Editing Cleveland Guardians (section)

====Second "rebuilding of the team"====
The [[2008 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] struggled during the 2008 season. Injuries to sluggers [[Travis Hafner]] and [[Victor Martinez (baseball)|Victor Martinez]], as well as starting pitchers [[Jake Westbrook]] and [[Fausto Carmona]] led to a poor start.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/indians/2008-12-23-indiansreport_N.htm|title=Indians have closer in fold, but infield in flux|last=Antonen|first=Mel|date=December 25, 2008|work=USA Today|access-date=March 21, 2009|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725123834/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/indians/2008-12-23-indiansreport_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The Indians, falling to last place for a short time in June and July, traded [[CC Sabathia]] to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] for prospects [[Matt LaPorta]], Rob Bryson, and [[Michael Brantley]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/sports/baseball/08brewers.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/B/Baseball|title=Looking to Postseason, Brewers Trade for Sabathia|last=Curry|first=Jack|date=July 8, 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 21, 2009|archive-date=April 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416011936/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/sports/baseball/08brewers.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FB%2FBaseball|url-status=live}}</ref> and traded starting third baseman Casey Blake for catching prospect [[Carlos Santana (baseball)|Carlos Santana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=467793|title=Carlos Santana Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball|work=MiLB.com|access-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901005459/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=467793|archive-date=September 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pitcher [[Cliff Lee]] went 22–3 with an ERA of 2.54 and earned the AL Cy Young Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cliff Lee Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leecl02.shtml|access-date=February 12, 2021|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503152420/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leecl02.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Grady Sizemore]] had a career year, winning a [[Gold Glove Award]] and a [[Silver Slugger Award]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081113&content_id=3678011&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle|title=Sizemore adds Silver Slugger to list|last=Beck|first=Jason|date=November 13, 2008|work=MLB.com|access-date=March 20, 2009|archive-date=March 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306060314/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081113&content_id=3678011&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Indians finished with a record of 81–81.

Prospects for the 2009 season dimmed early when the [[2009 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] ended May with a record of 22–30. Shapiro made multiple trades: [[Cliff Lee]] and [[Ben Francisco]] to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] for prospects [[Jason Knapp (baseball)|Jason Knapp]], [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carlos Carrasco]], [[Jason Donald (baseball)|Jason Donald]] and [[Lou Marson]]; [[Víctor Martínez (baseball)|Victor Martinez]] to the [[Boston Red Sox]] for prospects [[Bryan Price (pitcher)|Bryan Price]], [[Nick Hagadone]] and [[Justin Masterson]]; [[Ryan Garko]] to the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] for [[Scott Barnes (baseball)|Scott Barnes]]; and [[Kelly Shoppach]] to the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] for [[Mitch Talbot]]. The Indians finished the season tied for fourth in their division, with a record of 65–97. The team announced on September 30, 2009, that Eric Wedge and all of the team's coaching staff were released at the end of the 2009 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Castrovince|first=Anthony|title=Indians dismiss Wedge, coaching staff|url=http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090930&content_id=7241814&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|website=CLEGuardians.com|date=September 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014083849/http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090930&content_id=7241814&vkey=news_cle&c_id=cle&fext=.jsp|archive-date=October 14, 2013|access-date=July 4, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Manny Acta]] was hired as the team's 40th manager on October 25, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Castrovince|first=Anthony|title=Tribe tabs Acta to be new manager|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091025&content_id=7544218|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|website=MLB.com|date=October 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107045726/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091025&content_id=7544218|archive-date=November 7, 2012|access-date=July 4, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On February 18, 2010, it was announced that Shapiro (following the end of the 2010 season) would be promoted to team President, with current President [[Paul Dolan (baseball)|Paul J. Dolan]] becoming the new Chairman/CEO, and longtime Shapiro assistant [[Chris Antonetti]] filling the GM role.<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Hoynes |title=Cleveland Indians know what future holds, announce plan for changes in front office |url=http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/02/cleveland_indians_know_what_fu.html |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |date=February 19, 2010 |access-date=February 20, 2010 |archive-date=February 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220212552/http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/02/cleveland_indians_know_what_fu.html |url-status=live }}</ref>