{"id":36291,"date":"2020-08-07T10:29:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T14:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=36291"},"modified":"2020-08-07T10:29:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T14:29:41","slug":"cleveland-indians-news-and-notes-from-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/08\/07\/cleveland-indians-news-and-notes-from-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Indians News and Notes from Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Latest on Terry Francona<\/h2>\n<p>Besides wrapping up the Ohio Cup Series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/cincinnati-reds\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cincinnati Reds<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/cleveland-indians\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Indians<\/a> made a few other moves. On the news front, the biggest story of the day was in regards to skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/francte01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Terry Francona<\/strong><\/a>. The team announced that Francona would not travel with the team to Chicago due to recent health <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2020\/08\/04\/update-on-the-health-of-terry-francona\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concerns<\/a>. Mandy Bell of MLB.com was the first to report that on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terry Francona will not travel with the team to Chicago this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mandy Bell (@MandyBell02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MandyBell02\/status\/1291443241565532160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Francona out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/alomasa02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sandy Alomar<\/strong><\/a> will continue to manage the team. Alomar has been the team&#8217;s acting manager since last Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2>Indians Roster Moves<\/h2>\n<p>With the deadline to trim MLB rosters from 30 players to 28 by 12:00 PM Eastern on Thursday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/indians\/news\/delino-deshields-activated-from-injured-list\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indians<\/a> were forced to make a couple of decisions. The first came as the team activated outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/deshide02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Delino DeShields Jr<\/strong><\/a>. DeShields Jr. came down with Covid-19 related symptoms during Summer Camp and missed the first 10 days. He was activated and in the starting lineup for Thursday&#8217;s series finale.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of activating DeShields Jr., Cleveland optioned outfielders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allengr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Greg Allen<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsda07.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Daniel Johnson<\/strong><\/a>. Allen started eight games for the Indians this year and hit .000\/.111\/.000 over eight plate appearances. Additionally, Johnson started three games in right field and one game in left field during his tenure on the big league roster. Over that span, the 25-year old made 13 plate appearances in which he hit .083\/.154\/.083 with one hit, one walk, and five strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Cleveland also designated infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/arroych01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Christian Arroyo<\/strong><\/a> for assignment. Arroyo was part of a trade involving reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/woodhu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hunter Wood<\/strong><\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/tampa-bay-rays\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> in July 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=carden000rub\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ruben Cardenas<\/strong><\/a> and international bonus slot money went the other way in that deal. Arroyo didn&#8217;t start any big league games with the Indians big league club last season. This year, he appeared in one game but did not record any plate appearances. The 25-year old was originally drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/san-francisco-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> during the first round of the 2013 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<h2>Effectiveness of the Bullpen<\/h2>\n<p>While starting pitching has been the hallmark for the Cleveland Indians so far, don&#8217;t overlook the bullpen either. The aforementioned Mandy Bell had this regarding Cleveland&#8217;s bullpen earlier on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cleveland\u2019s bullpen has a 1.34 ERA in 33.2 innings on the year. In their last eight games, the Tribe&#39;s &#39;pen has pitched 17.2 scoreless frames with 20 strikeouts and 2 walks.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mandy Bell (@MandyBell02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MandyBell02\/status\/1291542326163255300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest contributors in the bullpen so far has been right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/karinja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>James Karinchak<\/strong><\/a>. So far over six and one-third innings, Karinchak has no earned runs with three hits, two walks, ten strikeouts, and a 0.78 Fielding Independent Percentage. He was originally drafted by the organization during the ninth round of the 2017 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, another standout in the Indians bullpen has been right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hillca02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cam Hill<\/strong><\/a>. Hill has appeared in four games for the Indians and has allowed zero runs along with one save and four strikeouts. He is another pitcher that has come up through the ranks with the Indians. Hill was originally drafted during the 17th round of the 2014 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image<br \/>\n<a id=\"OyXaNrMIQyFvomp6bzKlvQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1262767706\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'OyXaNrMIQyFvomp6bzKlvQ',sig:'qSNxjPjVw09coIRhzcBZr08WSt3bFQT4MoN48Jdk26I=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1262767706',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest on Terry Francona Besides wrapping up the Ohio Cup Series against the Cincinnati Reds, the Cleveland Indians made a few other moves. On the news front, the biggest story of the day was in regards to skipper Terry Francona. 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