Mark Shapiro
Mark Shapiro
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Mike Hargrove is and always will be a Cleveland Indian. In addition to being a link to our championship past, his professionalism, baseball knowledge and experience will make him a valuable contributor to the next era of championship-caliber baseball for the Cleveland Indians.
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We're not going to reach an agreement on a multi-year deal with Cliff. We'll look at it again next year. It will be more clear what his arbitration value will be. We couldn't reach a value on that right now.
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He's definitely played the game the way we want it played. He has the power, size and athleticism combo to be a corner outfielder at the Major League level. His approach fits with our approach, and he's a local kid. It's a pretty good match. But he's still got to go to the next level, which he really hasn't been to yet.
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I feel good about our 25-man roster. And also about the next 10, which is also important.
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You hope the back end is solid. The middle will have fluctuations. It's going to have some fluctuation over the next two to three days to get settled.
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Bob is an option. We know he wants to pitch next year.
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This club has the ability to have a better record than they have. This club has a chance to win a lot of games over the next two months and make it very interesting.
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It might be an easier deal to do next year because we'll have a clearer sense what the value is heading into the first year of arbitration.
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It's safe to say our bullpen is going to be in a state of flux for the next two to three days. We're going to look at some guys and hopefully find some who will settle down the middle of our pen. There are guys down there (in the minors) who deserve an opportunity.
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I think there's been a general skepticism in the game, a lot of people inside and outside of Cleveland waiting for us to collapse. It's been so hard for people to believe. But if we're still standing by the last weekend, either race, it doesn't matter.
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Jason is a hard-nosed, tough player that compliments our lineup extremely well. He has always been a tough out while recording a high on-base percentage and has the ability to play all three outfield positions well.
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Jhonny's a guy that we expected to have a good year,
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We had intended to put a young player in the rotation and sign elsewhere. But we made this signing, and it gives us an area of great depth.
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I think if you look what he's done over the last two seasons, he's been one of the most dominant bullpen pitchers in the American League.