CLEVELAND -- This is the time of year when hitting coaches begin to get the itch. They are eager to get back into the batting cage to look at how their hitters' swings have held up through the winter months and to get to work on any adjustments for the season ahead.
On Wednesday morning, Indians assistant hitting coach Matt Quatraro got to scratch that itch roughly two weeks before he is scheduled to travel to Goodyear, Ariz., for Spring Training. Quatraro stepped into the hitting tunnel in Cleveland with some of the Tribe's hitters, including Michael Brantley, who is working his way back from August surgery on his right biceps.