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With the winter meetings officially beginning Monday, a good market for free agent utility man Jamey Carroll has already been established.

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

So much for the "Little O" reunion show. Omar Vizquel signed a one-year contract with the White Sox on Monday, which means his return to Progressive Field in 2010 will have him in the visitor's dugout and wearing the uniform of a division rival.

The Indians, at the moment, are expecting Jake Westbrook to be in the starting rotation when the season opens April 5 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago.

The Indians only have one prominent player eligible for free agency. And that is, of course, using the word "prominent" loosely.

Friday 16 Oct 2009 Friday, October 16, 2009 at 08:20AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -CLEVELAND, OH - The Cleveland Indians will have 20 representatives, including 18 prospects and two coaches, throughout Major League Baseball's Winter Leagues.

Venezuela is the place to be to see the Indians' future. Nine players, along with two coaches, will play winter ball there.

It's too easy to ask what went wrong with the 2009 Indians. Everyone knows by now.

As the end of the season approached, David Ortiz altered his wardrobe. Almost every day before games, he wore a navy blue sleeveless Reebok T-shirt. In white lettering across the chest, it read, "Don't call it a comeback.'' The shirt served as an unspoken reminder about the narrative of Ortiz's arduous regular season, which ended yesterday with the ...

The Indians lead the Red Sox, 6-4, today after three innings at Fenway Park. Early thunder: Rookie Luis Valbuena gave the Indians a 1-0 lead with a leadoff homer in the first against Clay Buchholtz.

The next manager of the Indians should be a good teacher of 'baseball's fundamentals.

As endings go, it was an appropriate one for the Indians on Sunday at Fenway Park.

As Jason Varitek goes for a foul ball, a Sawx fan shows off his spoon-swallowing skills.

Fausto Carmona pitched six strong innings and the Cleveland Indians ended their 11-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

The Indians improved to 4-19 in September and avoided tying the franchise record of straigh4 losses set in 19 .

The Indians led the Orioles, 6-0, through three innings today at Progressive Field.

Fausto Carmona pitched six strong innings and the Cleveland Indians ended their 11-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Friday night.

Before Jason Knapp, there was Jose Ozoria. No, the Indians didn't trade for Ozoria only to find he was the kind of damaged goods they received from Philadelphia in Knapp.

Will the Indians win another game in the 2009 season? From their own perspective and that of their fans, they had very well better.

Clubhouse confidential: Rookie second baseman Luis Valbuena is getting a mini-vacation. After starting the first game of the Oakland series on Thursday at shortstop for injured Asdrubal Cabrera, Valbuena didn't start the next three games.