Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lineup Cleveland Indians @ Minnesota Twins 07/06/08 2:10 PM EDT Cleveland Indians Minnesota Twins Grady Sizemore - CF Carlos Gomez - CF Jamey Carroll - 2B Alexi Casilla - 2B Ben Francisco - LF Mike Redmond - C Jhonny Peralta - SS Justin Morneau - 1B Casey Blake - 1B Craig Monroe - DH Kelly Shoppach - C Delmon Young - LF Ryan Garko - DH Brendan Harris - 3B Andy Marte - 3B Nick Punto - SS Franklin Gutierrez...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Lineup Cleveland Indians @ Minnesota Twins 07/04/08 7:10 PM EDT Cleveland Indians Minnesota Twins Grady Sizemore - CF Carlos Gomez - CF Jamey Carroll - 2B Nick Punto - 2B Ben Francisco - LF Joe Mauer - C Jhonny Peralta - SS Justin Morneau - 1B Shin-Soo Choo - RF Jason Kubel - DH Casey Blake - 3B Delmon Young - LF David Dellucci - DH Brian Buscher - 3B Ryan Garko - 1B Brendan Harris - SS Kelly Shoppach...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
via www.fangraphs.com Highest WPA Lowest WPA Cliff Lee .413 Joe Borowski -.791 Casey Blake .406 Jhonny Peralta -.128 Rafael Betancourt .106 Grady Sizemore -.121 The end was coming, but it still sucks. As I mentioned earlier in the week, the schedule was set up for the Indians to make a lot of ground. If they had taken 6 out of 8 against divisional opponents, then split the four-game series against...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
via www.fangraphs.com Highest WPA Lowest WPA CC Sabathia .391 Jhonny Peralta -.102 Grady Sizemore .212 David Dellucci -.066 Shin-Soo Choo .123 Ryan Garko -.066 Games like last night are opinion shifters. You see CC Sabathia dominate a game a day after Cliff Lee did the same and think "you know, who cares if the Indians don't have an offence or a bullpen?" Even without Fausto Carmona and Jake Westbrook,...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Earlier this week on BaseballProspectus.com I wrote a piece about the Indians, in which I concluded that their run differential and the possibility for improvement from disappointments such as Ryan Garko and Jhonny Peralta made them contenders in the AL Central, and a team that should be looking to buy talent in the market rather than sell off its ace, C.C. Sabathia. The Indians responded strongly,...
ArmchairGM (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
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Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
via www.fangraphs.com Highest WPA Lowest WPA Aaron Laffey .230 Kelly Shoppach -.229 Casey Blake .118 Jamey Carroll -.168 Jhonny Peralta .085 Ben Francisco -.121 Last season, the Indians had a league-average offense (6th in runs scored). It was a balanced offense, decent in power and average, and good at getting on base. There were a couple black holes in the lineup (second and right field), but the...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
via www.fangraphs.com Highest WPA Lowest WPA Jhonny Peralta .463 Joe Borowski -.404 Cliff Lee .341 Franklin Gutierrez -.361 Casey Blake .129 Rafael Betancourt -.057 To say Cliff Lee deserved better and Joe Borowski deserved less would be an understatement. Lee pitched 7.1 excellent innings and got a no-decision, and Borowski caused that no-decision but got the win. The Indians lead 4-0 as the eighth...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Joe Borowski got his first victory of the season _ as a result of his third blown save. Cliff Lee had only a no-decision to show for another Cy Young-type outing. Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run double with two out in the 10th inning after the Cleveland bullpen...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Jhonny Peralta's two-run double in the 10th inning led the Cleveland Indians to a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game interleague set at Dodger Stadium.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run double with two outs in the 10th inning after the Indians' bullpen blew a four-run lead for Cliff Lee, and Cleveland beat the Dodgers 6-4 on Friday night in their first regular-season meeting at Chavez Ravine. Cleveland loaded the...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run double with two out in the 10th inning after the Cleveland bullpen blew a four-run lead for Cliff Lee, and the Indians beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 Friday night in their first regular-season meeting at Chavez Ravine.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Borowski, who led the AL with 45 saves last season despite a 5.07 ERA, gave up a single to Berroa and a double by Russell Martin to open the ninth. One out later, Juan Pierre drove in Berroa with a grounder off Borowski's right ankle. Pierre stole second while catcher Kelly Shoppach kept an eye on Martin at third, and Matt Kemp was walked intentionally.
WaitingForNextYear (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Indians 12, Twins 2 (box) Grady Sizemore, Jhonny Peralta, Ryan Garko and Casey Blake. Out of the 11 Indians that saw action in last night’s game, those are the only four that were in the line-up during opening day. A team that has been in a state of flux for a couple of weeks now apparently [...]
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
via www.fangraphs.com Highest WPA Lowest WPA Aaron Laffey .180 Ryan Garko -.076 Kelly Shoppach .117 Grady Sizemore -.055 Jhonny Peralta .109 On the day yet another key player was placed on the DL, what remained of the Indians pounded out 18 hits, blew out the Twins, and in the process kept themselves within reasonable distance of the division leading White Sox. Aaron Laffey didn't have to do much...
