Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Adam Plutko will be recalled from the minors to start on Saturday against the Orioles. As a result, Shane Bieber and Carlos Carrasco will be pushed back to Sunday and Monday, respectively. The Tribe will face the A's at home on Monday. Plutko, 27, got off to a late start for Triple-A Columbus due to injury and is 0-2 with a ghastly 10.13 ERA, 1.50 [...]

Things aren't going well for the Cleveland Indians in 2019. The offense did very little to try and improve over the offseason, watching left fielderMichael Brantley and catcher Yan Gomes walk and trading slugger Edwin Encarnacion and infielder Yandy Diaz. Carlos Santana has looked great, but Jake Bauers has not performed as well as Diaz and the catching and outfield positions have been disasters.Then, there are the injuries. Oh boy. Jose Ramirez is healthy now but he missed some time in spring t[...]

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Adam Plutko was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Thursday. Plutko filled in for a few games as a starter last season, but struggled to a 5.28 ERA. He'll serve as rotation depth at Triple-A, but will likely see at least a few starts if injuries strike the Cleveland starting rotation. He doesn't need to be owned in the majority of fantasy formats.

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You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 24! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 24, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher.  If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a j[...]

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 23! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 23, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher.  If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a j[...]

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago by completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster and you can't drop anyone. But for those of us with a couple of guys on the roster fringes, it's never too early to look into targeting a specific player or two to [...]

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Adam Plutko ended up not factoring in the decision on Wednesday, pitching 5 1/3 innings while allowing two runs on five hits and two walks. He struck out five and hit a batter with a pitch. Plutko's ERA moved down to 4.94 with the effort. He's been a streaming option at best lately, but should stick in the rotation.

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 22! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 22, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher.  If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a j[...]

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Adam Plutko pitched poorly on Thursday, taking a loss against the Boston Red Sox. He allowed five runs on five hits and five walks in just 4 1/3 innings. Plutko had trouble throwing strikes, with only 65 of his 101 pitches ending up in the strike zone. The loss evened his record at 4.04 and bloated his ERA to 5.09. He's not a recommended fantasy option at this point.