Dodgers, Giants, Indians must reload

With the addition of an extra wild-card team, it's becoming increasingly difficult for GMs to decide whether their team is a contender, so I've decided to do it for them. Over the next two days I will be looking at six teams on the edge of contention, and explain whether they should reload for 2013 or take a long-term view and eschew 2013 contention in favor of rebuilding.

Indians recall 3B Chisenhall from Triple-A

Lonnie Chisenhall took his demotion in stride. He didn't go down to the minor leagues and sulk.

Asdrubal Cabrera hopes to be back soon: Cleveland Indians Chatter

Indians place All-Star Cabrera on 15-day DL

The Cleveland Indians have placed All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right quadriceps, the team announced Tuesday.

Buster Blog: Surprising Indians

Buster Olney blogs about the first-place Indians and how they work at-bats, which will help them in games against the Tigers.

Fantasy Facts - Asdrubal Cabrera seeing a lot of changeups

Asdrubal Cabrera has seen a changeup on 23 percent of his pitches in May, the highest rate in the league. Cabrera is batting .125 in at-bats ending in that pitch, tied for 132nd among 187 qualified hitters during that span.

Asdrubal Cabrera's Two-homer Game

From Elias: Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera slugged a pair of home runs in Cleveland's 7-3 win over the Athletics. It was the third multiple-homer game of Cabrera's major-league career - he had two for the Indians in 2011 - and the second multi-homer game by a major-league shortstop this season. Reds shortstop Zack Cozart hit two homers against Washington on April 5.

Cabrera Finally Comes Through In The Clutch

From Elias: Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-out two-run single in the top of the eighth inning to give the Indians the lead for good in their 3-2 win over the White Sox on Monday night. Cabrera entered the game 0-for-8 with two outs and runners in scoring position this season, which was tied with Alcides Escobar for the second biggest 0-for in the American League in that situation behind Dustin Ackley's 0-for-9.

Indians' Myers to stop throwing for 2 weeks

Cleveland Indians right-hander Brett Myers is expected to miss about a month due to tendinitis and a mild ligament sprain in his right elbow.