CLEVELAND INDIANS 2009

*Players on the 40-man roster are indicated in BOLD
*Baseball America pre-season ranking indicated in BLUE
*Baseball Prospectus pre-season ranking indicated in GREEN

*40-man roster total: (36)

Starting Lineup
1. CF Michael Brantley (BA #9), (BP #11): UPDATE 9/1 - contract purchased from AAA
2. SS Asdrubal Cabrera: UPDATE 6/3 - placed on the DL with a left AC joint sprain UPDATE 6/27 - will be activated from DL on Sunday
3. RF Shin-Soo Choo
4. 3B Jhonny Peralta
5. DH Travis Hafner: UPDATE 4/29 - placed on the DL with a sore shoulder UPDATE 6/5 - activated from the DL
6. 2B Luis Valbuena
7.LF Matt LaPorta (BA #2), (BP #1): UPDATE 5/1 - will have his contract purchased from AAA on Saturday UPDATE 5/26 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 8/19 - recalled from AAA
8. 1B Andy Marte: UPDATE 7/27 - will have contract purchased from AAA before Tuesday's game
9. C Lou Marson (BA #3 - PHI), (BP #5-PHI) : UPDATE 7/29 - acquired from Phillies UPDATE 9/7 - recalled from AAA

Bench
C Kelly Shoppach
C Wyatt Toregas: UPDATE 7/31 - recalled from AAA
IF Jamey Carroll: UPDATE 4/6 - placed on the DL with a fracture in his hand UPDATE 5/12 - activated from the DL
IF Niuman Romero: UPDATE 9/8 - contract purchased from AAA
UTL Chris Gimenez: UPDATE 5/31 - recalled from AAA
OF Trevor Crowe (BP #8): UPDATE 5/1 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 5/26 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 6/23 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 7/29 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/19 - placed on DL with an oblique strain UPDATE 9/4 - activated from DL

Starting Rotation
1. RHP Justin Masterson: UPDATE 7/31 - acquired from Boston
2. LHP David Huff (BA #8), (BP #7): UPDATE 5/16 - will have contract purchased from AAA and start Sunday's game against the Rays
3. RHP Fausto Carmona: UPDATE 6/5 - demoted to rookie-level Arizona Summer League UPDATE 7/29 - recalled from AAA
4. LHP Aaron Laffey: UPDATE 4/13 - will be called up on Wednesday to take Lewis' spot in the rotation UPDATE 5/23 - placed on DL with a strained oblique muscle UPDATE 7/7 - will be activated from DL to start Wednesday's game
5. LHP Jeremy Sowers : UPDATE 5/7 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 5/14 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 5/23 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 7/8 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 7/25 - recalled from AAA
6. RHP Carlos Carrasco (BA #2-PHI), (BP #1-PHI): UPDATE 7/29 - acquired from Phillies UPDATE 9/1 - recalled from AAA

Bullpen
CL - RHP Kerry Wood
SU - RHP Chris Perez (BA #3-STL), (BP #3-STL): UPDATE 6/27 - acquired from St. Louis; will be added to the roster on Monday UPDATE 6/29 - added to roster
SU-LHP Tony Sipp: UPDATE 4/23 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 5/17 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 6/1 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 6/9 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 6/23 - recalled from AAA
MID-LHP Rafael Perez: UPDATE 5/6 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 5/29 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 7/7 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 8/7 - recalled from AAA
MID-RHP Jensen Lewis: UPDATE 6/27 - will be optioned to AAA before today's game UPDATE 8/1 - recalled from AAA
MID-RHP Joe Smith: UPDATE 5/1 - placed on the DL with a strained rotator cuff UPDATE 6/9 - activated from the DL UPDATE 9/14 - placed on DL with sprained left knee UPDATE 9/23 - activated from DL
MID-RHP Jess Todd (BA #4-STL), (BP #5-STL): UPDATE 7/26 - acquired from St. Louis as the PTBNL in the Mark DeRosa deal UPDATE 8/4 - recalled from AAA
MID-RHP Jose Veras: UPDATE 6/24 - acquired from the Yankees; he's expected to join the team this weekend UPDATE 6/27 - will be added to the roster before today's game UPDATE 8/4 - designated for assignment UPDATE 8/11 - cleared waivers and outrighted to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - contract purchased from AAA
MID-LHP Mike Gosling: UPDATE 6/15 - signed to a minor league deal UPDATE 6/19 - has contract purchased from AAA UPDATE 8/1 - designated for assignment UPDATE 8/6 - clears waivers and accepts minor league assignment UPDATE 9/4 - purchased from AAA
LR - RHP Tomo Ohka: UPDATE 5/28 - recalled from AAA

15-Day Disabled List
CF Grady Sizemore: UPDATE 5/31 - placed on the DL with elbow inflammation UPDATE 6/23 - activated from DL UPDATE 9/4 - will undergo season-ending surgery UPDATE 9/12 - placed on DL with left elbow surgery

60-Day Disabled List
RHP Jake Westbrook: expected to be out until at least the All-Star break as he recovers from elbow surgery
RHP Anthony Reyes: UPDATE 5/23 - placed on DL with a sore right elbow UPDATE 5/28 - placed on 60 day DL
*Players on the 60-Day DL do not have to be protected on the 40-man roster

