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Triston McKenzie starts for Cleveland Wednesday

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Triston McKenzie will make his third start for the Cleveland Baseball Club as they look to win their second straight game in Kansas City.

The Cleveland Baseball Club is looking to win their series in Kansas City and they will send 23-year old right hander Triston McKenzie to the mound. McKenzie will be making his third start for Cleveland after being called up last month.

Through his first two starts Triston McKenzie has struck out 13 batters in 10 innings leading to a 2.70 ERA and 0.900 WHIP. McKenzie has been as good as advertised and a continuation of his success is not out of the question. Although McKenzie will have to be careful against a Royals team which can present problems for even the best of pitchers.

The Royals will start Jakob Junis and Cleveland has been successful against him in the past. Francisco Lindor is an impressive 16-32 with 4 home runs, 3 doubles, and 1 triple against Junis. Carlos Santana is also hitting .500 against Junis, going 7-14. with a double. Tyler Naquin has gone 7-17 with a home run while driving in 5 runs. Jose Ramirez has 8 hits in 29 at-bats including 2 doubles and a homer.

It is worth mentioning that there are Cleveland batters who have not been successful against Jakob Junis. Oscar Mercado is 2-15 with 4 strikeouts. Roberto Perez does have a double, but is 1-9 otherwise and has struck out 3 times. Cesar Hernandez has only faced Junis twice but is hitless in both at-bats.

Wednesday’s game is scheduled to start at 8:05 P.M.

Triston McKenzie to remain in rotation

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The Cleveland Baseball Club intends to keep starting pitcher Triston McKenzie in their rotation.

Prepare to be dazzled, Triston McKenzie will remain in the rotation for the Cleveland Baseball Club.

McKenzie was fantastic in his MLB debut Saturday as he struck out 10 batters, the second-highest for a Cleveland pitcher in their debut. Adam Plutko’s status for Wednesday is up in the air as the team has not made a decision about his next start.

What this does mean is that there is some uncertainty about the futures of Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac. Both have been banished from the team, exiled if you will. Right now Cleveland is France and they are both Napoleon. The question is are they exiled on Elba preparing to return or are they located on Saint Helena where a return did not occur.

Triston McKenzie strikes out 10 in MLB debut

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Cleveland Baseball Club pitcher Triston McKenzie struck out 10 batters and came away with his first win in his MLB debut Saturday.

Well this should sound familiar, a Cleveland pitcher made a dominant start in 2020. Triston McKenzie struck out 10 batters in his MLB debut and won the first game of his career in Saturday’s 6-1 win.

McKenzie’s 10 strikeouts were the second-highest for a Cleveland pitcher in their MLB debut, only Luis Tiant struck out more (11).

Triston McKenzie allowed only 1 run on 2 hits in 6 innings, that run came in the 4th inning when former Cleveland prospect Willi Castro hit a solo home run. The only other hit allowed by McKenzie was a Jeimer Candelario double in the 5th inning.

The Cleveland offense immediately after McKenzie pitched his final inning. Cleveland scored 4 runs in the 6th inning, 3 of which came on a bases loaded double from Domingo Santana. Roberto Perez would drive in Santana with an RBI single shortly after. Carlos Santana would add another run in the 7th with a sacrifice fly. A Cesar Hernandez RBI single in the 8th would give Cleveland a comfortable 6-1 lead.

The bullpen was able to preserve the game after Triston McKenzie exited after the 6th inning. Nick Wittgren and James Karinchak did not allow a baserunner and struck out 3 batters. Adam Cimber pitched the 9th inning, allowing a double to Victor Reyes but he did not come around to score.

Cleveland looks to start new win streak vs Detroit

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The Cleveland Baseball Club is looking to start a new winning streak against the Detroit Tigers after a disappointing 10-5 loss Friday.

Triston McKenzie will take the mound for the Cleveland Baseball Club as they look to rebound from their win streak snapping loss Friday. McKenzie will be making his long awaited MLB debut and he will square off against Matthew Boyd.

