Posted on December 15, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine The Cleveland Indians are suddenly the busiest team in baseball. One day after pulling off a three-team trade to re-acquire Carlos Santana and ship out Edwin Encarnacion, the Indians pulled off another trade. Late Friday night, the Tribe sent first baseman Yonder Alonso to the Chicago White […]
Posted on December 13, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine The MLB Winter Meetings came to a close on Thursday, but not before an intriguing three-team trade was pulled off to help conclude the week. As part of the deal, the Cleveland Indians have re-acquired longtime slugger Carlos Santana and first base prospect Jake Bauers. As part […]
Posted on September 1, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine Mere hours before the waiver trade deadline, the Cleveland Indians made a bold move. The Tribe has acquired third baseman Josh Donaldson from the Toronto Blue Jays. The move came just a few hours before the deadline to add players to be eligible for the postseason. There […]
Posted on March 5, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine Despite getting knocked out in the Divisional Round of the playoffs last year, the Cleveland Indians remain one of the favorites in the American League. Of course, as they learned last year, competition in the AL is stiff. Can the Indians once again rise to the top […]
Posted on February 7, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine Despite a proverbial game of chicken between free agent J.D. Martinez and the Boston Red Sox that has seemingly been going on all offseason, the odds have always been good that Martinez would end up in Boston when all is said and done. However, recent reports indicate […]
Posted on October 10, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine It all comes down to this. After falling behind 2-0, including an excruciating loss in Game 2, the New York Yankees have fought back and forced a Game 5 in the ALDS against the Cleveland Indians Wednesday night. There’s been a clear swing in momentum over the […]
Posted on October 8, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine After a devastating collapse in Game 2, the New York Yankees return home with their backs up against the wall in Game 3 of the ALDS Sunday night. After building an 8-3 lead, it looked like a virtual certainty that the Yankees would be able to split […]
The Toronto Blue Jays had quite the complicated offseason, as the drama surrounding free agents Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista dragged on for much of the winter. In the end, Bautista returned and Encarnacion left. After all that, how do the Blue Jays look heading into the 2017 season? Rotation Toronto’s rotation had the lowest […]
Posted on March 12, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine The Cleveland Indians will likely begin the defense of their American League pennant without second baseman Jason Kipnis. Indians manager Terry Francona told reporters Sunday morning that Kipnis will be shut down for the next two weeks so that his strained rotator cuff can properly heal, making […]
Posted on March 6, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine In 2016, the Cleveland Indians emerged from mediocrity to win the AL Central and the American League pennant, coming within a game of winning the World Series. Now team ownership is all-in on going for a championship and the club has great expectations heading into 2017. Can […]
Posted on July 14, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Toronto Blue Jays slugger and free agent to be Edwin Encarnacion is not interested in signing, or even talking about, a contract extension during the season, according to recent reports. His agent, Paul Kinzer, says Encarnacion intends to let the season play out and then hit the […]
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