LOS ANGELES — Don Newcombe, the hard-throwing Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who was one of the first black players in the major leagues and who went on to win the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards, has died. He was 92. →
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — After their best player discussed his injury and an uncertain future, the Indians got to work on the present. Cleveland held its first full-squad workout of spring training Monday, the first step for a talented team that →
CLEVELAND — The Indians swung a wrecking ball at their roster this offseason. With a frugal eye on their future, the three-time defending AL Central champions slashed payroll by nearly $20 million while letting core championship players like →
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — All-Star pitcher Trevor Bauer thought the Cleveland Indians had presented a better overall case against him in their latest salary arbitration hearing, until the last 10 minutes in a rebuttal by Major League Baseball labor →
Trevor Bauer won his arbitration case Wednesday. So did Gerrit Cole. The arbitration numbers for Bauer and Cole were almost identical. Bauer filed at $13 million, the Indians offered $11 million. Cole filed at $13.5 million, the Astros offered $11. →
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Trevor Bauer, Gerrit Cole and Alex Wood won their salary arbitration cases Wednesday, giving players a 6-3 advantage over teams to ensure a winning record in consecutive years for the first time since 1989-90. Bauer won →
Indians pitchers and catchers report for the start of spring training this week, and if there’s a slogan for the week it should be, “Gentlemen, start your fastballs!” Given what’s transpired in the offseason — all the →
CLEVELAND — Indians All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor will likely miss the start of the season with a strained right calf. Lindor, one of baseball's best all-around players, sustained the injury recently while working out in Orlando, →
What do you say we take a trip to Fantasyland? This likely has no chance of happening, but a logical argument could be made that it could happen, because it’s right in what normally would be the Indians’ wheelhouse — except for →
CLEVELAND -- The love affair between Sandy Alomar Jr. and Cleveland remains as passionate as ever. Alomar received the Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday at the 19th annual Greater Cleveland Sports Awards. Then he further endeared himself to →
CHICAGO — A person familiar with the situation says outfielder Brandon Guyer has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been completed. Guyer, →
Let’s start with this: Mike Mussina was one of four players voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. To be elected to the Hall of Fame, players must be named on 75 percent of the ballots. In Mussina’s first year on the ballot →
I’ll start this out by admitting I am biased when it comes to the Omar Vizquel Hall of Fame debate. Spending my entire life in Cleveland, I can’t help but be. I watched Vizquel’s defensive wizardry on a regular basis as a fan and →
It doesn’t seem possible, but this will be Terry Francona’s seventh year as manager of the Indians. Seven years ago, the best manager in the game fell into the Indians’ lap, because he wanted to get back into the game after →