27-year old lefty swinging Shin-Soo Choo had a breakout year for the Indians in 2009. He played in 156 games for the Indians last season and he was 175 of 583 (.300 avg, .883 OPS) with 87 runs scored, 20 homers, 86 RBIs and 21 stolen bases. The Indians would be ecstatic if Choo puts up another season with a .300 avg with 20+ homers and 20+ stolen bases in 2010. Choo made 7 errors in 124 games in RF last season while showing good range. Choo had 11 assists last season as he showed a very strong throwing arm out of RF. If Choo can tighten up his defense a bit he could be a All-Star in 2010.

29-year old righty swinging Austin Kearns will be given a chance this spring to win a job with the Indians. He played in 80 games for the Nationals last season in which he was 34 of 174 (.195 avg, .641 OPS) with 20 runs scored, 3 homers and 17 RBIs. The Indians suspect that Kearns just had a off year as he has a career batting average of .256 with a .780 OPS in 842 games in his major league career. Kearns didn’t make any errors in 54 games last season while showing slightly above average range. Kearns showed a solid throwing arm out of RF with 5 assists there in 2009.

26-year old switch hitting Trevor Crowe played in 5 games in RF for the Indians last season in which he made 1 error while showing outstanding range.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE RF IN 2010: B