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Byrd says best yet to come Tribe pitcher confident that 2008 season will be another productive one
By Sheldon Ocker
Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Monday, Mar 10, 2008
WINTER HAVEN, FLA.: He is 37 years old; the velocity of his fastball long ago topped out at 88 mph, and his doubters are legion.
Yet last year Paul Byrd lived through one of the two or three most productive seasons of his career, posting a 15-8 record, 4.59 ERA and beating the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the playoffs. Come to think of it, maybe 2007 was Byrd's best.
But ask him if he can repeat or exceed those achievements this year and he says, ''Absolutely.''
What makes him think so?
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Pitcher Scott Elarton trying to earn a spot on Cleveland Indians
Monday, March 10, 2008
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INDIANS INSIDER
Situation is odd for Elarton
 Winter Haven, Fla.- Pitcher Scott Elarton hasn't been in this position for a while. For much of his career, spring training has simply been a matter of making his scheduled starts to get ready for the season. Job security was not an issue.
Things have changed.
Elarton doesn't have a guaranteed spot on the Indians, and he's not a starter. He's trying to make the Tribe as a reliever in a talented bullpen.
He allowed one run, his first of the spring, in two innings Sunday as the Indians beat Washington, 5-2, in a split-squad game at Chain of Lakes Park.
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With few concerns, Cleveland Indians pitcher Jake Westbrook settles in
Monday, March 10, 2008Paul Hoynes
Plain Dealer Reporter
Winter Haven, Fla.- It's easy to lose track of players and trends in spring-training games. Players invade and bolt the lineup in groups three, four and five strong. It's not uncommon, at least in the early part of the exhibition schedule, for each team to use seven and eight pitchers in one game.
Everybody needs work, and the coaching staff and general manager want to see as many bodies as possible.
In spite of Indians manager Eric Wedge's lineup shuffling in the first 12 Grapefruit League games, one thing can be detected through the mass of churning bodies - the Indians' starting rotation is doing a little bit more than getting its work in.
Starting with Paul Byrd's outing against Atlanta on Wednesday, the Tribe's top four starters have not allowed a run through their most recent turn in the rotation. Byrd threw three scoreless innings Wednesday; C.C. Sabathia threw three scoreless innings - retiring nine straight - Thursday against Houston; Saturday against Philadelphia, Fausto Carmona threw three more scoreless innings.
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Tribe gets to see Aubrey's talent, but can he stay healthy?
Monday, March 10, 2008
BY Andy Call
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. Michael Aubrey tries not to let himself get too happy.
Most players would be overjoyed to have the spring training Aubrey has experienced so far. The 25-year-old first baseman is batting .500 (5-for-10) with two doubles and has driven in three runs. He has yet to strike out. He has been playing fine defense.
Yet, with Aubrey, there is always the shadow of injury lurking around the corner. Injuries are what has kept him out of the big leagues since being drafted in the first round in 2003. Injuries are what Aubrey hopes will not be the enduring legacy of his baseball career when it ends.
"What I've really learned is to stay even-keel," Aubrey said Sunday. "That is what has gotten me through hard times in the past. You can get too high on yourself when you're doing well and then get let down."
But, what if there is no letdown? What if Aubrey stays healthy all summer, terrorizes minor-league pitchers and gets his career back on the fast track?
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Westbrook appears to be re-armed
Monday, March 10, 2008
BY Andy Call
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. The most pressing concern of Indians spring training so far, Jake Westbrook's right arm, appears to be a concern no longer.
Westbrook pitched three shutout innings Sunday during a 5-2 win over a Washington split squad at Chain of Lakes Park. Westbrook allowed one hit, walked a batter and struck out five ? an unusually high number for the veteran sinkerballer.
"Hey, how about that?" Westbrook responded when asked about the strikeouts. "Seriously, I'll take a ground ball early in the count over a strikeout any day. It keeps my pitch count down. I'm never going to be a strikeout guy."
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