A new report from The New York Times states that an announcement of Cleveland’s intent to drop their “Indians” moniker could come as early as this week.
The report cites multiple anonymous sources and mostly echoes what Terry Pluto reported shortly before the 2020 season began: Cleveland will announce that it is dropping the Indians name, but won’t have a new name ready to go by the 2021 season. Instead, they may go with “Baseball Club” or “Baseball Team”, similar to what NFL’s Washington team did when they changed their name prior to this season.