Indians

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Kenny Lofton
CF
Intelligent hitter, uses the CF whole field. Pitch him away and play him away, or jam him with fastballs at the hands. Tight hamstring could limit base stealing. Defensively, has plus range but a weak arm.

Omar Vizquel
SS
Looks for fastballs early. Likes pitches up and out over the plate. Handles the bat well and tries to go the other way.

David Justice
LF
Dead low-ball hitter, but can hit anything when he's hot—as he is now. Will chase fastballs up and in and pitches down and away from southpaws.

Manny Ramirez
RF
Get him to chase sliders away and fastballs up, but don't mess around with fastballs down—he's lethal ankle-ball hitter. Plus power to all fields. Has improved his concentration and, therefore, his defense.

Travis Fryman
3B
Terrific pull hitter, he loves fastballs on the inner half. If you pitch him on the outer half of the zone, he'll try to pull everything and hit a lot of grounders to short.

Jim Thome
DH
Broke his right hand in early August and since returning on Sept. 16 hasn't hit inside fastball as well as before. Jam him until he shows he can handle fastballs.

Richie Sexson
1B
A 6'7" power hitter who likes to get his arms extended, so he can be jammed. But also guesses well, so if he gets an inside pitch he's looking for, he can hit it a mile.

Sandy Alomar
C
High-ball hitter who likes the pitch out over the plate.

Enrique Wilson
2B
Switch-hitter with better success from the right side, where he can pull the ball. As lefty, a slap-and-run guy.