GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Yan Gomes did not want to stop. When the Indians' season concluded last year, the catcher finally was feeling like himself again at the plate. He was not ready to accept the winter's early arrival.
So, Gomes kept hitting. For two weeks, he kept getting in the cage.
"I just wanted to keep swinging," Gomes said. "I wanted to keep that feeling going. I kept going, because you're starting to finally feel hot and then the season's over."
Following a trying season, one in which a knee injury cost him games early and statistics late, Gomes finally took a break.