Winter Haven Live: 3/11

With the Indians out of town in Tampa, the minor leaguers dominated the practice fields and attention from the few fans in attendance. Obviously, with the big crowd attractions from the major league camp playing in Tampa and no game scheduled in Winter Haven, there were only a handful of fans present.

However, for avid minor league followers such as me, it was heaven.

Minor league camp started late last week, and minor leaguers were all over the place in filling six practice fields. Prospects from every level of the organization littered the spring training complex, as players bustled about to get from field to field to take part in various activites. On one field you had pitchers working on pick off moves to first base while other players played pepper in the outfield, and then on another field you had players taking live batting practice with other players working on running from second to home on the hit.  And, on the remaining fields, there were various activities that players took part in such as working on getting good secondary leads at second base and positioning in the infield.

Here are some random shots of the action from camp Sunday.

The ballpark:

Indians outfield prospect Jordan Brown (#30) hanging around the cages:

Indians outfield prospect John Drennen (#26) gets ready to take some swings and hustles to the next field:

Various shots of the players going through drills on each field:

Random players hanging around the cages:

Jose Constanza (#20) and Brian Finegan (#12) chatting it up in the outfield while shagging balls:

Brian Barton (#28) taking instruction and in action:

Brian Barton and Ryan Mulhern (#24):