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Indians signed RHP Robinson Tejeda to a minor league contract.

The deal includes an invitation to spring training, where Tejeda will attempt to land a spot in the Indians' Opening Day bullpen. He posted a 3.80 ERA and 43/15 K/BB ratio in 43 innings last season at Triple-A Omaha.

Source: Jordan Bastian on Twitter Jan 3 - 12:06 PM

Corey Smith - 1B - White Sox

White Sox signed 1B Corey Smith to a minor league contract.
The former first-round draft pick has never reached the major leagues and is doubtful to get that chance with the Pale Hose. He has a .752 career OPS in the minors.

Source: Kevin Goldstein on Twitter Jan 4 - 4:15 PM

Where is Andy Marte these days?

He batted .199 for the Pirates AAA team last season, and is currently a FA.

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?pl ... tion=1B/3B

Well THAT sure was a conversation-killer.

Well this news is sure to get the discussion stoked:

CLEVELAND -- The Indians added another arm to the fold on Monday, signing left-hander Chris Seddon to a Minor League contract. Seddon's deal includes a non-roster invitation to attend Spring Training with Cleveland.

The Tribe now has eight players who will be in camp this spring as non-roster invitees. The others include reliever Robinson Tejeda, outfielder Felx Pie, infielders Andy LaRoche and Jose Lopez, as well as catchers Luke Carlin, Michel Hernandez and Matt Pagnozzi.

Seddon has experience as a starter and reliever -- at both the Major and Minor League levels -- but the lefty will likely head into Spring Training as rotation depth for the Tribe. With Cleveland's big league staff already established, Seddon projects to open the year with Triple-A Columbus.


Left-hander Chris Seddon has a 7.03 ERA in 21 Major League games. (MiLB.com)As things stand right now, the Indians' starting rotation (in no particular order) includes Justin Masterson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Josh Tomlin, Fausto Carmona and Derek Lowe. David Huff, Zach McAllister and Jeanmar Gomez appear to be the next three starters on Cleveland's depth chart.

Among those eight pitchers, Huff represents the only left-hander. The Indians also have lefty prospect Scott Barnes, who will probably be at Triple-A come Opening Day. Adding Seddon to the mix provides Cleveland with another southpaw and an additional layer of depth behind the Major League staff.

Seddon's big league experience consists of 21 games between stints with the Marlins (2007) and Mariners (2010). Last season, the 28-year-old lefty spent the season with Triple-A Tacoma, going 9-7 with a 6.27 ERA over 28 games (25 starts), in which he struck out 119 and walked 69 in 149 1/3 innings.

In his brief taste of the big leagues, Seddon has only gone 1-2 with a 7.03 ERA across 21 games (four starts). That includes 26 strikeouts and 15 walks across 39 2/3 innings spent with the Marlins and Mariners. In 266 games (250 starts) in the Minors, Seddon has gone 93-88 with a 4.64 ERA across 11 seasons.

Chris Ray (who??) signed to a minor league contract.

Tribe is loading up on more stiff pitchers.

Got to believe its the prelude to a big trade involving their excess bullpen guys.

I don't think Ray was a bad signing. His first couple years in the league he was pretty darn good. He then got injured in '07 and had Tommy John surgery. But he showed signs of snapping back last year. Definitely worth taking a flyer on.

He was closer for the Orioles in 2006 and had pretty good stats which have gradually gotten worsen since then. I may vaguely recall him. Here's his career major league numbes:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... ch01.shtml

Indians Hire Adam Everett

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [January 13 at 9:17am CST]

Adam Everett, who played 34 games with the Indians last year, is back in uniform for the Tribe, but not as a player. The Indians announced that they hired the longtime infielder as a special assistant to baseball operations. He’ll instruct infielders at the Indians’ Major League and minor league camps this Spring Training and provide infield instruction and evaluation during the regular season.

The Indians released Everett in June to create roster space for third base prospect Lonnie Chisenhall. The 34-year-old spent most of his 11-year career as a shortstop, though he appeared at second and third for the Indians in 2011. If his playing career has indeed ended, he'll retire with a .242/.294/.346 line for the Astros, Tigers, Twins and Indians and career earnings approaching $12MM. Everett never won a Gold Glove, but owns an impressive UZR/150 of 15.0 at shortstop.

Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports that Casey Kotchman is "high on Cleveland’s list" in their search for a first baseman.
The club's first choice appears to be Carlos Pena, but that's if general manager Chris Antonetti can convince ownership to raise payroll. Kotchman looks like a fallback plan, and they might be competing against the Rays, who are also interested in Pena and in re-signing Kotchman. The 28-year-old batted .306/.378/.422 slash line with 10 home runs and 48 RBI in 563 plate appearances this past season for Tampa Bay.

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Source: MLBlogs.com

pgammo Peter Gammons

As part of the "New Manny" soap opera he should pay back all the clubhouse kids he stiffed


Now we know why Manny really is Ken M's hero.