Elects for Free Agency
RHP Winston Abreu: UPDATE 7/2 - acquired from Tampa Bay; UPDATE 8/1 - designated for assignment UPDATE 8/6 - clears waivers and opts for free agency

Released
RHP Juan Salas: UPDATE 5/6 - released to open a spot on the 40-man roster for Herges
DH David Dellucci: UPDATE 3/30 - will start the season on the DL UPDATE 5/1 - activated from the DL UPDATE 5/29 - designated for assignment UPDATE 6/1 - released by the team
RHP Luis Vizcaino: UPDATE 6/23 - designated for assignment UPDATE 6/30 - cleared waivers and released
RHP Matt Herges: UPDATE 5/6 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 7/3 - designated for assignment UPDATE 7/13 - released
RHP Masahide Kobayashi: UPDATE 5/16 - outrighted to AAA after accepting a minor league assignment UPDATE 7/19 - released

Traded
1B Michael Aubrey : UPDATE 6/24 - traded to Baltimore for a player to be named later
IF/OF Mark DeRosa: UPDATE 6/27 - traded to St. Louis
RHP John Meloan: UPDATE 7/2 - traded to Tampa Bay for RHP Winston Abreu
RHP Rafael Betancourt: UPDATE 6/1 - placed on the DL with a strained groin muscle UPDATE 7/8 - will be activated from DL before Thursday's game UPDATE 7/23 - traded to Colorado for a minor league pitcher
1B Ryan Garko: UPDATE 7/27 - traded to San Francisco for a minor league pitcher
LF Ben Francisco : UPDATE 7/29 - traded to Philadelphia
LHP Cliff Lee: UPDATE 7/29 - traded to Philadelphia
C/1B Victor Martinez: UPDATE 7/31 - traded to Boston
RHP Carl Pavano: UPDATE 8/7 - traded to Twins

Next in Line
1B Jordan Brown
IF Tony Graffanino: UPDATE 5/1 - designated for assignment UPDATE 5/8 - cleared waivers and sent to AAA Columbus
2B/OF Josh Barfield: UPDATE 4/14 - optioned to AAA to make room for Aaron Laffey UPDATE 5/1 - will be recalled from AAA on Saturday UPDATE 5/12 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 6/3 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 6/29 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 8/11 - outrighted off 40-man roster and assigned to AAA
IF Jason Donald (BA #4-PHI), (BP #6-PHI): UPDATE 7/29 - acquired from Phillies
RHP Greg Aquino: UPDATE 5/17 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 6/19 - designated for assignment UPDATE 6/24 - outrighted to AAA
RHP Vinny Chulk: UPDATE 4/11 - recalled from AAA; takes the roster spot of Scott Lewis, who was placed on the DL UPDATE 5/7 - designated for assignment
RHP Adam Miller (BA #4), (BP #4): UPDATE 4/24 - will likely undergo surgery on his finger and, best case scenario, will miss 6-9 months
RHP Vinny Pestano
RHP Scott Roehl
RHP Hector Rondon (BP #6)
LHP Ryan Edell
LHP Zach Jackson: UPDATE 4/23 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 5/26 - recalled from AAA; will start Wednesday's game UPDATE 5/28 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/24- outrighted to minors
LHP Scott Lewis: UPDATE 4/11 - placed on the DL with an elbow strain UPDATE 5/17 - placed on 60-day DL UPDATE 8/17 - reinstated from DL and optioned to AAA
LHP Rich Rundles : UPDATE 4/29 - recalled from AAA to take the spot of Hafner UPDATE 5/1 - optioned to AAA to make room for Dellucci UPDATE 5/23 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 5/26 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/24 - outrighted to minors
LHP R.J. Swindle: UPDATE 8/12 - claimed off waivers from Tampa Bay and optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/24 - outrighted to minors

On the Fast Track
C Carlos Santana (BA #1), (BP #2)
OF Nick Weglarz (BA #3), (BP #3)
1B Beau Mills (BA #5), (BP #5)
3B Lonnie Chisenhall (BA #6), (BP #10)
RHP Kelvin de la Cruz (BA #7)
SS Carlos Rivero (BA #10), (BP #9)
RHP Connor Graham (BP #8 - COL): UPDATE 7/23 - acquired from Rockies for Rafael Betancourt
LHP Scott Barnes (BA #9 - SF): UPDATE 7/27 - acquired from the Giants for Ryan Garko
RHP Jason Knapp (BA #10-PHI), (BP #10-PHI): UPDATE 7/29 - acquired from Phillies
LHP Nick Hagadone (BA #3-BOS), (BP #8-BOS): UPDATE 7/31 - acquired from Boston
RHP Bryan Price (BP #10-BOS): UPDATE 7/31 - acquired from Boston

Under the Radar
C Roberto Perez
1B Jesus Aguilar
1B Chris Kersten
1B Nate Recknagel
1B/OF Matt McBride
IF Jesus Brito
OF Abner Abreu
OF Tim Fedroff
OF Jason Kipinis
OF Dioris Robles
RHP Brett Brach
RHP Cory Burns
RHP Rolando Cariel
RHP Clayton Cook
RHP Jeanmar Gomez
RHP Brian Grening
RHP Oswell Munoz
RHP Alexander Perez
RHP Marty Popham
RHP Steve Smith
LHP Eric Berger
LHP T.J. House
LHP Francisco Jimenez
LHP Chuck Lofgren
LHP Vidal Nuno


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