Indians fire manager Eric Wedge
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians fired manager Eric Wedge in the final days of a terrible season.
Wedge guided the Indians to one playoff appearance in seven seasons, and this year the club fell out of contention early and is currently one game out of last place in the AL Central.
The Indians, who are 64-92, have scheduled a Wednesday afternoon news conference at Progressive Field to announce Wedge’s dismissal.
Cleveland recently lost 11 straight games and have dropped 20 of its last 25 games.
Wedge will finish out the season as manager, including Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox. Cleveland’s coaching staff has also been informed it will not be retained, but some of the staff could be rehired by the Indians’ next manager.
The Indians are expected to begin interviews for a new manager in the weeks ahead.
Two years ago, Cleveland was one win away from a World Series trip. The Indians fell to 81-81 in 2008, but were expected to bounce back and contend this season. However, a slow start snowballed and by midseason the club traded defending Cy Young winner Cliff Lee and All-Star catcher Victor Martinez to begin rebuilding again.
Owners Larry and Paul Dolan and general manager Mark Shapiro have spent the past several weeks reviewing Cleveland’s organization, including the manager and initially said they would wait until after the season before making a decision on Wedge. However, they decided not to delay what many Indians players felt was inevitable.
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Sizemore’s second surgery goes well
Grady Sizemore went 2-for-2 in the surgery stat line.
Sizemore underwent successful surgery on Wednesday morning to reinforce an unstable abdominal wall on his lower left side. The condition, known as an athletic pubalgia, was corrected by Dr. Bill Meyers in Philadelphia. Head athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff accompanied Sizemore on the trip to Philly and reported that all went well during the 20-minute procedure, which required a small incision in the region.
So that’s two successful surgeries in the span of a week for Sizemore, who had arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow on Sept. 9.
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Prospect Knapp scheduled for surgery
Less than two months after the Indians made him a key acquisition in the trade that sent reigning Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee to the Phillies, Jason Knapp is headed to the surgeon’s table.
Knapp, a hard-throwing, 19-year-old right-hander, will have arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder Tuesday, head athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff announced Monday. The procedure will be performed by Dr. David Altchek in New York City.
The Indians knew they were receiving damaged goods, to some degree, when they acquired Knapp as part of the six-player trade in which they parted with Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco and also received right-hander Carlos Carrasco, catcher Lou Marson and infielder Jason Donald. But the fact that Knapp has loose bodies in his shoulder and needs surgery was information the club was not privy to on July 29.
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Wedge meets with players to refocus
Clubs that have been out of contention since June aren’t usually called together for team meetings in mid-September.
But Tribe manager Eric Wedge, who is not exactly leading the league in job security these days, felt it was important to speak with his players before Monday’s series opener with the Twins.
Until recently, Wedge’s Indians had been putting together a strong second half, playing their best baseball after of a rash of July trades that completely reshaped the roster. But the Indians entered this three-game series — a series that continues Tuesday night at the Metrodome — having lost 10 of 13 and 11 of 15. A rookie-laden roster had begun to look like, well, a rookie-laden roster.
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Hafner, Crowe nearing returns
It’s a new shoulder that’s giving Travis Hafner trouble these days, but the left shoulder problem doesn’t appear nearly as serious as the one involving the right.
Hafner had his ailing left shoulder examined in Cleveland by team medical director Mark Schickendantz on Monday, and, in the words of manager Eric Wedge, the exam revealed “nothing extraordinary.”
Pronk remained out of the lineup for the third straight game on Tuesday at Comerica Park, but it’s expected he’ll be back in the starting designated hitter slot on Wednesday.
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Hafner to rest shoulder after season
When the offseason comes, the Indians want Travis Hafner to observe that “off” part.
That means no stress on the surgically repaired right shoulder and, specifically, no swinging a bat for a couple months. The hope is that when the 2010 season dawns, Hafner, physically speaking, will be his old self. Then, and only then, will he have any chance at being his old self, performance-wise.
Pronk will be back in the Tribe’s starting lineup Thursday night, when the Indians open a four-game set against the Orioles in Camden Yards. He had one of his now-standard days of rest Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium after starting four games straight for the first time all season.
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Perez runs up streak of scoreless innings
Chris Perez hasn’t been perfect since the Indians acquired him this summer, but he’s been awfully close.
Perez hasn’t allowed a run in his last 16 appearances, the longest streak by an Indians relief pitcher in two years, and it’s something that manager Eric Wedge hopes will continue during the team’s four-game series with the Orioles that started on Thursday.
“We’ve slowly ramped him back to the back end of the bullpen,” Wedge said. “We didn’t get in a hurry with him. We just wanted to make sure we gave him opportunities to go out there and [find] success, and he’s taken advantage of it. I couldn’t be more pleased with what he’s done over here.”
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