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Swanson, Bradley benefiting from instructs

Dansby Swanson's 2015 baseball season officially began on February 13. More than seven months later, he's still out on a field playing.

The setting, of course, has changed over time. Swanson starred at shortstop for Vanderbilt University all spring, leading the Commodores to a finish as the College World Series runners-up (a year after winning it all). The No. 1 overall pick in the Draft, he signed in mid-July, then went out and got 83 regular-season at-bats with Hillsboro in the short-season Northwest League. Now, the D-backs' top prospect is in Arizona participating in instructional league play.