Travis Hafner Plans on Returning This Year

While there have been problems aplenty in Cleveland with the Indians this season, a lot of the team's offensive struggles can be attributed to the fact they've gotten absolutely nothing out of Travis Hafner this year. After having an MVP-caliber season in 2006 (.308 42 HR 117 RBI 1.098 OPS), Hafner struggled last season hitting only .266. Of course, even though he was struggling, he still managed to hit 24 homers and drive in 100 runs.

The Indians probably wish he could struggle so much this season, but Pronk's been battling a bad shoulder injury since May and hasn't played a game since being placed on the DL back on May 25th. Still, despite the fact his shoulder is healing incredibly slowly, Pronk still thinks he'll be back in time this season...

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