LEVELAND INDIANS 2012 GAME INFORMATION (6-21-3) vs. (16-12-1) RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (1-4, 6.27) vs. RHP (0-1, 3.57) Spring Game #31/Road #16 » Sun., April 1, 2012 » Salt River Fields » 1:10 p.m. (MST) » WTAM/IRN/webcast

THREE TO PLAY: The Indians have 3 games remaining on the club’s spring exhibition schedule, including 2 in Cactus League play...the Tribe will play their DAYS LEFT UNTIL final Arizona road game today at Talking Stick in Scottsdale and then close out the Cactus League schedule at home in Goodyear on Monday for an early April 5, 2012 vs. 12:05PM MST tilt vs. Cincinnati...club will fly to Zebulon, NC immediately fol- 4 Progressive Field lowing Monday’s contest to play an exhibition against the Carolina Mudcats, Cleveland’s new High-A affiliate. INDIANS RECENT SPRING RECORDS 2012 AMERICA WEDNESDAY WORKOUT: The Indians will hold a team workout and media Year W-L-T AVG ERA CLEVELAND INDIANS availability on Wednesday at Progressive Field in Cleveland...the Indians club- 2012 6-21-3 .242 5.41 TOP 10 PROSPECTS 2011 15-14-2 .274 5.19 1. , SS house will be open from 1:00-1:50PM ET...Manager Manny Acta will be avail- 2010 19-9-3 .289 3.96 2. Dillon Howard, RHP able in the Indians third base dugout at 2:20PM...the Indians will work out from 2009 12-20-3 .279 6.00 3. Nick Hagadone, LHP 2:30-3:30. 2008 15-14-0 .285 4.61 4. Chen-Chang Lee, RHP 2007 16-14-1 .260 3.67 5. Luigi Rodriguez, OF THIS AND THAT: Cleveland is 6-21-3 this spring, last in the Cactus League 2006 20-12-1 .286 4.79 6. Zach McAllister, RHP standings...club has lost a spring-high 10 straight with most recent win on 2005 16-13-1 .299 4.98 7. Tony Wolters, SS March 22 at San Diego...the Tribe has won consecutive games once this spring 2004 18-14-0 .293 4.83 8. Austin Adams, RHP (March 6-7)...club is 4-10-1 at home, 2-11-2 on the road and 4-12-2 overall at 2003 19-11-0 .311 4.13 9. Scott Barnes, LHP Goodyear Ballpark, which includes 3 games vs. Cincinnati classified as road 2002 15-17-0 .273 4.89 10. Zach Putnam, RHP affairs. 2001 13-13-3 .264 4.78 Cleveland team highs...SHIN-SOO CHOO leads the Tribe with 10 walks, T7th TODAY’S AVAILABLE in the Cactus League, and ranks among team leaders with 14 hits (3rd), 24 total CLEVELAND INDIANS COLORADO ROCKIES bases (4th) and 2 homers (T4th)... leads the Tribe with 16 hits, 30 Ubaldo Jimenez RHP 15 Jeremy Guthrie RHP batting .333 (8-24) over his last 8 games...JOSE LOPEZ is batting .313 (15-48) 53 Rafael Perez LHP 34 Matt Belisle RHP in 21 games and ranks among team leaders in hits (2nd, 15), total bases (T2nd, 30 Josh Roenicke RHP 25), RBI (T2nd, 10), runs (T3rd, 6 RHP 7) and HR (T4th, 2)...CARLOS DRESSING FOR CLEVELAND TODAY SANTANA has a team-best 10 FROM MINOR LEAGUE CAMP LIKE A ROCK: The Indians travel to Scottsdale to play the back-half of a home- runs and ranks among Tribe and-home series against the Colorado Rockies as the clubs will be playing for RHP Dale Dickerson (#84, page 279 of MG) leaders in home runs (2nd, 4), RHP Jose Flores (#86, page 282 of MG) the 2nd time in 4 days...the Rox won a 6-3 decision on Thursday at Goodyear total bases (T2nd, 25) and RBI Ballpark against a