Brady Aiken returns to Indians in Goodyear

After stepping away from baseball Brady Aiken has returned to the Cleveland Indians. Aiken is at the Indians Spring Training complex in Arizona. Before even getting started on any sort of pitching program, Aiken and the team are evaluating his health.  

This is the best course of action. Brady Aiken has not exactly had a lot of success. Aiken has been a part of the Indians organization since 2016 and has not advanced past A ball. In three seasons Aiken has appeared in 43 games. Aiken’s performance has not been great. 

5.18 ERA 1.760 WHIP 7.4 K/9

This was in 179 innings pitched over the past four seasons. His last full season in 2017 was quite alarming. 

27 games 132 IP 4.77 ERA 1.780 WHIP 89 SO 101 BB

Yikes. 101 walks to only 89 strikeouts. Not necessarily a good combo. In order for Aiken to take that next step forward he will need to limit the walks. Well, when he actually starts pitching again. As mentioned above, they have not put together a pitching plan for the 23-year old lefty.

The interesting thing about the return of Brady Aiken is that he’s a lefty. The Indians signed Ty Boyles and Wes Helsabeck, both left handed. It seems like Cleveland has identified a lack of left handed pitching in their organization and are attempting to try and resolve this particular issue.