The Indians have announced the resolutions for two pitchers who were recently designated for assignment. Lefty Jeff Beliveau will remain in the organization after being outrighted, while right-hander Matt Belisle has chosen free agency after he cleared waivers.
Beliveau has the right to take a trip onto the open market, having previously been outrighted off of a 40-man roster. But he’ll instead stay with Cleveland and hope for another opportunity to open there.
Though he was knocked around during his brief time in the majors this year, Beliveau is at least a useful depth piece for a relief staff that has endured some early challenges. He also turned in an eye-opening 8 2/3 inning stint at Triple-A to open the season, with a 14:1 K/BB ratio and just two hits on his ledger.
It seems Belisle will seek better fortunes elsewhere. The 37-year-old has surrendered six earned runs in 10 1/3 innings to open the year, with just one walk but also only four strikeouts. He has appeared in 15 MLB campaigns, working to a cumulative 4.20 ERA in 905 total frames.
at this rate beliveau will be back at some point
Neither a great loss.
CLE front office loves to gamble on these kind of bullpen guys. Thinking over the past few years, sometimes taking a win (Atchison, Otero, Olson, Goody, Manship…)
No such luck so far this year.
We’re also only a month into the season; Olson didn’t come up until last summer.
We’ve been spoiled with Micky Calloway…now Carl Willis is back and everyone in the pen has fallen off.