Cleveland split squad...Colorado holds a 5-3 edge since OF Chad Huffman (#72, page 140 of MG) (T2nd, 10)...JASON DONALD INF Beau Mills (#89, page 295 of MG) Cleveland joined the Cactus League in 2009...Rockies also have a 10-8 advan- is tied for the team lead with 4 LHP J.D. Reichenbach (#87, page 301) tage in regular season Interleague Play all-time. doubles (also Brantley, Choo, INF Ryan Rohlinger (#92, page 303) Kipnis, Lopez). YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Indians fell to the Rangers 7-4 last night at Good- year Ballpark in front of 5,720...Cleveland plated runs in each of the PITCHING NOTES: The Cleveland staff has posted a 4.89 mark (95 ER/175.0 club’s first 2 at-bats onMICHAEL BRANTLEY’s lead-off homer in the first and a IP) over the last 20 games to lower spring ERA from 6.49 to 5.41, 14th in the bases-loaded walk by LOU MARSON in the second, while the Rangers’ DAVID Cactus League ahead of Arizona (5.53)...opponents batting .293 (201-687) MURPHY drove in a pair of runs with his first of 2 doubles in the second...with over last 20 games to fall from .339 to .309, collecting 10+ hits in 7 of the last the scored tied at 2-2, Texas combined to score 4 runs over the next 2 innings 9 and 21 of 30 games overall...Indians hurlers have registered 197 to build a 6-2 advantage on home runs by IAN KINSLER (solo, third inning) (6.8 K’s-per-9.0 IP)...starters are 4-16 with a 6.12 ERA (70 ER/103.0 IP) and and MITCH MORELAND (2-, fourth inning), as well as an RBI-single from .326 (140-429) opponents’ avg., while relievers are 2-5, 4.96 (87 ER/158.0 IP) YORVIT TORREALBA (fourth inning)...JASON KIPNIS led off the fourth inning and .297 (189-636) opponents’ avg...relief corps 3 for 5 in opportunities... with a solo homer and added an RBI-groundout in the eighth JOSE LOPEZ JEANMAR GOMEZ has a 1.37 ERA, surrendering just 3 runs over 19.2 innings to round out the Indians scoring for the evening... and VINNIE in 6 spring appearances (3 starts)...leads staff with 14 K’s...began the spring PESTANO both chipped in scoreless frames, while JAIRO ASENCIO tossed a with 13.0 consecutive scoreless IP...opponents batting just .188 (13-69)...Go- pair of shutout innings in his Cleveland debut. mez also tossed 1.0 scoreless inning in the club’s March 1 intrasquad game... JOSH TOMLIN paces the staff with 22.2 IP this spring..VINNIE PESTANO has BATTING NOTES: The Indians are hitting .228 (122-534) over the last 16 a 1.74 ERA (2 ER/10.1 IP) over 10 relief appearances this spring with oppo- games to fall from .257 to .242, 12th in the A.L. and last in the Cactus League... nents going 8-for-38 (.211)...Pestano is tied with Wheeler/Smith for staff lead Cleveland has 10+ hits in 3 of the club’s last 16 games (2-14) and in 8 of 30 in games pitched...JOE SMITH has held opponents scoreless in 6 of his last overall...offense hitting .177 (25-141) w/ RISP the last 16 games to fall from 7 appearances (7.1 IP), opponents going just 5-for-22 (.227) with 7 K’s in that .264 to .219, lowest since March 11 (.202)...Cleveland has homered in 15 of span...JAIRO ASENCIO tossed 2.0 scoreless frames in his Indians debut on 30 contests for a total of 