The Cleveland Indians added an outfield bat for the stretch drive Thursday night when they acquired Jason Kubel from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Arizona will get cash and a minor league player to be named in return. Kubel, 31, is a career .265 hitter with 139 homers over nine seasons with Minnesota and Arizona. He hit 30 homers and drove in 90 runs for Arizona in 2012, but his numbers had fallen off drastically this season while he dealt with a series of leg injuries. Kubel hit .220 with five home runs in 89 games with the Diamondbacks, playing sparingly this month as Gerardo Parra, Adam Eaton, A.J. Pollock and Tony Campana logged the bulk of the outfield at-bats for manager Kirk Gibson. The Diamondbacks designated Kubel for assignment earlier this week before working out a deal with Cleveland. Source: ESPN
