Plutko has been named Friday's starter against the Royals, the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Zack Meisel reports.

EDGE Analysis

The 24-year-old rookie is a pretty standard organizational depth piece. He's not good enough to ever be a big part of the rotation plans, but he's serviceable enough to step in and make a spot start when necessary. Given the injuries in the rotation, the Indians are going with bullpen games Wednesday and Thursday with Plutko starting Friday before they set their rotation for the postseason. Plutko had a 4.10 ERA and 1.34 WHIP with 67 strikeouts in 90 innings at Triple-A this year and serves as a low-end streaming option Friday.