Carlos Santana News

Before the 2009 season, there was little reason to predict the Indians' Double-A team was destined for a record-setting run.

The Tribe's activity in the last two Winter Meetings was in direct correlation with the environment.

The Tigers have shed $30 million in payroll and picked up some interesting young players .A The White Sox are talking to Hideki Matsui .A The Royals have upped their offer to Jason Kendall to two years .A The Twins are actively seeking a third baseman and have had preliminary talks with free agent Mark DeRosa.A What are the Indians doing? Nothing.

Twitter link until further details emerge. UPDATE: Linked to AC's blog now. Castrovince reporting this might be the last hurrah for the artist formerly known as Adam Miller.

For the first time since 2002, the Indians were buyers and sellers in baseball's Rule 5 Draft.

Carlos Santana, the Indians catcher of the future, will miss the next eight to 10 weeks after undergoing surgery Tuesday in Baltimore to have a broken hamate bone removed from his right hand.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana, who had an outside shot of making Cleveland's opening-day roster, will be sidelined for 2 1/2 months after undergoing hand surgery.

In the past two days, mini-controversies had popped up in Cleveland. A LeBron James expressed his displeasure with Mike Browna s decision not to play Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and Grady Sizemore was a oeshowing offa for his girlfriend.

There will be no quick movements this winter for the Indians. They are going to watch and wait.

The Indians have spent the past couple years rebuilding their prospect ranks in trades of their veteran players.

Andy Marte is the winner of the Coco Crisp Trade Survivor contest. Traded C Kelly Shoppach to Tampa Bay for a Player to be Named Later Kelly's career stats: There are several factors that contributed up to this trade.

The Cleveland Indians have traded catcher Kelly Shoppach to the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be determined.

The Dodgers have shown a knack over the years for taking prospects and moving them to catcher.

So it begins for Manny Acta. The 40th manager of the Indians was hired late on a Saturday night, Oct.

Five-Star Prospects 1. Carlos Santana, C Four-Star Prospects 2. Lonnie Chisenhall, SS 3. Alex White, RHP 4. Jason Knapp, RHP 5. Nick Hagadone, LHP Three-Star Prospects 6. Hector Rondon, RHP 7. Lou Marson, C 8. Jason Kipnis, OF/2B 9. Carlos Carrasco, RHP 10.

13. Nick Weglarz, OF: Two years of non-performance have dropped him significantly, as a ton of walks can only get you so far.

Sandy Alomar Jr. is coming home. Alomar, 43, was named manager Manny Acta's first base coach today.

Once wasn't good enough for catcher Carlos Santana. Topps, the baseball card company, has named Santana its Minor League Player of the Year for the Class AA Eastern League.

Indians catcher Matt McBride is feeling comfortable at the plate in Arizona, even if his helmet isn't. McBride and Freddie Freeman went deep before Cedric Hunter hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to lead the Peoria Saguaros past the Mesa Solar Sox, 6-5, on Tuesday afternoon.

He takes over a team that was picked by many experts to win in the Central Division, yet the Tribe finished 65-97. That's also losing 97 games in perhaps baseball's weakest division, meaning there is a lot of room to improve.