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  • Coming Attractions With Jhonny Peralta now shipped off to the Tigers (a transaction that increases Detroit’s employment rate by 2.3%, incidentally), our Indians have taken another symbolic step toward enacting their perpetual positioning statement: “Playing for the future.”
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  • Quick Thoughts On Peralta Trade If you have not heard already, the Indians traded infielder Jhonny Peralta to the Detroit Tigers for Low-A left-handed pitcher Giovanni Soto.
  • Jhonny Be Gone The second domino has been felled as the Indians’ continued purging of veterans who do not figure into their plans in 2011. Jhonny Peralta is off to Detroit in exchange for A-Ball pitcher Giovanni Soto.