According to Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Indians don’t plan on pursuing any more free agents, even in a sign-and-trade scenario.
With their 25-man payroll pushing $80 million, it would be hard for the Indians to take on any payroll, writes Hoynes.
The Indians expressed mild interest in Juan Cruz and Orlando Hudson early in the offseason, but that was before they dolled out a two-year, $20.5MM million contract to Kerry Wood and chose to take on Mark DeRosa’s $5.5MM ’09 salary.
