Clevelinks, February 27: Brantley’s Injury and Indians Lose One

Here are yesterday’s Indians highlights:

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Indians News

• The Indians finally lost one—the Royals beat the Tribe 4-1 in Cactus League action Tuesday, knocking Cleveland’s record down to 5-1.
• Justin Masterson has officially been named the Opening Day starter. Not that there was any real doubt about that.
• Looks like Michael Brantley will be out for 10 days after getting spiked in the arm on Monday.
• Finally, Manny Ramirez has agreed to sign with the EDA Rhinos from the China Professional League. So, uh, we’ll see how that goes.

Wahoo’s on First Highlights

• Jeff argued that the Michael Bourn signing makes the Tribe’s acquisition of Brett Myers look like a mistake.
• Lewie continued his 2013 Player Preview series with Nick Swisher.
• Geordy kept rolling with his top prospect list with No. 13: D’Vone McClure.

Tribe Analysis

• The guys at WaitingForNextYear play Cleveland Sports Life Boat with Charles Nagy, CC Sabathia, Bartolo Colon, and Cliff Lee.
• Indians Baseball Insider’s Steve Orbanek profiles Yan Gomes.