Quote to note

"We call him the silent assassin, because he doesn't say anything, but he speaks loud with his bat. That's what we used to call him when I was in Minnesota, and he's still doing the same thing. He can hit. I think he's gotten better on defense, so I think it's going to help them out a lot."
-- Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter, on the Indians adding Kubel, his former teammate with the Twins