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Spring Training Week 1 Recap

Found February 28, 2013 on Burning River Baseball:
PLAYERS: Michael Brantley,  Matt Carson,  Juan Diaz,  Ben Francisco,  Carlos Moncrief,  Jesus Aguilar,  Cedric Hunter,  Tim Fedroff,  Zach McAllister,  Daisuke Matsuzaka,  Cody Allen,  Jerry Gil,  T.J. House,  Preston Guilmet,  Rich Hill,  Justin Masterson,  Ubaldo Jimenez,  Trevor Bauer,  David Huff,  Scott Kazmir,  Vinnie Pestano,  Giovanni Soto
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians,  Boston Red Sox
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The first week of Spring Training (2/22-2/27) has been full of surprises so far, leading to a precarious amount of optimism. The Indians won their first five games starting with an amazing comeback, walk-off win against the Reds on opening day. Offensively, the Indians have been extremely impressive and leading the way is Michael Brantley. Brantley has been hitting lower in the lineup than he is used to, but has excelled, by going 4-4 in his first two games with three doubles leading to an .833 batting average at present. Brantley has also been the owner of the most negative news to this point in the Spring as he lacerated his arm sliding into third base. He will miss up to two weeks, but should be back in plenty of time to get ready for the regular season. Ryan Rayburn has been the biggest surprise after he hit three home runs in the first two games and he currently leads the team in both runs and RBI. The Indians shouldn't take this too seriously as he hit 6 home runs with...
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