Who is indians closer

Bieber Shane Bieber A. Civale Indians' Aaron Civale: Finishes season positively. Indians' Aaron Civale: Finishes season positively. Indians' Triston McKenzie: Allows four in loss. Clase Emmanuel Clase. Karinchak James Karinchak. Stephan Trevor Stephan. Garza Justin Garza. Hentges Sam Hentges. Gose Indians' Anthony Gose: Solid showing as pitcher. Indians' Anthony Gose: Solid showing as pitcher. Allen Logan Allen. Sandlin Shoulder: Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, Shoulder: Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, Hedges Austin Hedges.

First Base. Second Base. Tight, maybe. Trying too hard, definitely. Indians rookie right-hander Trevor Stephan. Hey, Hoynsie: What is the plan for Trevor Stephan? Hey, Don: Stephan made his first appearance since April 28 on Friday night during a loss to Seattle.

The Indians made a commitment to Stephan when they decided to keep him as a Rule 5 pick. This is one of them. Right-hander Emmanuel Clase consistently hits mph for the Indians. Fans at Progressive Field know that because of Statcast technology. Joshua Gunter, cleveland. Can you illuminate me on how this is done?

Is a person involved or is there some kind of technology that measures the speed, spinning of the seams, drop etc. Leach, Strongsville. Hey, C. The system uses a series of high-resolution optical cameras along with radar equipment. After the break, Karinchak saw his numbers rocket up to 8. He also struck out just six, seeing his strikeouts per nine plummet to 4. On top of that, opposing batters saw their average against Karinchak jump up points.

However, his miles per hour has actually gone up for both. He throws a fastball and a curveball. Throwing highs is great, but when you throw it constantly, hitters will begin to time that up.

Add in the fact that his only other pitch is a curveball and it becomes rather easy to see why hitters are starting to figure out how to approach the reliever. A curveball requires a slightly different motion and the spin is rather easy to notice compared to a fastball for major league pitchers. Once batters learned to identify the two pitches from each other, Karinchak began to struggle. What he needs to do is develop a third pitch.

Given what he already has in his arsenal, something in the off-speed range would be ideal. A changeup or splitter could really add a new layer to his game. A changeup uses the same motion as a fastball, which would force batters to be on their toes a bit more and make Karinchak less predictable and noticeable to batters.

Adding a changeup creates more guessing between the pitches and makes preparation much more difficult. Even better, there seems to be a reasonable answer to the issue.