PT TOMORROW: AL Central—The starting rotation carousel in CLE

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland rotation is in flux as two of its pillars recover from injuries.  Mike Clevinger (RHP, CLE) looks to return in June as he works his way back from a back injury, while Corey Kluber (RHP, CLE) who is out with a broken forearm hopes he can come back in August.  Filling in currently are Jefry Rodriguez (RHP, CLE) who’s been up since the second week of May, and Adam Plutko (RHP, CLE) who just made his second start this week. 

Control problems continue to plague Rodriguez at all levels as his 14/8 K/BB ratio over 16.1 Triple-A innings and 23/13 K/BB ratio over 35.1 major league innings this year show.  In his career, he has given up 50 bases on balls over 87.1 innings at the major league level and unless he can...

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