Indians trade for San Diego’s Walker Lockett

Yesterday, the Indians traded for RHP Walker Lockett, formely of the Padres. They also added Bobby Bradley, Sam Hentges and Jean Carlos Mejia to their 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule V draft.

We also have some great news to pass along, as Leonys Martin has been cleared by doctors.

Around baseball

• Adrian Beltre has retired. He will be greatly missed and in the HOF shortly.

• David Price is the AL Comeback Player of the Year

• Derek Dietrich was surprisingly DFA’d by the Marlins

• Bastian has some news about [cries] the Cubs’ pitching coach position

• CJ Cron and Oliver Drake (yes, again) have been DFA’d

• Yusei Kikuchi will be making his way from Japan to MLB