Here is the next group of prospects in the 2010 Indians Top 50 Prospect Countdown here on TheClevelandFan.com and SportsTimeOhio.com. And we're starting to get down to the nitty gritty. Featured in this quintet are three highly regarded international free agents the team has signed and also one of the key cogs recieved in the Cliff Lee trade from last fall.

Fully in the throes of Spring Training with baseball on TV and in the air, it’s finally time to talk about some of the PERFORMANCES and not just the projections associated with the upcoming 2010 season. So, with that in mind (and my brother-in-law on his way over to rip out carpet), let’s get it going on a Sunday that will be anything but Lazy for Paulie Cousineau, who checks in with his popular regular Sunday column.

While the Indians are still getting ready to play a game against a team that also doesn’t have “Cleveland” across the chest, news from Goodyear is slow. There’s the bit of info that Carmona moving to the other side of the pitching rubber which, if turns him back into Fausto v.2007, could be the biggest and best news for Indians’ fans since CC was traded, and there are the usual “he looks good”, “he’s in the best shape of his life”, and “this young guy could make some waves this season” pieces…but all in all, it’s been largely uneventful. In light of that, Paulie C takes some time out today to touch on a piece that Baseball America recently posted concerning the issues of competitive balance and revenue sharing in MLB.

Seems this small-ball thing is working out pretty well so far. Going small certainly paid dividends on Wednesday night in the Building Formerly Known as Brendan Byrne Arena, as the Cavaliers ran, jumped and stuffed their way to an easy 111-92 victory over the hopelessly outclassed New Jersey Nets. Cleveland has now won five straight, two of those lopsided conquests of Gotham-area teams without the services of Shaquille O’Neal, and is now 48-14 on the season. The Nets, taking dead aim at the NBA record for loses in a season, are now 6-54.