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The Indians transferred reliever Scott Elarton from the restricted list to the 15-day disabled list with a non-baseball medical condition Tuesday.

The Indians will call up Juan Rincon from Triple-A on Wednesday to fill the roster spot vacated by the CC Sabathia deal. But Cleveland also needs to find a starter for Saturday.

If Grady Sizemore wants to win the State Farm Home Run Derby next Monday, perhaps he should ask to bat first. After all, he has grown accustomed to providing power from the leadoff spot, and he took a league-leading 22 home runs into Tuesday's game.

Anthony Castrovince answers all kinds of questions about the now-departed CC Sabathia, from fan reaction to his departure to why he removed the periods from his name in a special mailbag devoted to the former Indians lefty.

In his latest journal entry, Matt LaPorta looks ahead to the Futures Game and the excitement of playing in Yankee Stadium.

With the trade of former ace left-hander CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers, fans were left feeling a wide array of emotions. Indians GM Paul Shapiro hopes that they see the bright future ahead for the club.

Drafted by the Indians as a raw hurler with a powerful arm, CC Sabathia burst onto the scene in Cleveland with a stellar rookie campaign and came full circle to win the Cy Young in his final full campaign.

General manager Mark Shapiro did not pull the trigger on the CC Sabathia trade expecting it to be as high of an impact deal as the 2002 trade that sent Bartolo Colon to the Expos.

CC Sabathia, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, is headed to the Brewers, while the Indians receive a batch of Minor Leaguers to retool for the future.