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Sizemore should start spring training healthy after elbow and lower abdomen surgery and should come at a good value in the third rounds.

At its center, baseball is a me game wrapped in a frail team concept. If a player doesn't do what he's supposed to do, no matter how small the opportunity given, it doesn't take long for him to be replaced.

With three stints with the Indians covering 10 seasons, Kenny Lofton scored 975 runs and stole 452 bases while batting an even .300. Hey, Hoynsie : Nice article on Kenny Lofton being inducted into the Indians Hall of Fame.

There's no turning back now. Spring training is upon us. The sure sign of that is when the Indians equipment truck heads for Goodyear, Ariz.

Updated Feb 4, 2010 7:36 PM ET The Twins are in the final stages of negotiating a one-year, $5 million contract with free-agent second baseman Orlando Hudson , according to major-league sources.

It's good to know Grady Sizemore hasn't been traded. He reported to Progressive Field on Thursday to talk to reporters about those near-naked pictures of himself that hit the four corners of cyberspace in November.

In this May 8, 2009, file photo, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander pumps his fist after striking out Cleveland Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera in the ninth inning for a 1-0 win in a baseball game in Cleveland.

Fully clothed, Grady Sizemore faced his public with nothing to hide.Stung by having semi-nude photos of him posted on the Internet, Cleveland's popular center fielder said he never intended for the photos, which Sizemore maintains were stolen from an e-mail account, to be viewed publicly and that he regrets the embarrassment their exposure has ...

The is the fourth entry in a series on the Indians of 2000-2009. The last entry, on CC Sabathia , can be read here .

After going 65-97 last season, a lot has to go right for the Cleveland Indians to make any kind of impact in the American League's Central Division...as mediocre as the division is.

Photo courtesy of MCT The Indians hope pitcher Fausto Carmona will return to his 2007 form.

Former Indian Ryan Garko and the Mariners have agreed to a $550,000, one-year contract, as Seattle tries to address its need for a right-handed hitter.

The Cleveland Indians are helping to raise additional funds in conjunction with Major League Baseball's $1 million donation to benefit earthquake victims in Haiti.

Manny Acta? Michael Brantley? Jordon Brown? To paraphrase the movie Major League - Who are these guys? They are your 2010 Cleveland Indians and they are getting ready for Spring Training.

Here's the latest update on the free agent talent race in the AL Central, where the Indians lost 97 games last year to finish in a last-place tie with Kansas City.

The lingering frustration over the costly signing of first-round pick Jeremy Guthrie may have well altered the Indians' draft strategy for the last 6-8 years.

Spring training is just around the corner, and it's none too early for publications to start posting their outlooks on the major league teams.

The job pays quite well and the associations often pay off. But managing a major league baseball team - particularly the same one for seven years - can wear on a guy.

Relief pitcher Chris Perez got off to a rough start with the Indians last summer, but he settled down to become a reliable right-handed setup man.

No one says David Huff is the next Cliff Lee of Cy Young vintage, but maybe he'll be the Cliff Lee of 2004 to '06, who averaged 15 victories with a 4.40 ERA.