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Cleveland Baseball Team news
9 Under-the-Radar Pitchers with Money Pitches in 2020 | Pitcher List
Ben Palmer over at Pitcher List highlighted Aaron Civale’s curveball as one excellent pitch that most baseball fans might not know about. To build on what Ben said: Civale’s curveball also has one of the highest spin rates in baseball and its spin direction mirrors well with his sinker.
Projecting the Cleveland Indians starting lineups ahead of Spring Training | WKYC
WKYC has Andrés Giménez starting against right-handed pitchers out of the gate (as opposed to working on his pickoff move in Triple-A), which is either optimistic or naive.
Top 10 player nicknames in Indians history | MLB
Pronk is an elite nickname in all of baseball, not just in Cleveland.
Around the league
- Royals pitcher Josh Staumont talked with FanGraphs about his craft.
- The Mets still want Kris Bryant.
- Marwin Gonzalez is headed to Boston.
- Wendy’s straight-up murdered the Rays Twitter account.
- Clayton Kershaw had a lengthy interview with the Los Angeles Times.