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The Kinston Indians’ Carolina League franchise will move to Zebulon for the 2012 baseball season, subject to approval from Minor League Baseball and review of Major League Baseball.
Carolina Mudcats owner Steve Bryant has acquired the Kinston franchise and will move the team in 2012 to Five County Stadium, a state-of-the-art, 6,500-seat ball park in Zebulon. The shift comes after Bryant’s...

Feller will always be Mr. Indian
(Photo: Cleveland Indians)The Cleveland Indians lost a legend on Wednesday night as 92-year old Bob Feller passed away at 9:15 PM ET of acute leukemia in Cleveland, Ohio.
Feller was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in August and underwent surgery at the Cleveland Clinic to implant a pacemaker in October. In mid-November, Feller was hospitalized with...

(Photo: MiLB)Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Wednesday December 15th:
Yohan Pino - RP, Tigres de Aragua: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. Pino made his third appearance out in Venezuela and threw two perfect innings. He has been a late addition to the Aragua roster and in his three appearances has thrown 5 shutout innings...

Now that the 2010 Rule 5 Draft is over, it's time to look ahead to the future.
Here is a current up-to-date listing showing the outlook for Indians Rule 5 Draft eligibles from 2011-2014. Do note that this listing does not include any recent International signings since July of 2010, though all players in the system before July of 2010 are included. This list will be housed in the "Indians Resource...

(Photo: MiLB)Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Tuesday December 14th:
Jerad Head - RF, Gigantes de Carolina: 3-for-6, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB. Head broke an 0-for-10 streak with a big night at the plate, his first really productive night in over 3 weeks. He has now played in 33 games out in Puerto Rico and has had a solid...

McAllister is in the mix for a spot in the
Indians' big league rotation in '11
(Photo: Tony Lastoria)
The Cleveland Indians finalized their offseason 40-man roster a few weeks ago, and one player they added to the roster was right-handed pitcher Zach McAllister.
McAllister, who just celebrated his 23rd birthday last week, was picked up from the New York Yankees this past...

The Dominican Winter League, Venezuela Winter League, and Puerto Rico Winter League were all off on Monday. Game action will pick back up on Tuesday.

(Photo: MiLB)Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Sunday December 12th:
Jerad Head - PH-1B, LBPPR All-Stars: 0-for-2. The Puerto Rico Winter League had their All Star game on Sunday and Head was the only Indians participant. He came into the game half way through as he split time at first base with fellow All-Star Javier...

Wallace is the new man in charge at
Mahoning Valley. (Photo: Ken Carr)Some news, notes, and thoughts from my Tribe notebook…
Indians announce 2011 coaches
Earlier this week the Cleveland Indians finalized their entire Player Development staff as they announced the people that will fill all the coaching and coordinator roles throughout their farm system.
On the manager...

(Photo: MiLB)Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Saturday December 11th:
Luis Valbuena - 2B, Cardenales de Lara: 2-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB. What a set of games for Valbuena. His team participated in a double-header and he combined to reach in four of his six plate appearances. His grand slam homer in game two sealed...

Here are the updated stats for all the Cleveland Indians players who are playing in fall/winter ball. Stats are updated as of 12/11/2010.
BattersLGEGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGOBPSLGAbraham, AdamAFL103678110398.222.378.306Apodaca, JuanVWL18516133007410.255.309.314Cabrera, AsdrubalVWL1351815300759.294.357.353Carlin, LukeDWL132311000087.043.290.043Carrera, EzequielVWL361252232600121715.256.367.304Diaz,...

(Photo: MLB)Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Friday December 10th:
Asdrubal Cabrera - SS, Leones del Caracas: 1-for-5, BB, K. Cabrera has now hit in 6 straight games and 9 of his last 10. Over the ten game stretch he is hitting .325/.400/.375 with 2 extra base hits and a 5-5 walk to strikeout ratio. As we know, Cabrera...

Rodriguez just got the opportunity of a
lifetimewith the Pirates (Photo: Ken Carr)
Another Rule 5 Draft has come and gone.
Once again it shows how unpredictable it can be in that there are never any certainties going into the draft. A lot of this has to do with the inexact science of scouting where what one team sees is not necessarily what every other team sees, which leads to...

(Photo: MiLB)Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Thursday December 9th:
Jerad Head - RF, Gigantes de Carolina: 0-for-0. Head was hit by a pitch in his first at bat and was taken out of the game. He has now been hit by pitches an amazing 10 times in 32 games out in Puerto Rico after being hit with just 7 pitches in 87 games...

(Photo: MiLB)The Cleveland Indians did not make any selections in any phase of the Rule V draft today held in Orlando, FL, but they had two players selected from other teams in the Rule 5 draft.
Infielder Josh Rodriguez was selected with the 1st pick in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2010 Rodriguez hit a combined .297 (113-380) with 60 runs scored,...

UPDATE 12/09/2010 11:01 A.M. EST: That's it for what was really an anti-climatic Rule 5 Draft (as usual). I will have a detailed run down with thoughts and lots of info on the draft in an article Friday morning. Be sure to check back.
UPDATE 12/09/2010 10:05 A.M. EST: I am still confirming, but it appears the Indians did not lose a player in either of the minor league phases of the Rule 5 Draft....