Ir was either 1999 or 2000. Old age is hitting hard! LOL!!

Well, I hope you will stick around the forum for the postseason, whoever is playing.

I will try when am at home. I am on the road so often and can't access the forum from my work laptop.

can't access the forum from my work laptop.
There has to be a way to fix that!
Plus, you can get here on your phone, right?

WoW! A Tampa Steve Sighting! Great to hear from you again Steve. And it will be a win-win for you. I agree with the other, it would be nice to have you around more often.

Tampa Steve- It would be great to meet you in Ft. Myers just name the date and place. I will try to be there. I will be the guy with white hair that gets lost if there is fog or smoke!

tribe gets the most favorable wild card play in game possible. Let's see if they can capialize....

Only interesting roster decision to me is whether or not they put Perez on it....

loufla wrote:Tampa Steve- It would be great to meet you in Ft. Myers just name the date and place. I will try to be there. I will be the guy with white hair that gets lost if there is fog or smoke!

As I posted above, let me know if you plan to meet up in Oct/Nov, please.

JR- OK!

So I turn on MLB radio in my car as I run out to lunch hoping to hear a little about the game tonight but instead I get to hear Chris Russo talking about the Yankees Diamondbacks World Series from over a decade ago and Scott Brosius and Mariano Rivera. Terrible.

Indians claim Cloyd, DFA Rapada

By Tony Lastoria

October 2, 2013

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The American League Wildcard game may happening, but that did not stop the Cleveland Indians from making a move toward boosting their depth for 2014 and beyond. On Wednesday evening they claimed right-handed pitcher Tyler Cloyd from the Philadephia Phillies. To make room for him they designated left-handed pitcher Clay Rapada for assignment.

Cloyd, 26, made 13 appearances (11 starts) for the Phillies this season and went 2-7 with a 6.56 ERA (93.1 IP, 116 H, 15 HR, 32 BB, 71 K). He made 19 starts for Triple-A Lehigh Valley this season and went 5-9 with a 4.71 ERA. His best season was in 2012 when he went 15-1 with s 2.26 ERA in 26 combined starts between Double-A Reading and Lehigh Valley, which led to his first big league callup in late August of that year.

Cloyd is not eligible for the postseason, but he does add some starting pitching depth for the Indians for next season. He has two options remaining so will probably open the season at Triple-A Columbus and serve as a spot starting option next season.

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2013 Indians Major League and Minor League free agents

By Tony Lastoria

October 4, 2013

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Here are the free agents in the entire Cleveland Indians organization from the major league roster on down through the minors.

Major League Free Agents

Pitchers:

Matt Albers (RHP), Rich Hill (LHP), Scott Kazmir (LHP), Joe Smith (RHP)

Position players:

Jason Giambi (DH), Kelly Shoppach (CA)

Note:

Right-handed pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez has an $8 million mutual option which the Indians will pick up but Jimenez will likely decline, making him a free agent. The Indians will probably also then offer Jimenez the qualifying offer (one year for approximately $14-15 million) which he will probably also decline. By offering the qualifying offer the Indians will get a first round draft pick as compensation if Jimenez signs elsewhere.

Also, outfielder Jason Kubel has a $7.5 million mutual option that the Indians will very likely decline, thus making him a free agent.

The Indians also have three non-tender candidates in catcher Lou Marson, right-handed reliever Chris Perez and outfielder Drew Stubbs. Marson and Perez look like definite non-tender guys although there is a chance that Stubbs returns. If a player is non-tendered he becomes a free agent.

Minor League Free Agents

Pitchers:

Rob Bryson (RHP), Matt Capps (RHP), Paolo Espino (RHP), Jose Flores (RHP), Jerry Gil (RHP), J.C. Romero (LHP)

Catchers:

Matthew Colantino, Omir Santos

Infielders:

Juan Diaz, Luis Hernandez, Matt LaPorta, Matt Lawson, Ryan Rohlinger, Nate Spears

Outfielders:

Ezequiel Carrera, Bo Greenwell, Jeremy Hermida, Cedric Hunter

Note:

Outfielder Tim Fedroff was designated for assignment in September along with shortstop Juan Diaz. Diaz is a free agent Fedroff is not because Diaz has six renewed contract seasons while Fedroff only has six after this year (he will be eligible for free agency after next season if he is not on a 40-man roster).

Minor League Free Agency (Rule 55)

Who is eligible:

If a player is not on the 40-man roster, a minor leaguer is eligible for free agency and becomes a minor league free agent (MLFA) six years after their first season ends with an organization. This is why they are often called “six year minor league free agents” because they become a free agent after six renewal options afforded to the major league organization have all expired.

In general, once a player has six full seasons in the minors he is eligible for minor league free agency. For example, if a player was drafted in June of 2007 and signed in July of the same year, then his renewal seasons were 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 and he would be a minor league free agent after the 2013 season.

There is an exception to this rule for a player that has been released from their first organization before they have used up all six renewal options. When this happens and the player signs with another club, that organization has the option of signing the player to as many years as they want up until the expiration of their sixth renewable contract. In most cases, however, the new club opts to sign the player to a one year deal, and even if the player has not had six full seasons he would be a MLFA after that season.

Also, a player does not become a MLFA if they agree to a successor contract prior to October 15th. A successor contract is basically just an agreement between player and organization to extend and sign for the following season in the period between the end of the season and the start of minor league free agency (this is what happened withAdam Miller three years ago).

Timeline:

On August 1st the Commissioner issues a listing of all players eligible to become MLFAs for the upcoming offseason. On October 15th a player officially becomes a minor league free agent (MLFA) if the club that originally signed him no longer has one of their six renewal options available to them. On October 16th the Commissioner issues the final MLFA list to all clubs, and a MLFA may negotiate a deal with any major league club for a major league or minor league contract.

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Ubaldo set himself up beautifully for the free agency period.