Cleveland Indians Team Thread

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Major Leagues (96,743,800)

Pitchers (12) (37,491,800) :

Rafael Betancourt (3,500,000)
Fernando Cabrera (391,800)
Fausto Carmona (-.--)
Juan Cruz (3,000,000)
Mariano Gomez (-.--)
Zack Greinke (-.--)
Bobby Howry (4,000,000)
Cliff Lee (7,000,000) DL
Damaso Marte (1,500,000)
Lou Pote (700,000)
Fernando Rodney (3,050,000)
C.C. Sabathia (8,750,000)
Jake Westbrook (5,600,000)

Catchers (2) (3,000,000) :

Victor Martinez (3,000,000)
Kelly Shoppach (-.--)

Infielders (6) (21,527,000) :

Hank Blalock (5,950,000)
Alex Cintron (1,900,000)
Travis Hafner (3,750,000)
Kevin Kouzmanoff (327,000)
Rob Mackowiak (2,000,000)
Placido Polanco (4,600,000)

Outfielders (5) (28,250,000) :

Jonathan David Drew (14,000,000)
Franklin Gutierrez (-.--)
Jason Lane (6,750,000)
Jason Michaels (6,750,000)
Grady Sizemore (750,000)

15-day DL:

60-day DL:

*OF Kevin Mench (STL) US$14 Million salary paid by Indians

Minor Leagues

Pitchers :

Dan Denham
Jake Dittler
Shawn Hill
Ben Howard
John Dale Martin
Edward Mujica
Chad Paronto
Rafael Perez
Blake Wood

Catchers :

Infielders :

Jake Gautreau
Brett Harper
Stephen Head
Joe Inglett
Jason Morales
Eduardo Perez
Angel Santos
Ramon Vazquez

Outfielders :

Tyler Colvin
Trevor Crowe
Ryan Goleski

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X-1- Review the Club's past performances
X-2- Look at the Club's Future Stars
X-3- Manage the Club's Finances
4- Sign a reliable SP
X-5- Deal Aaron Boone for 2 prospects (1 INF ; 1 SP)
X-6- Overview Eric Wedge's future with the Club

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Cleveland Indians acquire All-Star Catcher from the Red Sox

At a press conference on Thursday, the Cleveland Indians announced that they acquired veteran catcher Jason Varitek from the Boston Red Sox, in return, the Red Sox obtained catcher Ryan Garko and pitcher Adam Miller.

''Jason's acquisition is very important to us, his acquisition solves the important hole in our lineup, we hope that Jason adapts quickly to our team philosophy and to our pitching staff. We also hope he helps our young pitchers adapt to the big leagues'' commented Cleveland Indians general manager Chuck Ray on the acquisition of Varitek.

Varitek will hereby be the starting catcher for the Cleveland squad, moving former catcher Victor Martinez to an easier position, first base.
Varitek will fill the 6th spot in the lineup behind Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez.

Cleveland's next move might to be filling one of their numerous holes:

''Even though filling an important piece of the puzzle, we still have numerous holes to fill, notebly our number 5 starting pitcher, our starting left fielder, third baseman, shortstop and second baseman, also attempting to find a ''younger'' solution to the closer's role'' said Cleveland general manger Chuck Ray

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Indians acquire Two Vets for Prospects

At a press conference on Wednesday, the Cleveland Indians announced that they acquired veteran infidelder Geoff Blum and outfielder Brian Giles, thus giving up prospects Andy Marte and Brad Snyder to the San Diego Padres.

“Brian’s acquisition is very important to us, we filled our need for a power-hitting outfielder with his acquisition and we hope he will mentor our young oufielders and provibe pop to our sometimes weak offense” commented Cleveland GM Chuck Ray

Giles will fill the number 3 spot in the lineup behind CF Grady Sizemore and LF Jason Michaels, thus moving former 3B Casey Blake back to his original position where he played over 325 Games from 1999 to 2004.

“Once again, even though filling a very important hole through the trade market, we still have to address numerous needs like our closer, our no.5 starting pitcher, our second baseman and shortstop” replied Cleveland GM Chuck Ray to reporter Lin Martel’s question.

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On Wednesday, the Cleveland Indians signed P Damaso Marte and OF Frank Catalanotto.

"Signing Damaso and Frank is a great step forward in our plan to bring a championship back to Cleveland." said Cleveland GM Chuck Ray

Damaso Marte will bring a veteran and reliable arm to the bullpen while Catalanotto will fill the Outfield.

"Frank is expected to get a fair bit of playing time in the Outfield and at the DH slot. Damaso will be used in the 8th inning as one of our setup men."

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CF Grady Sizemore
LF Frank Catalanotto
RF Brian Giles
DH Travis Hafner
1B Victor Martinez
C Jason Varitek
3B Casey Blake
2B Ronnie Belliard
SS Jason Bartlett

C Sal Fasano
1B Ryan Klesko
2B Geoff Blum
LF Jason Michaels

1) C.C. Sabathia
2) Jake Westbrook
3) Cliff Lee
4) Paul Byrd
5) Jason Johnson

RP Fausto Carmona
RP Fernando Cabrera
RP Guillermo Mota
RP Damaso Marte
RP Rafael Betancourt
RP Bob Wickman
CP Fernando Rodney

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2007:

SP Kris Johnson (MLB: BOS)
SP Blake Wood (MLB: KCR)
LF Tyler Colvin (MLB: CHC)

2008:

SP James Simmons (MLB: OAK)
3B Matt Mangini (MLB: SEA)
SS Brian Friday (MLB: PIT)

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CF Grady Sizemore -- "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit
2B Ronnie Belliard -- "Groove With Me Tonight" by MDO
LF Jason Michaels -- "In the End" by Linkin Park
DH Travis Hafner -- "Du Hast" by Ramstein
C Jason Varitek -- "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down
RF Brian Giles -- "Greed" by Godsmack
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff -- "Bleed American" by Jimmy Eat World
1B Victor Martinez -- "Kinito Mendez" by Tamarindo
SS Jason Bartlett -- "Down With The Sickness" by Disturbed

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RHP Danny Graves
RHP Juan Lara
IF Lou Merloni
IF Ramón Vázquez

Arbitration Elegible: (http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/transactions/playermovement/AL)

RHP Rafael Betancourt
RHP Jason Davis
RHP Matt Miller
RHP Jake Westbrook (Team Option)
OF Jason Michaels

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1- Attempt to trade 2 RPs
2- Look at the Club's Future Stars
3- Manage the Club's Finances
4- Sign two reliable SP
5- Sign two reliable RP
6- Overview Eric Wedge's future with the Club

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I want to work out a deal for Paul Byrd and Zach Day. Can I see their stats and ratings?

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3B Kevin Kouzmanoff

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Indians hire Beane

Cleveland, Ohio -- At a press conference today, the Cleveland Indians announced the hiring of veteran baseball man Billy Beane as their assistant general manager and president of baseball operations.

Beane is mostly known for being the Oakland Athletics' GM, from 1997 to 2006, when he was fired and replaced by a computer.

"Billy will bring extremely significant knowledge to the organisation and guide our young GM," said Larry Dolan, Cleveland Indians' Owner.