23 home runs by 10 different players...club’s sin- Saturday night (2 H, 2 K’s). gle-game high this spring is 3 HR, done twice on March 7 at ARI and March 29 vs. COL (6 multi-HR games this spring overall)...Cleveland has 7 HR last INJURY NEWS: JEANMAR GOMEZ (day-to-day) left his start Friday with a 4 games after homering just once over previous 6 games...Tribe is 14-for-25 mild right hip strain...injury occurred as Gomez stretched to receive a throw at in steal attempts (56.0%)... has reached safely in 11 of his 14 LOU MARSON first base while successfully completing the back end of a DP...DEREK LOWE games this spring for a .459 OBP...he also ranks 2nd on the team with 9 walks... exited his start on Thursday vs. Colorado after 3.0 innings for precautionary SHELLEY DUNCAN ranks T4th in the Cactus League with 5 home runs behind reasons with mid-back tightness, but is expected to make his scheduled start the Cubs’ Alfonso Soriano (6), the Angels’ Albert Pujols (6) and the Brewers’ on Tuesday in Zebulon, NC...LHP left his start Thursday at Ari- Mat Gamel...Duncan also ranks T6th on the AZ circuit with 15 RBI...both are zona with a mild right hamstring strain that occurred during a fielding play in the MEDIA INFORMATION: The Indians clubhouse is open to members of first inning...is likely to begin the season on the DL...OF GRADY SIZEMORE the media with proper credentials from 8:00AM-9:05AM and again from underwent a micro discectomy, a minimally invasive lower back procedure, on 11:15AM-12:30PM on game days…The clubhouse may be closed at cer- March 1 in Miami, Florida...the operation was performed by Dr. Barth Green of tain times for team meetings, etc…For all games played at Goodyear the University of Miami School of Medicine and recovery for such a procedure is Ballpark, a shuttle will take media members from the Indians Player De- typically 8-12 weeks...Sizemore sustained the injury while doing rehab work in velopment Complex to Goodyear Ballpark at NOON…The media dining early February for arthroscopic left knee surgery performed on Oct. 3...has be- gun core abdominal exercises as he progresses with his rehab back in Cleve- room is located at Goodyear Ballpark behind the press box and meals land...RHP CARLOS CARRASCO (‘Tommy John’, Sept. 21) has stretched his will be served for $7 on game days…While the game is still being played, throwing program to 90 ft. upon request, any player that has been removed from the game will be made available near the Indians clubhouse located in the right field cor- GALA: In conjuction with Mission Possible and ImpACTAkids ner after he has exited the game…All other Indians players who com- Foundation (a charity started by Manny Acta), the Cleveland Indians will host plete the game at Goodyear Ballpark will be available following the game the 2012 Grand Slam Gala on Wednesday, April 4 at 7:05PM in the Progres- back at the Player Development Complex…Indians Manager Manny sive Field Terrace Club to benefit social and educational initiatives in some of Acta will be available on the field immediately following the conclusion the poorest areas of the Dominican Republic...please visit www.missionpos- of