2007 Cleveland Indians Spring Training Preview: The Outfield and Bench

Grapefruit play kicks off today as the Indians take on the Astros at 1:05pm at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven (WTAM 1100 is airing the game live). And with that, we finish off our four-part 2007 Indians preview as Tony wraps things up with a look at the outfield and bench. Grady's still in center, but he's flanked by a couple new players this year in David Dellucci and Trot Nixon. How does this group shape up? Who will provide the depth? Tony delivers the 411.

Posted by Tony Lastoria Feb 28, 2007 8:00 PM

2007 Cleveland Indians Spring Training Preview: The Infield

Last week, the starting pitching and the bullpen were previewed. This week, Tony's previews shift to the position players as we wrap up our sneak peek at the 2007 Cleveland Indians. The infielders kick things off this week down in Winterhaven, and it's a young group. Garko, Barfield, Peralta, Marte, Victor, and Casey. With a utility spot up for grabs.

Posted by Tony Lastoria Feb 26, 2007 8:00 PM

The Indians Roundtable: How Important Is Peralta?

A weekly Sunday feature, The Indians Roundtable poses one question each week to our Indians panel here at The Cleveland Fan. This week, we set our sights on Jhonny Peralta, who has frequently been singled out by GM Mark Shapiro as the most important person to the teams 2007 success. Is this just a motivational tactic by Shapiro? Or is Honny truly the biggest key to this years Indians? The panel talks Peralta.

Posted by Tony Lastoria Feb 24, 2007 8:00 PM

Spring Happenings: Garko Deserves A Spot

With Indians season getting close to kicking back into gear, so will "Minor Happenings", the wildly popular Tribe minor league weekly recap column Tony Lastoria does for us. And for the next six weeks, Tony has also agreed to put together a "Spring Happenings" column that will recap the past week of Indians Spring Training action. This week, Tony is apalled that the Tribe brass is making Garko fight for a roster spot. Lastoria also hits on his sleeper to win the utility infield job, how the team will compensate for the loss of Keith Foulke, and Trot Nixon's injury developments.

Posted by Tony Lastoria Feb 23, 2007 8:00 PM