Michaels Batting 2nd Against Lefties

Since today's first game is against a left handed pitcher, we get a peak at Jason Michaels before we do David Dellucci. And an interesting decision has come to light with that. It turns out Eric Wedge will be going with Michaels in the 2 hole rather than Asdrubal Cabrera, who will bat in the 7th spot. However Cabrera will still bat 2nd against right handed pitchers. This could be because of 1 of 2 things. They don't want to put that much pressure on the young Cabrera. Or the Indians just like Michaels. I know I do in terms of a left handed hitting role player. Michaels is a scrappy guy and will make those small plays, a guy that will take some pitches and lay down a bunt. Or it could be a little bit of both.

(tribetimereport.com)