Indians' Michael Brantley: Hopes to ramp up rehab process soon

The Indians are hopeful that Brantley (shoulder) will be able to ramp up his rehab work soon, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. "He'll take some dry swings today and might do some tee work depending on how he feels," said manager Terry Francona. "We haven't been real aggressive with this. We wanted to let this anti-inflammatory shot really do its work. Now we'll start to ramp him up. Like we said all along, we want him to get better and stay better. So we've been a little bit cautious the first nine or 10 days back into it."

Analysis:

The Indians figure to proceed with caution to make sure Brantley's able to avoid any further setbacks once he's back in the lineup, but he doesn't appear to be near an imminent return given his current status.