Matthew Boyd has not had a good start to this season. Boyd has allowed 25 runs in 23.1 innings this season, including 8 home runs. This has led to a subpar 9.64 ERA and 1.886 WHIP. The once promising Tigers pitcher has been quite the disappointment this season. Perhaps facing Matthew Boyd could help jumpstart their anemic offense.

Cleveland shortstop Francisco Lindor has quite the track record against Boyd. Lindor is 9-27 with 2 doubles and 2 home runs, this matchup could be exactly what he needs to get back into the groove. Over his last 10 games Lindor is slashing .233/.313/.349 with a .661 OPS. 3 of Lindor’s 10 hits over this span have been for extra-bases (2 doubles, 1 home run). The problem is that more is expected out of someone the caliber of Lindor.

Another player in need of a turnaround at the plate is Jose Ramirez. Ramirez has struggled during the month of August with a .153/.253/.347/.600 slash line. The only bright side is 7 of his 11 hits were of the extra-base variety (3 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs). Ramirez is 7-27 (1 triple, 2 home runs) in his career against Boyd and this could be the springboard to producing at the plate at the level Cleveland needs.

Jordan Luplow is another player who has found success against Matthew Boyd. Luplow is known for crushing left-handers and Boyd is no exception with 2 home runs in 9 at-bats.

The game is scheduled to start at 7:10 P.M.

Triston McKenzie to debut Saturday vs. Tigers

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23-year old pitching prospect Triston McKenzie will be make his long awaited debut for the Cleveland Baseball Club.

The Cleveland Baseball Club will have a new face in the pitching rotation this weekend. Highly regarded pitching prospect Triston McKenzie will be making his debut against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.

Cleveland selected Triston McKenzie in the 1st round of the 2015 MLB Draft. McKenzie has spent four years in the Cleveland system, compiling a 2.68 ERA and 0.997 WHIP across all levels In his most recent season (2018) McKenzie went 7-4 with a 2.68 ERA, 1.004 WHIP, and 8.6 K/9. Unfortunately McKenzie would miss all of the 2019 season due to injury.

Other news related to this decision is that this was supposed to be the day that Zach Plesac would start if he were with the club.

The performance of McKenzie could very well determine the fate of not one, but two Cleveland pitchers. Zach Plesac and Mike Clevinger were both optioned and have not yet rejoined the team. If MeKenzie were to pitch well th team would be able to justify sending one, if not both pitchers packing. On the other hand this could be a showcase in order to deal McKenzie. Things are about to get really interesting for Cleveland with the trade deadline less than two weeks away.

Indians send three down to Minor League camp

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The Cleveland Indians have sent three pitchers down to Minor League camp, Sam Hentges, Triston McKenzie, and Jean Carlos Meija.

The Cleveland Indians were going to have to make some roster moves sooner or later and they have decided to start with three pitchers. Sam Hentges, Triston McKenzie, and Jean Carlos Mejia are now in Minor League camp per MLB.com’s Mandy Bell.

Hentges, McKenize, and Mejia are now with the Akron RubberDucks.

These three moves are not all that surprising. Cleveland has plenty of options available to them at the Major League level and they need to sort them out. Add in the fact that Hentges and Mejia have not pitched all that well in games in Arizona it was only a matter of time.

Sam Hentges 3 G 2.2 IP 13.50 ERA 3.000 WHIP 5 ER 4 H 3 BB 2 K
Jean Carlos Mejia 4 G 5 IP 5.40 ERA 1.400 WHIP 3 ER 4 H 1 HR 3 BB 7 K

Triston McKenzie has not pitched this spring and is working his way back from injuries which sidelined him for all of 2019.

Jean Carlos Mejia’s last outing did not go well. Mejia was part of the bullpen imposing in Saturday’s loss to the Cubs.

The Indians will continue to sort out their rotation and bullpen as Spring Training continues.