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Nick Cafardo - Baseball Notes: Beware of warning signs; Yankees, Mets must avoid Tiger scenario

Sports Log: Wood, Indians reach $20.5m deal

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Michael Silverman - Baseball notes: Yankees gulp down buffet in CC Sabathia; Devour main dish

Michael Silverman - Greg Maddux by the numbers

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Jeff Jacobs - Rice Belongs In Hall Of Fame

The Case For Rice

The Case Against Rice

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Garry Brown - Hall of Fame balloting a reminder of baseball's greats and greatness

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Hey, Hoynsie: Paul Hoynes answers your Indians questions

Hey, Hoynsie: Why would the Indians not trade Kelly Shoppach to Boston for Clay Buchholz or another young starter? Is Red Sox GM Theo Epstein not willing or is it our guys? -- Richard Gingras, Boston.

Hey, Richard: The Red Sox love their young players with good reason. They've done a great job developing them.

But if there's a reluctance to trade Shoppach, I think it would come from the Indians' end. Victor Martinez missed most of last season following elbow surgery. Shoppach showed he could handle the pitching staff and hit for power.

There's a chance Martinez could play a lot more first base in 2009, so I think the Indians want to make sure they're protected at catcher. They have Wyatt Toregas, Chris Giminez and Carlos Santana in the minors, but they're not ready for the big leagues yet.

That being said, outside of Grady Sizemore and Cliff Lee, I don't think there's a player the Indians wouldn't trade. But they'd have to be overwhelmed to trade Shoppach.

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Mike DiGiovanna - Angels make their offer to Mark Teixeira; Eight-year deal is believed to be worth $160 million, and the Red Sox are yet to be heard from.