Tribe notebook: Indians players and Acta glad core remains intact after deadline

KANSAS CITY: If the Indians players and manager were upset that the front office didn’t make any other move at the trading deadline Tuesday other than a swap of minor-leaguers, it was hard to tell.

In fact, some players even expressed relief that the brass didn’t trade away a member of the Tribe’s “core group” – players such as closer Chris Perez, right fielder Shin-Soo Choo or starting pitcher Justin Masterson – guys whose names had been bandied about in various trade rumors that intensified the last few days.

“It’s good for next year,” Perez said. “As far as the team goes, it’s good we didn’t lose any guys that we can still have under contract next year – which I never would