Cleveland recalls Mercado, Allen, place Naylor on IL

The Cleveland Baseball Club has recalled Oscar Mercado and Logan Allen while placing Josh Naylor on the injured list and optioning Kyle Nelson.

A handful of moves were made by the Cleveland Baseball Club Monday afternoon. Josh Naylor was placed on the injured list after his injury in Sunday’s loss to the Twins. The team proceeded to recall Oscar Mercado as they needed an outfielder in addition to also recalling Logan Allen to help out their depleted pitching staff. In addition to those moves the team also optioned Kyle Nelson to Triple-A Columbus.

The plan is to start Logan Allen on Thursday, but Terry Francona that could change if needed.

Cleveland has needed to be flexible and adapt as needed this season. Even with all of the injuries and adversity this team has faced they are miraculously just 2 games behind the division leading White Sox and 2.5 games behind the Oakland Athletics for the second Wild Card spot.