| Date | News |
| 7/22/10 | LaPorta went 2-for-4 yesterday and has 14 hits in his last 38 AB (.368). |
| 7/10/10 | LaPorta returned to the Indians’ lineup last night after suffering a head contusion on Monday. He had three hits has hit safely in eight of his past nine games, batting .419 with four home runs and 10 RBI. |
| 7/08/10 | LaPorta passed his neuropsychological test and began doing light cardio exercises, but the Indians kept him out of the lineup again. He suffered a head contusion when Elvis Andrus's elbow hit him in the back of the head on Monday night. The team is listing LaPorta as "day-to-day." |
| 7/07/10 | LaPorta got last night off after taking an accidental elbow to the head from the Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus on Monday. LaPorta did not sustain a concussion when he was hit while covering first base. However, manager Manny Acta erred on the side of caution and kept LaPorta out of the lineup. |
| 7/06/10 | LaPorta hit a two-run HR (5) in top of the third inning then took an accidental elbow to the head in the bottom of the inning. He had to leave the game with a head contusion, but it does not appear serious. He went to nearby Medical Center of Arlington, Texas for a CT scan, which came back negative. The Indians will evaluate him again today. |
| 7/04/10 | LaPorta is putting it together. He went 3-for-5 with two RBI yesterday and is batting .360 (9-for-25) with three HR and seven RBI in seven games since being recalled last week. He has raised his average from .218 to .243 over the same period. |
| 7/01/10 | LaPorta homered for the third straight game and has hit four home runs since being recalled from the Triple-A Columbus on June 27. |
| 6/27/10 | In his return to the Indians, LaPorta went 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts. He also grounded into a double play. |
| 6/27/10 | The Indians will recall LaPorta from Columbus and make him the everyday first baseman - after the team traded Russell Branyan back to the Mariners. LaPorta was batting .362 with 5 HR in 60 AB for Columbus. He was batting .218 for the Indians before being sent down earlier this month. |
| 6/13/10 | LaPorta went deep for the fifth time in three games - at Triple-A Columbus - on Friday. Tom Griffin of the South Shore Baseball Almanac said, "I hope that this does not prove that, sure, he's a great minor league player, but he just can’t cross over the Great Divide to the big leagues. I do expect him to be a big league power hitter." The Indians sent LaPorta to Columbus on June 8th. He had only one HR with the Tribe in 119 AB. |
| 6/12/10 | LaPorta went 2-for-5 with a home run for Triple-A Columbus on Thursday. He has homered four times in his past two minor league games. |
| 6/07/10 | The Indians optioned OF Matt LaPorta to Triple-A Columbus. He had a .218/.290/.277 batting line with one home run and seven RBI in 117 at-bats. |
| 5/16/10 | LaPorta went 1-for-4 with his first HR of the season. He is batting .216. |
| 4/28/10 | LaPorta went 2-for-5 (.211) last night. He singled his first two times up against southpaw Joe Saunders. He had entered the game hitless in his last 18 AB against left-handed pitching. |
| 4/27/10 | LaPorta entered the three-game series against the Angels with three hits in his previous 26 at-bats. He is batting .192 (10-for-52) with two doubles and an RBI in 15 games. Tribe manager Manny Acta said that LaPorta will play as much as his body will allow. He had surgeries on his left hip and left big toe six months ago, and cannot yet play seven days a week - but he is progressing. Acta will continue to play LaPorta in both left field and at first base. |
| 4/22/10 | LaPorta got the start in left field today for the first time this year and went 1-for-2 with two walks. He is batting .214. |
| 4/17/10 | LaPorta went 1-for-4 last night; he is batting .242 and has hits in six of the nine games in which he has played so far. Keep up the good work - we're rooting for ya, Matt! |
| 3/28/10 | LaPorta will start at first base for the Tribe while Russell Branyan is on the DL. |
| 3/11/10 | LaPorta went 0-for-1 in his first spring training appearance. He got a late start after having surgery on his left hip and big toe last October. |
Matt LaPorta
