Monster Hunter: World is being turned into a board game by the experienced team at Steamforged Games. Mike Clevinger to the Padres again showed how the Indians do business, and why fans get upset about it. The Indians last season acquired relief pitcher Hunter Wood from the Tampa Bay Rays for some depth in the team's bullpen. Any offer/trade will be marginal or deeply buried in the low minors.. Who knows with the way MiLB is being treated right now.. we’ll see..Possible target for the Red Sox? Hunter Wood gets called up on Monday and earns save. With Clevinger gone the team needed a starter for Tuesday, and the club announced Monday they will give that spot in the rotation to Zach Plesac, who along with Clevinger was sent to the team's alternate training site after they violated team rules in Chicago.The Indians got another excellent start from pitcher Shane Bieber on Monday night, as he went six innings striking out nine, but the Royals rallied for two in the eighth against the Tribe pen as they beat Cleveland 2-1 for the Indians second straight loss. Maton takes a different approach to get batters out. Wood was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Thursday.. Wood is likely unavailable for a day or … He didn't get much, more so after the season was pushed back and then he struggled out of the gate, and Monday when the team needed to make a roster move, the team decided they had seen enough, designating him for assignment.The Indians and Padres mega deal from Monday is going to have a long standing effect on each franchise. All but 14 of his 211 sliders were thrown against righties last year. The Indians seem determined to deal pitcher Mike Clevinger by the 4pm deadline, and there's a couple teams in the mix that want to grab this services, but what they are willing to give up is another story. I’m assuming Chaim Bloom was a part of the front office that originally brought him in so there could be some familiarity there — and if he posts numbers similar to the ones he has the past few years, he’d actually instantly be one of their better pitchers.I donât like this move.
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In 2019, that usage percentage dropped to 5.1% of his 752 pitches.One reason for this may have been a drop-off in, well, drop.Wood’s curve dropped an average of 67.9 inches in 2018, 7.0 more inches than similar curveballs at his velocity. While he's not with the team anymore, Clevinger's impact will be felt for a long time to come with the players the Indians got back.Monday saw again the Indians take a solid piece of talent from their pitching staff who is an established number two in the rotation, and trade him away for six players that most know next to nothing about. Hunter Wood, , , stats and updates at CBSSports.com. The Indians announced this morning in setting their 30-man roster for Opening Day that right-hander Hunter Wood has been designated for assignment. That said, 56.8% of the curves he’s thrown over the last two years landed in the heart or shadow zone of the plate, so it isn’t as if it’s a junk pitch he’s trying to get hitters to chase.In conclusion, the best answer I can give for this mystery is -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.I’m not here to tell a pitcher how to do his job, nor am I trying to portray Wood’s curve as one of the league’s deadliest pitches.Still, considering the severely paltry numbers opposing hitters have against it, you can see why increasing his curve usage might serve Wood well in the long run.The Indians Monday traded away number two starter Mike Clevinger to the Padres, but it wasn't easy letting him go. Baseball Savant ranks it in the 26th percentile. Likewise, righties generated stronger results against his slider last year, while lefties had trouble making contact count against his changeup.Now let’s compare these numbers to those against Wood’s curve.2018 -- 124 pitches, .179 avg, 48.3% strikeout rate, .164 wOBAWood has thrown 162 curves over the past two seasons, giving up only five hits, all of which came in 2018. It’s not bad, but a notable change.Despite this, it’s still a bit difficult to explain why Wood all but ditched this pitch last season.