Cleveland Indians News

The Rays demoted AL Rookie of the Year favorite Evan Longoria in a move that baffled many. Ken Rosenthal explains their thinking.

Mike Hampton made it through the final game of spring training without any problems. Now, it’s on to his first regular-season start since 2005.
Hampton pitched three innings for Atlanta, allowing four hits and a run in the Braves’ 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday in a game that was called in the seventh [...]

Fausto Carmona can’t wait for the regular season to start.
Cleveland’s right-hander had his second consecutive good six-inning outing, allowing a run and four hits with a walk and two strikeouts in the Indians’ 7-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.
Casey Blake had a two-run triple and Travis Hafner drove in two runs for [...]

Mike Harmon gazes into the crystal ball and conjures up some predictions for 2008.

As Travis Hafner plowed through a plate full of chicken and rice, Casey Blake and a few teammates tackled a crossword puzzle a few feet away. Nearby, C.C. Sabathia iced the AL’s most precious left arm.
During a lunchtime break at spring training in Florida last month, all were oblivious to the TV across the room, [...]

Carlos Pena hit one of Tampa Bay’s three home runs and the Rays beat Cleveland 9-7 in 10 innings Thursday in the Indians’ final spring game in Florida.
Minor league infielder Andy Gonzalez hit a grand slam for the Indians, who extended their 16-year stay at Chain of Lakes Park by 30 minutes with a ninth-inning [...]

Is a big season in store for Roy Halladay? Ken Rosenthal certainly thinks so as he hands out all of his preseason awards.

A day after Cecil Cooper ripped his team for bad throws, the Houston Astros had three errors and a costly base-running mistake in a 7-6 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.
Four of the five runs allowed by ace Roy Oswalt were unearned in a rough 3 2/3-inning outing. Oswalt had one of the errors.
“We’ve [...]

Craig Breslow has dreamed of being a major-league pitcher almost from the day he first tossed a ball.
A life-changing experience at age 12, though, had the Cleveland Indians’ new left-hander setting even loftier goals.
Breslow, a Yale graduate with a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, recently formed a nonprofit foundation to help children with cancer.

Andy Marte and Craig Breslow, both out of options and trying to stick with Cleveland, led the Indians to a 7-5 comeback win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
Marte, trying to make up for two errors at third base, hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth off Darrell Rasner. Breslow, a lefty picked [...]