the game…A media shuttle will then take media back to the Player sible.us/grandslamgala for tickets and donation information...among the guests Development Complex…The media shuttle will leave the ballpark for the scheduled to attend: Larry and Eva Dolan, Manny Acta, Sandy and Margred Player Development Complex 15 minutes after the final out. Alomar, Mike and Sharon Hargrove, Carlos and Miriam Baerga. UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION Mon., April 2 vs. Cincinnati RHP Josh Tomlin (0-3, 7.15) vs. RHP Bronson Arroyo (1-2, 6.16) 12:05pm MST WTAM/IRN/webcast Tues., April 3 at Carolina Mudcats RHP Derek Lowe (0-1, 3.50) vs. LHP Scott Barnes (0-0, 0.00) 2:00pm ET Wed., April 4 WORKOUT DAY Indians clubhouse 1:00-1:50pm ET...workout 2:30-3:30pm...Manny Acta @ 2:20pm in Indians dugout PAGE 2 CLEVELAND INDIANS SPRING GAME NOTES SUNday, APRIL 1, 2012 TOday’s starting ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH #30 - RHP ubaldo jimenez: Enters his first full season with Cleveland after being #53 - lHP rafael perez: Veteran left-hander is seeking to make his 5th consecu- acquired from Colorado at the 2011 July trade deadline...was tabbed to start on Open- tive Opening Day roster (2008-11) as a member of the Indians bullpen...was held out ing Day for the Rockies in both 2010 and 2011...went 19-8 with a 2.88 ERA and his first of Cactus League action for almost 3 weeks with left shoulder soreness...tossed 1.0 career no-hitter in 2010; started the All-Star Game and finished 3rd in N.L. Cy Young inning in a minor league game March 19...made 71 relief appearances in 2011, 2nd- voting...also won 15 games in 2009. most in the A.L., and permitted just 7 of 44 (15.9%) of IR’s to score, 6th-best among Date Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR TBF A.L. relievers...joins as the only other A.L. reliever with 70+ appearances 3/4 vs. CIN L 9.00 1.0 5 5 1 1 1 0 10 in each of last 2 seasons; one of just 4 lefties in majors to do so. 3/8 vs. LAA L 9.00 2.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 10 Date Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR TBF 3/12 vs. ARI W 6.00 3.0 3 1 1 2 1 0 15 3/19 Minor league game 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 3/17 vs. CIN L 9.31 3.2 5 6 6 4 4 1 19 3/21 vs. SF - 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3/22 at SD - 7.24 4.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 16 3/23 vs. LAA - 0.00 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3/27 at CWS L 6.27 5.0 7 3 2 0 3 0 21 3/25 vs. ChC - 6.75 1.0 3 3 2 0 0 1 6 Cactus Totals 1-4 6.27 18.2 26 18 13 10 13 2 91 3/28 at ChC - 6.00 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3/30 at CIN - 4.50 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Cactus Totals 0-0 4.50 4.0 3 3 2 0 4 1 15

