The Indians Thursday activated for the first time in 2020 outfielder Delino DeShields, who joins the team after missing the first part of summer camp with a positive Covid-19 test. DeShields adds speed to the team as acting manager Sandy Alomar Jr. points out.
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00:00It brings a dynamic to the ballclub, a speed dynamic, that can help tremendously.
00:05The issue is the amount of at-bats we have for everybody, and with a limited amount of games,
00:13we have to figure out, you know, talk to Tito and to Chris about how are we going to rotate the outfield.
00:20Hopefully we can look at displays and situations like that, but sometimes that's not even going to match.
00:26So we have to use the situation, how can you disrupt the opposition.
00:33At times when you have speed, the pitching tends to suffer a little bit,
00:37because if you get guys on base and if you're able to work a walk or something like that,
00:41then speed can disrupt pitching, so we can use that to our advantage.