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Giants' Hunter Pence: Will bat cleanup Friday

Pence (side) is in the lineup for Friday's spring training opener against the Reds, CSN Bay Area reports.

Analysis:

Pence was dealing with an intercostal injury, but he and the organization downplayed it over the past couple of weeks. With his name popping up in the starting lineup, it appears that there was nothing to worry about. Pence has had serious injuries derail his 2015 and 2016 seasons, so he is no longer the model of reliability he used to be in his younger days, but it sounds like the eccentric outfielder is healthy heading into the 2017 season.

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