PITTSBURGH – High-pitched pitching prospect Triston McKenzie is scheduled to make his big league debut Saturday night for the Cleveland Indians. The right-hander will start at home against Detroit. He worked at the Indians’ Alternative Education Site in Eastlake, Ohio. The Indians announced McKenzie as likely on Saturday for Thursday …
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PITTSBURGH – Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will miss his team’s three-game series against the Pirates, which begins Tuesday night. General manager Mike Chernoff said Francona will have a “planned procedure” to address a gastrointestinal problem. Francona also missed seven games August 3-9 due to illness. The Indians are hopeful …
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9:29 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Poor: Inside the Billions Mystery of the Most Valuable Trademark in Sports” During a test meeting Friday, Cleveland Indians players teamed up with teammates Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac for breaking protocol and going out in Chicago, and at …
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CLEVELAND (AP) – After hearing Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac explain their actions, the Cleveland Indians sent the pitchers to their alternative training site on Friday after the two broken team rules and Major League Baseball coronavirus protocol last weekend in Chicago. Clevinger and Plesac traveled separately to Detroit on …
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The Cleveland Indians activated pitchers Zach Plesac and Mike Clevinger from the restricted list Friday and bought them on the team’s alternative training site. The pitchers were placed on the restricted list on Tuesday for violating Major League Baseball protocols related to the coronavirus pandemic. Chris Antonetti, the president of …
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