PT TOMORROW: AL Central—Spring training positional battles

Cleveland Indians

One of the most interesting spring training questions in Cleveland is whether super-prospect Francisco Lindor (SS, CLE) (pictured above) will break camp with the big club. Lindor, the number six prospect on the HQ100 annual list of top minor leaguers, will challenge José Ramírez (SS, CLE) for the starting shortstop job. Although Lindor has a high prospect ranking, he will only be 21 years old in 2015, and has just 165 AB at Triple-A. Scouts believe he has some power potential, but he hit only 11 HR last year. He has stolen over 25 bases each of the past two years, but his success rate last year was only 64%.

Ramirez is only a year older than Lindor, but he held his own in Cleveland last year in 237 AB. He posted an...

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