2012 Series #2 vs White Sox -|- April 9th, 10th, and 11th.

[Pyro]

CHICAGO WHITE SOX (1-1) vs CLEVELAND INDIANS (1-2)

GAME 1 -|- April 9th, 7:05PM ET. -|- Chris Sale (0-0) 0.00 ERA vs Josh Tomlin (0-0) 0.00 ERA

GAME 2 -|- April 10th, 7:05PM ET. -|- Philip Humber (0-0) 0.00 ERA vs Justin Masterson (0-0) 1.13 ERA

GAME 3 -|- April 11th, 12:05PM ET. -|- John Danks (0-1) 4.50 ERA vs Jeanmar Gomez (0-0) 0.00 ERA

PROJECTED INDIANS LINE-UP FOR THIS SERIES:
1.) Brantley
2.) Cabrera
3.) Choo
4.) Santana
5.) Hafner
6.) Duncan
7.) Kotchman
8.) Kipnis
9.) Hannahan

PROJECTED WHITE SOX LINE-UP FOR THIS SERIES:
1.) De Aza
2.) Lillibridge
3.) Dunn
4.) Konerko
5.) Rios
6.) Ramirez
7.) Flowers
8.) Morel
9.) Beckham

[Amherstcavsfan]

No reason we cannot win all three of these games.

[ReAL DeAL]

Gotta think the lineup is switched tomorrow, Santana catching 4 games in a row? Maybe I guess, they did have a off day.

Dunn looks to be back, but they suck everywhere else, well besides Paulie.

4-2 would be nice

[warddj86]

I'm gonna be disappointed if they drop their usual two-of-three to Chicago. We should have the pitching advantage and our offense is better as a whole, as well.

[sgm405]

Gotta think the lineup is switched tomorrow, Santana catching 4 games in a row? Maybe I guess, they did have a off day.

Dunn looks to be back, but they suck everywhere else, well besides Paulie.

4-2 would be nice

I agree. Sale is a LHP, so I'm thinking Santana will DH and Marson will catch. That seems to be the plan for the entire year (Hafner sitting against LHP) - Acta just diverted away from it because of opening day.

I expect:

CF-Brantley
SS-Cabrera
RF-Choo
DH-Santana
LF-Duncan
1B-Kotchman
2B-Kipnis
3B-Hannahan
C-Marson

[Nom]

I agree. Sale is a LHP, so I'm thinking Santana will DH and Marson will catch. That seems to be the plan for the entire year (Hafner sitting against LHP) - Acta just diverted away from it because of opening day.

I expect:

CF-Brantley
SS-Cabrera
RF-Choo
DH-Santana
LF-Duncan
1B-Kotchman
2B-Kipnis
3B-Hannahan
C-Marson

Love to see Donald get some time as well.

I view him as a guy who needs a bit more time than your average utility man. He should see a lot of playing time this year.

[warddj86]

Should win two of three. I'll say tomorrow and Tuesday, with Gomez dropping a close one late on Wednesday.

[ReAL DeAL]

I hope Choo can get something going this series, I really do. A few doubles, a homerun, and a steal would be awesome. We haven't saw this man swing a hot bat in a long time.

[Pyro]

3-3 after this series.

[sgm405]

I don't want to start a new thread on this, but Nick Camino just tweeted the following:

"Just heard Indians fans will have some more good news in the next few days. Organization looking to keep core players, I know that."

My first guess is a 4-5 year extension for Sizemore. Just kidding of course.

Let's take a look at the current roster, who the candidates may be, and what year each player is signed through:

C-Santana - 2017
2B-Kipnis - 2017
RF-Choo - 2013
SP-Masterson - 2015
SP-Jimenez - 2014

Based on that information, I'd have to guess it's either Masterson, Choo, or (dare I get greedy) both.

[BMAN]

If it's just one player, I'm hoping it is Masterson. Carlos and Kipnis are still far away from hitting free agency so I'm not too worried about them leaving just yet.

[Nom]

No way Boras lets Choo sign here. I say it is Masterson.

Love Acta getting creative with the lineup today -

Indians April 9 lineup @WhiteSox: Donald 3B Cabrera SS Choo RF Santana DH Lopez 1B Duncan LF Kipnis 2B Cunningham CF Marson CA Tomlin P

[BMAN]

I completely forgot Lopez made the team. I'm surprised Donald is leading off.

[RealKingofCleve]

Fuck Choo. Maybe he wants to do something, anything on the field before he thinks about getting a big pay day.

[Amherstcavsfan]

BRANTLEY ISN'T PLAYING! YES! YES! YES! YES!