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Here's how we rank baseball's 30 teams as spring training games begin.
Here's how we rank baseball's 30 teams as spring training games begin.
As the optimistic Indians ponder contract talks with ace and Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber, team president Chris Antonetti said Cleveland is "hopeful that Shane will be here for a really long time to come."
Some front offices crushed their hot stove to-do list while others sat back and watched.
Cy Young winner Shane Bieber has reported to training camp in Arizona with the Cleveland Indians after recovering from COVID-19.
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will be on crutches for several weeks after having surgery recently for a staph infection in his left big toe.
Cleveland ace Shane Bieber tested positive for COVID-19 and has "very, very mild symptoms," team president Chris Antonetti said, adding that Bieber is expected back "within the next few days."
The Indians are bringing back reliable and crafty reliever Oliver Pérez.
Which AL teams have the most talent making its way toward the majors? We rank the top 10 (and beyond) in each system.
Everyone is looking at up at the Rays on this year's list, but Tampa Bay isn't the only system loaded with talent.
Cody Allen, the franchise leader in saves (149) and relief appearances (456) for the Cleveland Indians, has retired at age 32, the team said. He did not pitch during the 2020 season.
Cleveland has signed veteran right-hander Blake Parker to a minor league deal that includes a spring training invite.
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They didn't make our top 100, but these players could shoot up prospect lists in the coming season.
Here's how baseball's stars of tomorrow stack up as the sport returns to a full season.
Here's a look at where things stand now that Major League Baseball has officially announced its 120-team minor league alignment.
Speedy free-agent outfielder Billy Hamilton has agreed to a minor league contract with the Indians, according to a report from The Associated Press.
Ben Gamel is being given a shot to win one of the Indians' open outfield jobs.
With more free-agent arms still available, here's how baseball's 30 starting staffs stack up today.
MLB has enhanced its code of conduct pertaining to harassment and discrimination, has set up an anonymous hotline for those with information about sexual misconduct, and is requiring training for senior leadership on major league teams.
MLB's press release 50 years ago Tuesday said Satchel Paige "dominated Negro baseball as Babe Ruth dominated the major leagues." But Paige was named that day to a separate Hall of Fame exhibit from other enshrinees, as the first player recognized for Negro Leagues greatness. In the ensuing months, the Hall changed course and on August 9, 1971, inducted him as a full-fledged member — there are now 35 from the Negro Leagues immortalized in Cooperstown.
The Hall of Fame announced 2/9/71 that Satchel Paige would be enshrined, but not in the area with major leaguers. His ex-KC Monarchs teammate Buck O'Neil said in our 1999 interview, "They were thinking about Negro League baseball: a bunch of clowns out there, just a bunch of showmen." The HoF changed its stance & O'Neil said, "Now it's a true Hall of Fame, this is baseball in America...it's a lesson that it was baseball at its finest."
Negro Leagues legend Satchel Paige was announced as a Hall of Famer 2/9/71, but was to be honored in an area apart from major leaguers. That stance changed & the new inductee's plaque was mounted with the rest. Ted Williams advocated at his induction 5 years earlier for Paige's & Josh Gibson's inclusion & in our 1999 interview said, "Probably as important a thing as I ever said…. you might as well take the whole Hall of Fame out if he (Paige) is not in it -- greatest draw, greatest pitcher."
Before Satchel Paige's 2/9/71 selection to the Hall of Fame & induction that August, no Negro Leaguers had been so honored. They hadn't played the requisite 10 years in the majors, HoF leadership had said, an argument historian Bill James described in our 1999 interview as: "We're no longer going to exclude you because you're Black, we're now going to exclude you because you're not qualified -- you're not qualified because we excluded you before."
The Midsummer Classic is still months away, but we didn't let that stop us from picking teams now.
With free agents still on the board -- and the NL DH still a question mark -- we rank MLB's 30 batting orders as they stand today.
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LA Angels | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Chicago | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Kansas City | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Milwaukee | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Oakland | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Seattle | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Texas | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Chicago | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
LA Dodgers | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
San Diego | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
San Francisco | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
Arizona | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |