouble he was able to work his way out of it. Carlos Carrasco...
Around the Farm: June 17, 2013
Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday’s performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday’s game.
Chun Hsiu Chen: 1B, Columbus Clippers: 2-for-4, 1 2B:
Chen was the only member of the Indians’ minor league organization with multiple hits on Monday night, and that alone nabs him...
Launching off with the Aeros: 6/11/13 – 6/17/13
The Akron Aeros found success despite being away from Canal Park all week, going 3-2 during their road trip to New Hampshire and Portland and moving back to .500 on the season. The team actually made it back above .500 for the first time since May 12 after Saturday's win, but a loss on Sunday dropped them back down to an even 34-34.
The offense carried the load for the Aeros...
The Cleveland Indians have climbed back to .500 don’t counts them out yet!
These are current standing for our Cleveland Indians and I know I said hey sink but I was wrong and jump to conclusions they are really about in the middle of the overall standing for major league baseball. So I’m saying that these guy will make a come back that shall put them in contention during the breaks and playoffs if not go all the way. MLB W L PCT GB HOME ROAD...
Indians' Swisher out with sore shoulder
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Slumping Indians first baseman Nick Swisher received a cortisone shot in his sore left shoulder Monday and will be sidelined for Cleveland's next three games.
Manager Terry Francona said Swisher received the injection after an MRI taken Sunday revealed no structural damage. Francona said Swisher will be "down for a couple of days" and is not likely...
MLB News: Indians closer Chris Perez expected to return by Friday
Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez (shoulder) is expected to be activated from the disabled list Friday.
Perez will make rehab app Tuesday and should be activated Friday # indians
— paul hoynes (@hoynsie) June 17, 2013
Perez, out since May 26 with shoulder soreness, allowed two hits and struck out one on Sunday afternoon in his first rehab appearance with Low-A Lake County...
MLB News: Indians’ Kipnis and Kluber named AL Players of the Week
Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis and starting pitcher Corey Kluber have been named Co-American League Players of the Week for the period ending June 16, 2013.
Kipnis hit .524 (11-for-21) with two doubles, one home run, four runs batted in and five runs scored in six games over the week, topping the Major Leagues in batting average and on-base percentage (.593), and ranking...
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