CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians are ready to give starter Mike Clevinger another chance -- and the ball.
"They want the opportunity to be given the chance to prove that they changed. The Indians got a large package of nothing in return for Mike Clevinger.
ET, live on MLB.TV).CLEVELAND -- For the first time in three weeks, starter The Indians announced on Tuesday that Clevinger will be recalled from Lake County, Ohio, prior to the series finale against Minnesota on Wednesday (7:10 p.m. I need to contribute, and not be a distraction.”Clevinger said he had been texting back and forth with a few players prior to his arrival, and following Wednesday’s game he struck all the right notes of contrition.“This is such a great group of guys.
By But now, not only will he have to worry about the sharpness of his stuff after missing three weeks of action, he'll also have to focus on repairing his relationships with his teammates, which Antonetti said is off to a decent start.
""It’s been time consuming to say the least," said starter After the Indians learned that Plesac broke team protocols in Chicago on Aug. 8, the team sent him home via car service immediately the next morning to eliminate any potential risk of COVID-19 exposure. Cleveland is aiming to contend this year, but ownership has resisted investing in the roster at adequate levels. The arrogance that Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac have brought to this situation has made a return to the Cleveland Indians almost impossible at this … Cleveland pitcher Mike Clevinger knows he has some work to do to get into the good graces of his All’s well that ends well, even when it started awful, and then got worse.Cleveland Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger had a successful – “triumphant” might be overstating it – return to the mound on Wednesday, pitching six solid innings in his first appearance in an Indians’ uniform since he and teammate Zach Plesac were taken off the roster over two weeks ago for violating the Indians’ and Major League Baseball’s protocol.Although he didn’t get the win in Cleveland’s 6-3 victory over division-rival Minnesota, Clevinger flashed peak Clevinger after a bumpy first couple of innings. The next day Indians officials took both pitchers off the roster, placed them on the restricted list, and sent them to the team’s alternate site.On Tuesday, Indians president Chris Antonetti announced that Clevinger was being added to the roster, put back into the rotation, and would start Wednesday night’s game against a Twins team the Indians are competing with for the AL Central title.“Knowing how tight this race is right now kind of over-shadowed my anxiousness to do well for my redemption,” Clevinger said.Antonetti said that he felt the team was ready to welcome back Clevinger, but that didn’t lessen the awkwardness of his first day back with the team.“It was my mistake, my mess-up that caused a whirlwind for everybody,” he said.
I’m walking on a tightrope right now, as I should be.
The outfield situation, however, begs for improvement, and Clevinger's value is such that he could fetch a true difference-maker. Cantillo struggled in three starts of A+ ball late last season before being shut down in August due to reaching a new career-high in innings, but he had acquitted himself well in A ball prior to that, recording a 1.93 ERA, 2.15 FIP, 11.76 K/9, and 0.28 HR/9 in 98 innings pitched in Fort Wayne.The No. “It wasn’t my place to come into the clubhouse and be the same sunshine and rah-rah guy. Quantrill was denied a spot in the rotation coming into this season and has been relegated to a bullpen role. Cleveland right-hander Mike Clevinger will return to the active roster in time to start Wednesday at home in the series finale against the AL Central-leading Twins. Cantillo is a 20-year-old left-hander who was a mid-round selection out of high school in the 2017 MLB Draft. Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Mike Clevinger went from being a linchpin in their rotation to banned from the team for breaking COVID-19 protocols.
August 25, 2020 He says his focus lies only on pitching for the Indians.“I’m trying to win a ring for the Tribe, until they tell me I can’t wear their uniform,” he said. That (trade speculation) is not something I’m thinking about.”I write about the Indians and Browns for Forbes, and I have a new book out: Mike Hargrove and the Cleveland Indians: A Baseball Life.