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Lonnie Chisenhall recovering, has advanced to tee ball

Morning news and notes for Sunday, April 29, 2018.

MLB: Spring Training-Chicago Cubs at Cleveland Indians Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Mariners 5, Indians 4

LGT Recap | MLB Recap | Cleveland.com Recap | Box Score

This one was all kinds of bad.

Tribe news

Chisenhall (calf) cleared to throw, hit off tee | MLB

Lonnie Chisenhall hasn’t played in a game since April 7 when he was removed mid-game with a calf injury. He’s been trying to recover as fast as possible, and it looks like he has now been cleared to throw and hit off a tee.

The Michael Brantley Effect: Indians slugger is making Cleveland’s entire lineup better | Cleveland.com

It definitely helps that Brantley is one of the consistently good hitters on the team right now. But it would be nice if some of his hitting translated to some of his teammates in some sort of Space Jam type ball ritual.

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