Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez and his wife Melanie have been charged with misdemeanor drug possession of a controlled substance. Earlier this week  Perez's  home was investigated by authorities over a suspicious package that was delivered to the home of the Indians closer. The couple was subsequently charged when a shipment of just over  a third of a pound of marijuana was mailed to them. The package ...

Cleveland Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera  will be added to the disabled list after being helped off the field and last nights game against the New York Yankees. Cabrera reportedly felt pain " a little pop"  in his right quadriceps after running out a ground ball in the fifth inning. Mike Aviles will get the lion's share of the playing time at shortstop while Cabrera this out. "Mike Aviles will shine," m ...

Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez was placed on the 15 day disabled list after leaving the game yesterday in the ninth-inning feeling shoulder pain. Perez will undergo an MRI today  and Nick Hagadone  was called up from Columbus to take his spot on the roster. Perez is 2-1 with a 4.32 ERA in 17 relief appearances spanning 16.2 inning and has recorded more than 30 saves in each of the past two seasons for ...

Cleveland Indians ace Justin Masterson was named the American League Player of the Week on Monday following two dominant outings in which he held his opponents scoreless. In two starts this past week, Masterson pitched 16.0 scoreless innings with a 20/5 strikeout to walk ratio, posting a perfect 0.00 ERA in the process. On Monday, May 13 Masterson pitched a complete-game shutout against the New York Yankees ...

A walk-off, three-run home run by Cleveland Indians rookie catcher Yan Gomes in the bottom of the tenth-inning would be the icing on the cake for a 10-8 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday afternoon. The home run was Gomes' second of the game, having slugged a solo home run off of Hisashi Iwakuma in the fourth-inning. Gomes would finish the afternoon going three for five with a career high two home ...

Coming off of a complete-game shutout of the New York Yankees on Monday, Cleveland Indians ace Justin Masterson blanked the Seattle Mariners in a 6-0 victory on Sunday afternoon. Masterson worked 7 innings, surrendering just 2 hits and striking out a season-high 11 batters. With the win, Masterson improved to 7-3 on the season, with a solid 2.83 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 70.0 innings. Over his past three sta ...

Jason Kipnis’ tenth-inning walk-off, three-run home run would seal a 6-3 victory for the Cleveland Indians against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. Following a walk (and subsequent stolen base) by Drew Stubbs and an infield hit by Michael Bourn, Jason Kipnis would step to the plate with two outs and launch his seventh home run of the season to right field off of Seattle reliever Lucas Luetge. After an ...

Justin Masterson struck out nine batters Jason Kipnis provided all the offense Cleveland Indians would need in a 1-0 shutout of the New York Yankees.  Masterson  allowed just four hits and walked three to complete his second shutout of the season  In game one of an afternoon doubleheader in Cleveland. New York came into Cleveland the hottest team in baseball with a 22-7 record since April 7. Cleveland, whic ...

Cleveland Indians  prospect Trevor Bauer will start game two of  a doubleheader  with the New York Yankees. Vidal Nuno will  start for New York. Bauer was effectively wild in his last outing against the Philadelphia Phillies allowing one  hit over five innings, but walking six. Bauer has limited batters to a .097 average and has walked 13 over 10 innings in 2013. On Tuesday night he came within one out of p ...

Scott Kazmir turned in his best effort  as a starter for the Cleveland Indians, striking out 10 over six innings and allowing one run, a home run to Josh Donaldson in the sixth inning. It was the 18th time in his career that he has struck out 10 or more in a game, and the first time since August 26, 2009.  His fastball reportedly touched 94 mph today. He allowed five hits and walked none. The Indians scored ...

The Cleveland Indians hit seven home runs to power their way over Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies 14-2. . Carlos Santana, Mark Reynolds and Lonnie Chisenhall homered off Halladay, then Ryan Raburn and Michael Brantley homered off Chad Durbin.  Cleveland has outscored its opponents 33-5 over the last three games, all wins. Raburn hit  Two home runs for the second straight game. Halladay gave up ei ...

Michael Bourn lacerated finger required five stitches and although 's status is listed as day-to-day  manager Terry Francona expects Bourn to go on the 15 day DL within the next few days.  Bourn suffered the injury on Sunday during a head-first slide into first in the eighth-inning. The Indians may want to wait to make a corresponding move with lefty Scott Kazmir who is rehabbing in Triple-A Columbus. Kazmi ...

The Cleveland Indians placed starting pitcher Scott Kazmir on the 15 day disabled list with a right rib cage strain.  the Indians announced that Trevor  Bauer will start in Kazmir's place on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays. Bauer, 22, was 12-2 with a 2.42 ERA, 1.29 WHIP and 157 strikeouts in 130 1/3 innings in 22 starts among Double-A and Triple-A last season in the Diamondbacks organization. Bauer was ...

The Cleveland Indians announced yesterday that Scott Kazmir and earned a spot in the  Indians rotation and as  baseball fate would have it, his first start will come against his former team the Tampa Bay Rays on April 6. Kazmir enjoyed his most successful seasons while pitching with Tampa Bay. From 2005-08, Kazmir went 45-34 with a 3.51 ERA over 689 2/3 innings and 742 strikeouts, including a league-leading ...