STARTS BY POSTION Player C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 2012 CLEVELAND INDIANS SPRING EXHIBITION SCHEDULE/RESULTS Brantley 14 Date Opponent Site Result Win/Loss/Save T.O.G. Attend. W-L-T Cabrera 17 1 Sat., March 3 at Cincinnati T, 6-6 N/A 2:54 6,430 0-0-1 Canzler 6 1 7 Sun., March 4 CINCINNATI L, 6-8 Bailey/Jimenez/Gallagher 2:53 4,895 0-1-1 Mon., March 5 at Cincinnati L, 7-12 Cueto/Masterson 2:57 2,831 0-2-1 Carlin 1 Tues., March 6 KANSAS CITY W, 3-2 Pestano/Miner/Lee 2:22 1,836 1-2-1 Carrera 4 Wed., March 7 at Arizona W, 10-2 Huff/Cahill 3:05 7,534 2-2-1 Chen Thurs., March 8 LA of ANAHEIM L, 5-6 Haren/Jimenez/Brasier 3:20 3,469 2-3-1 Chisenhall 12 Fri., March 9 at Milwaukee L, 2-12 Wolf/Lowe 2:47 4,508 2-4-1 Choo 16 3 Sat., March 10 SAN DIEGO L, 2-5 Moseley/Masterson 2:43 4,257 2-5-1 Crowe Sun., March 11 at Texas (ss) L, 1-6 Holland/Slowey 2:40 6,681 2-6-1 Cunningham 5 3 6 at LA of Anaheim (ss) L, 2-17 Richards/Huff 3:17 8,304 2-7-1 Diaz 1 Mon., March 12 ARIZONA W, 3-2 Jimenez/Martinez/Accardo 2:54 5,334 3-7-1 Donald 2 1 4 1 2 Tues., March 13 TEXAS T, 8-8 N/A 3:16 5,500 3-7-2 Duncan 1 9 3 Wed., March 14 at San Francisco T, 2-2 N/A 2:40 10,584 3-7-3 Guzman 2 6 Thurs., March 15 CHICAGO-AL W, 12-3 Masterson/Axelrod 3:00 3,643 4-7-3 Fri., March 16 at LA of Anaheim L, 0-7 Richards/Slowey 2:44 9,584 4-8-3 Hafner 16 Sat., March 17 CINCINNATI L, 2-9 Arroyo/Jimenez 2:56 6,593 4-9-3 Hannahan 10 Sun., March 18 at Kansas City L, 4-6 Hochevar/Tomlin/Jeffress 2:32 3,751 4-10-3 Hernandez Mon., March 19 LOS ANGELES W, 4-3 Gomez/Kershaw/Seddon 2:41 3,101 5-10-3 Huffman 1 Tues., March 20 OFF DAY Kipnis 20 Wed., March 21 SAN FRANCISCO L, 3-5 Surkamp/Slowey/Casilla 2:36 6,224 5-11-3 Kotchman 14 Thurs., March 22 at San Diego W, 9-4 Wheeler/Gregerson 3:13 5,309 6-11-3 LaPorta 4 2 1 Fri., March 23 LA of ANAHEIM L, 1-4 Shoemaker/Tomlin/Brasier 2:41 8,630 6-12-3 LaRoche 5 Sat., March 24 at Los Angeles L, 4-5 Grabow/Herrmann/Wright 2:49 10,247 6-13-3 Lewis 4 Sun., March 25 CHICAGO-NL L, 2-6 Lopez/Gomez 2:49 6,614 6-14-3 Lopez 3 4 2 Mon., March 26 MILWAUKEE L, 5-6 Loe/Pestano/Dillard 2:22 3,181 6-15-3 Marson 13 Tues., March 27 at Chicago-AL L, 1-7 Stewart/Jimenez 2:23 4,504 6-16-3 Mills 1 Wed., March 28 at Chicago-NL L, 0-2 Samardzija/Tomlin 2:27 8,911 6-17-3 Neal Thurs., March 29 COLORADO (ss) L, 3-6 Nicasio/Seddon 2:47 2,877 6-18-3 at Arizona (ss) L, 4-5 Skaggs/Price/Lewis 2:54 11,064 6-19-3 Pagnozzi Fri., March 30 at Cincinnati L, 5-6 Marshall/Wheeler/Arredondo 2:51 3,649 6-20-3 Petit 1 Sat., March 31 TEXAS L, 4-7 Feliz/Masterson 2:47 5,720 6-21-3 Phelps 1 Sun., April 1 at Colorado Scottsdale 1:10pm WTAM, Indians Radio Network Pie 1 4 Mon., April 2 CINCINNATI GOODYEAR 12:05pm WTAM-delayed at 7pm ET, Indians Radio Network Santana 16 1 4 Tues., April 3 at Carolina Mudcats Zebulon, NC 2:00pm Sizemore Spilborghs 1 3 7 Weglarz 2012 TRANSACTIONS JANUARY 3 Signed RHP ROBINSON TEJEDA to a minor league free agent contract with a non-roster invitation to Major CATCHERS’ CAUGHT-STEALING %’s League camp. Player CS SBA CS% JANUARY 9 Signed LHP CHRIS SEDDON to a minor league free agent contract. Carlin 1 3 33.3% Signed to a minor league free agent contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League camp. JANUARY 12 RHP CHRIS RAY Chen JANUARY 13 Signed INF CHIN-LUNG HU, RHP WILLY LEBRON, INF ARGENIS REYES to minor league free agent contracts. Hernandez JANUARY 17 Agreed to terms on one-year contracts with OF SHIN-SOO CHOO, INF JACK HANNAHAN, RHP , RHP CHRIS PEREZ, and RHP JOE SMITH. Marson 