Cleveland Indians

Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians baseball team, will be open to full capacity June 2 and masks will be optional for all fans, the team announced Tuesday.

Francisco Lindor was traded to the Mets and inked the third richest contract in baseball history last week.

The Indians open their season Thursday in Detroit and are scheduled to play 162 games following a pandemic-shortened season last year.

Commentator Terry Pluto reflects on Paul Dolan's Akron Roundtable discussion last week, which touched on everything from changing the team’s name to the future of ownership.

Terry Pluto reports from Spring Training in Goodyear, Ariz., where the Cleveland Indians are gearing up for the beginning of a rebuild season.

Terry Pluto explains why Francona remains dedicated to the team despite more health setbacks.

Between the recent trade of star shortstop Francisco Lindor and former star pitcher Corey Kluber signing with the Yankees, Cleveland baseball fans are entering a painful new era of a rebuild.

The Indians traded Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco to the Mets for four players, highlighted by middle infielder Andres Gimenez.

Everybody knows what to sing during the seventh inning stretch. Root, root, root for the home team. Right? But in Cleveland, fans are now unsure of what the home team is. Owner Paul Dolan announced this week that the team is dropping “Indians” and looking for a new team name starting in 2022. "We gained a deep understanding of how tribal communities feel about the team and the detrimental effects is has on them,” Dolan said in a statement this week.

The Indians confirmed Monday that the team will drop their nickname after more than 100 years. But that won't be happening until at least 2022. For now, the team is facing deep budget cuts that likely include saying farewell to their star player.