Cleveland Indians News

The Indians should know soon if Jake Westbrook will be an option for their starting rotation in 2010.

The Indians jumped into the free agent market early last winter. They signed closer Kerry Wood in December at the winter meetings in Las Vegas to a two-year, $20.5 million deal.

The Boston Red Sox have picked up a $7.1 million option for 2010 on catcher Victor Martinez, according to a report from the Boston Globe on Monday.

While riding the undertow of their 97-loss season this year, the Indians reviewed the organization to see what went wrong and how to fix it.

Carl Pavano #44 of the Cleveland Indians pitches against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 19, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.

On the same day the Indians began to fill out their coaching staff, they also filled a key scouting role Friday by hiring Ramon Pena as their director of Latin American operations.

Tim Belcher is the Cleveland Indians' new pitching coach under first-year manager Manny Acta.

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.

In creating the 2010 staff and its depth options, a number of the '09 starters will not be in the picture.

Any Cleveland fan with a decent short-term memory knows that, for the past several seasons, the Tribe has experienced consistent inconsistency at third base.

Manny Acta, the Indians' new manager, says he knows he is not a big shot. He also politely wondered what caliber of reputation Joe Torre had when he began managing three decades ago with the New York Mets.

Many baseball fans will wait to see if the new manager can work some magic before believing again, but among area Latinos, beisbol will be greeted with fervor next spring.

Indians manager Manny Acta will conduct interviews for coaches while serving as an analyst for Fox Sports' World Series coverage.

Chief Wahoo Taking a Bite is one of the finalists in the Cleveland Indians pumpkin-carving contest.

A little more than a year ago, Joe Gardner wasn't concentrating on becoming a professional baseball player.

If Indians fans were wondering what might have been when Cliff Lee squared off with CC Sabathia, Paul Hoynes certainly understood.

It's hard to root for Pedro Martinez , even now when he's old and pitching against the Yankees in the World Series.

Tolman has roots with Acta and the Indians. He spent 14 years in Houston's player development and scouting departments, where Acta was a player, minor league coach and manager.

The question goes to the very origin of the Baseball species. CC Sabathia will pitch Game 1 of the World Series for the Yankees , will pitch for the Phillies , and the city of Cleveland will lament what was.

The Indians did a little housecleaning Friday, taking three players off the 40-man roster.