2 7 28.6% JANUARY 19 Signed RHP and OF FRED LEWIS to minor league free agent contracts with non-roster Pagnozzi 0 3 0% invitations to Major League camp. Santana 5 17 29.4% JANUARY 20 Obtained RHP KEVIN SLOWEY and cash considerations from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for RHP ZACH PUTNAM...Signed INF GREGORIO PETIT and OF RYAN SPILBORGHS to minor league free agent contracts with a non-roster invitations to Major League camp. tribe on TWitter JANUARY 26 Signed RHP DAN WHEELER to a minor league free agent contract with non-roster invitation to Major League camp...Signed RHP JOSE DE LA TORRE and INF RYAN ROHLINGER to minor league free agent contracts. Indians Universal @Indians JANUARY 31 Obtained INF/OF RUSS CANZLER from the in exchange for cash considerations. Indians PR Dept. @TribeInsider FEBRUARY 2 Agreed to terms with LHP RAFAEL PEREZ on a one-year contract. President Mark Shapiro @MarkShapiro FEBRUARY 3 Signed INF CASEY KOTCHMAN to a one-year Major League free agent contract. FEBRUARY 10 Agreed to terms with INF ASDRUBAL CABRERA on a one-year contract. Mgr. Manny Acta @mactriber_11 FEBRUARY 21 Traded LHP KELVIN DE LA CRUZ to the in exchange for cash considerations. Jim Rosenhaus @IndiansRadio FEBRUARY 22 Signed INF CRISTIAN GUZMAN to a minor league free agent contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League LHP Scott Barnes @ScottyB_38 camp. INF/OF Russ Canzler @RussCanzler MARCH 11 Re-assigned RHP AUSTIN ADAMS, C CHUN CHEN and RHP TYLER STURDEVANT to minor league camp. OF @tcrowe4 MARCH 13 Agreed to a 2-year PDC extension with Mahoning Valley (Short-A) through 2014. INF/OF Shelley Duncan @shelldunc MARCH 15 Optioned LHP SCOTT BARNES, OF THOMAS NEAL and OF to Columbus (AAA)...optioned INF Jack Hannahan @JackHannahan9 RHP DANNY SALAZAR to Carolina (High-A)...Re-acquired LHP KELVIN DE LA CRUZ from Texas in exchange RHP Ubaldo Jimenez @UbaldoJimenez22 for cash considerations. INF Jason Kipnis @TheJK_Kid MARCH 18 Optioned OF EZEQUIEL CARRERA, INF JUAN DIAZ, and RHP COREY KLUBER to Columbus (AAA)... RHP Corey Kluber @CKluber Re-assigned RHP HECTOR AMBRIZ and C MICHEL HERNANDEZ to minor league camp. RHP Frank Herrmann @FrankHerrmann56 MARCH 21 Claimed RHP HENRICUS VANDENHURK from Toronto off outright waivers and added him to 40-man roster. LHP David Huff @theREALdavehuff MARCH 22 Optioned RHP ZACH McALLISTER and INF CORD PHELPS to Columbus (AAA). MARCH 27 Optioned INF and INF MATT LaPORTA to Columbus (AAA)...re-assigned C Lou Marson @LouMar6 OF CHAD HUFFMAN to minor league camp. RHP Zach McAllister @zmac34 MARCH 28 Released INF CRISTIAN GUZMAN and re-assigned OF FRED LEWIS to minor league camp. RHP Chris Perez @ChrisPerez54 MARCH 29 Acquired RHP JAIRO ASENCIO from Atlanta in exchage for cash considerations. LHP Rafael Perez @RaffyPerez53 MARCH 30 Optioned INF RUSS CANZLER and LHP NICK HAGADONE to Columbus (AAA)... RHP Vinnie Pestano @VinnieP52 Re-assigned CA LUKE CARLIN, INF ANDY LaROCHE, RHP CHRIS RAY, LHP CHRIS SEDDON and LHP Tony Sipp @SippTony RHP ROBINSON TEJEDA to minor league camp. RHP Joe Smith @thethree8 MARCH 31 Optioned RHP FRANK HERRMANN and RHP KEVIN SLOWEY to Columbus (AAA).