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Indians Release Melvin Upton Jr.; Yandy Diaz and Eric Haase Optioned to AAA

GOODYEAR, Ariz.– On Monday afternoon the Indians issued the following press release just 10 days before their season opener against the Seattle Mariners.

The team reduced their spring training roster to 39 players on Monday. The team has to cut down to 25 players by their season opener, more moves will be made soon.

Per the release, the following moves were announced:

Optioned INF YANDY DIAZ, C ERIC HAASE and INF ERIC STAMETS to AAA Columbus.

Reassigned OF BRANDON BARNES, RHP PRESTON CLAIBORNE, RHP STEPHEN FIFE, RHP CAM HILL, RHP NEIL RAMIREZ and INF RICHIE SHAFFER to Minor League camp.

Released C RYAN HANIGAN and OF MELVIN UPTON, Jr.

Payton Vince is either talking about sports or watching sports. He covers sports for Metro Networks and is also a writer for LastWordOnSports.com. He grew up in Brooklyn Heights,Ohio for most of his life then around senior year of high school moved to Cleveland. A fan of the Cleveland Indians, Cavaliers, and a Pittsburgh Steelers, he graduated from Cuyahoga Heights High School (Class of 2014) and also graduated from the Ohio Center for Broadcasting in 2015. He bowled and played baseball in high school, and is a huge fan of independent wrestling and WWE, and can almost always find him at an independent show. Lastly, Payton is a backstage interviewer for Mega Championship Wrestling in Elyria, and is one of the three on ‘That Sports Show’ which airs daily from 2-4pm on AllSportsCleveland.com.

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