CLEVELAND, Ohio – Catcher Yan Gomes is doing all he can in his rehabilitation assignment from a separated right shoulder. Where that puts him at the end of September should the Indians earn an invitation to the postseason has yet to reveal itself.
Gomes started his rehab Friday night by going 2-for-3 with an RBI for Class AA Akron as a designated hitter.
"He swung the bat pretty well," said manager Terry Francona. "Then between his at-bats, he went to the bullpen and worked on his receiving, squatting – trying to simulate as much as you can in an inning.