Pronk Needs You!

The Indians ended the year by adding Cubs uber-utility guy Mark DeRosa to the roster for the low, low price of minor league pitchers Jeff Stevens, Chris Archer, and John Gaub.   DeRosa immediately becomes the starting third baseman, most likely meaning that Pronk Needs You!’s pet project, Andy Marte, will not likely break camp with the team.  [...]

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The Winter Meetings have come and gone, and the Indians were part of the wheeling and dealing. In – Kerry Wood, Joe Smith, and Luis Valbuena. Out – Franklin Gutierrez, Tom Mastny Kerry Wood has been hired to close games for the next two years for about $10 million per, with an opt ion for [...]

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The latest dishes cooking on the Hot Stove: Casey Blake, Super Utility Mountain Man (SUMM), has reached agreement with the Indians on a $6.15 million contract before arbitration. Management keeps repeating that Blake will be the starter at third, while Ande Marte, out of options, will likely moulder on the bench, getting spot starts and [...]

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Some more thoughts about how the off-season is going down: A reminder to panicking Indians fans: teams make the deals they make for a variety of reasons. Just because you feel the offer that another team accepted for a player you think the Indians could have used is inferior to what the Indians could have [...]

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The offseason so far: Indians sign Japanese reliever Masahide Kobayashi. The price was right ($6 million for 2 years with a club option for a third). If it works, great. If it doesn’t, we haven’t lost much money. Indians pick up options for Byrd, Fultz, Borowski. Again, the price was right. Eric Wedge – manager [...]

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I’ve taken a few days to get the season out of my system. I’ve moved past denial into acceptance, and I’m ready for Hot Stove. Here are the issues that the Tribe needs to face during the offseason, as I see them, in no particular order: Pronk’s Mojo – Pronk’s Mojo must be found. First [...]

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