The Indians have never been shy about being creative with their roster management. The trend continues with this latest move.

The calendar may say it's spring, but winter still has Northeast Ohio in its grasp. Thankfully there's still a couple weeks until baseball will be played in Cleveland.

This week's edition looks at Friday night's action, the Indians top prospects, and legal chicanery by Major League Baseball.

A boating accident claimed the life of Indians players Steve Olin and Tim Crews 20 years ago Friday. Plus Trevor Bauer threw yesterday and other less somber and more recent news.

The Indians are slowly but surely paring down their active roster.

This is getting hard to handle. Before, players wouldn't even want to play with the Indians; now, they want to play with the Indians even when the Indians don't want them.

Two weeks to go, and the roster picture is getting clearer by the day.

News from Goodyear and the WBC, along with a look at where the Indians stand compared to their competition at various positions around the diamond.

And other stories from around Bro-Year and the league.

Herrmann will miss the entire 2013 season and possibly the beginning of the 2014 campaign.