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March 24, 2015Well, the end of March is coming near. The Cleveland Indians have hung some red cards in lockers and there are more to come soon for those players that will not be starting the season in Cleveland. So, let us check in on the team.
Trevor Bauer reminds us that it is still Spring Training:
.@ClevelandJeff thank you for being rational haha people freak out about games that don't matter. Season is completely different than spring
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) March 21, 2015
However, Mickey Callaway reminds the staff that the regular season is less than two weeks away.
We feel like guys have really worked on some things. Now, let’s start stepping it up a little bit. You just can’t work on stuff the whole Spring Training. Sooner or later, you’ve got to transition into, ‘I’ve been working on stuff. Now, I’m going to implement into my repertoire to get outs.’
And, the award for Spring Training unknown that Terry Francona has gone out of his way to mention on several occasions goes to Jerry Sands who had yet another hit on Monday against the Oakland Athletics. Hello, Jerry:
EDIT: Jerry Sands was so excited that WFNY featured him for the Indians Spring Training update post that he launched a ridiculous homerun last night. Here it is:
Santana’s batting average may never be what some may want to see, but he continues to get on base and has shown good power this spring. Here is his third homerun:
Lonnie is getting into a good rhythm on offense:
Chisenhall finished today's game 3-for-3, giving him .476 (10-21) average in his past 8 spring games for the Tribe. 6 doubles in that span.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) March 23, 2015
Injury Updates
- Reliever Kyle Crockett showed no lingering effects of his hamstring injury as he pitched a perfect eighth inning Monday against the Oakland Athletics.
- Brandon Moss seems fully recovered from his offseason hip surgery.
- Utility infielder Mike Aviles elbow has been bothering him.
- Right fielder David Murphy twisted his ankle on Friday and has been held out though he said he would play if it was the regular season.
- Second baseman Jason Kipnis has missed five straight games with a back injury and is not yet cleared for baseball activities.
- Nick Swisher continues to work on his rehabilitation. The team has been reluctant to rule him out for Opening Day, but Terry Francona is now at least saying it is unrealistic. After initially having the same timetable for return as Brandon Moss, Swisher has had to take a more cautious approach to his rehab with the hopes that he will be able to come back to the team healthy and be able to deliver his standard production at the plate.
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Would love to see standard from Swisher this year
I’d rather see Sands platoon in RF with Murphy then Raburn.
Brandon Moss will be the starter in RF, so are you referring to a backup platoon?
That might be the plan but I don’t think it happens. I think most likely you will see Moss play some RF but also DH and possibly spell Santana at 1B if needed. Which works fine as long as Swisher is out.
Easy Bro
Santana’s right field swing is still a thing of beauty for me.