Experience, thicker arms combine to create Mega Mark

Cleveland ships 3B Chisenhall to Triple-A

The Indians have optioned struggling starting third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall to Triple-A Columbus.

Indians Take Rubber Game From Tigers

From Elias: The Indians tied Sunday's game against Detroit with a run off Jose Valverde in the ninth inning and won it in the 10th against Darin Downs. Valverde has blown a save in each of his last two games against Cleveland (also last year on Sept. 16) after he had been 14 for 14 in save opportunities against the Indians. Mark Reynolds drove home the game-winning run with a 10th-inning single. Reynolds is 2 for 2 in extra-innings this season, matching his total of extra-inning hits for each of the last two seasons (2 for 19 in 2012, 2 for 14 in 2011).

Top 10 free-agent signings of 2013

The cream of the 2013 free-agent crop was obvious and expensive. Teams entered the offseason flush with cash and spent prodigiously. Outfielder Josh Hamilton was the best position player, while B.

Reynolds Hits 8th April Hr To Lead Bombardment Of Halladay

From Elias: Carlos Santana and Mark Reynolds hit first-inning home runs off Roy Halladay - the first time that Halladay has ever yielded two round-trippers in a first inning - and the Indians would add five more homers in a 14-2 victory over the Phillies. It was the eighth home run of the season for Reynolds; he tied the record for the most homers by a player in his first month with the Indians. Juan Gonzalez hit eight home runs for the Tribe in April 2001, and finished that season with 35. In all, there were nine home runs hit in the Phillies-Indians contest, the most hit in any major-league game since the Braves and the Yankees combined for nine in a game last June 20. And the total of 50 home runs hit in the 15 big-league games on Tuesday night was the highest on one day in the majors in more than five years, since 51 homers were hit in the 16 games played on Sept. 11, 2007.

Reynolds And Santana Homer In The Same Game

From Elias: The Indians won a back-and-forth struggle with the Astros on the strength of home runs by Mark Reynolds, Carlos Santana and Drew Stubbs. It was the fourth game this season in which both Reynolds and Santana homered, the most for any pair of big-league teammates.

Fantasy Facts - Reynolds hits long home runs

Mark Reynolds' first five home runs have been an average of 431 feet, the longest average for any player with more than one home run this season.

Reynolds Slams The Sox

Mark Reynolds hit a grand slam and drove in five runs in the Indians' win over the White Sox on Saturday. That gave Reynolds 13 RBIs in nine games this season and made him just the third player to reach 13 (or more) runs batted in fewer than 10 games into his Indians career. The others were Leon Wagner in 1964 and Juan Gonzalez in 2001.

Reynolds Wins It For Tribe In Extra Innings

From Elias: Mark Reynolds hit a home run for what proved to be the game-winning run in the 11th inning in the Indians' 3-2 win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday night. In the three seasons prior to 2013, Reynolds had only 5 hits in 41 extra-inning at bats (.122) without a home run.