CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Indians didn't sign free agent Austin Jackson and they could have used him in center field this season. It they did that, however, just think how boring the next four weeks would be.
Tyler Naquin, for instance, would have been pushed to the back of manager Terry Francona's lineup card. Right now he's front and center.
Naquin, in his third start in center field this spring, went 3-for-4 Monday as the Indians beat the Dodgers, 8-5, at Camelback Ranch for their first win of the Cactus League season.
When spring training started, it was believed that the Indians would carry five outfielders as Michael Brantley recovered from left shoulder surgery.