The Indians are getting closer to the regular season, and the team seems to have a lock on who their first three pitchers will be out of the gate. Manager Terry Francona and the staff have to decide on two things, one being if the club will go with a five or six-man rotation to start the year, and just who those pitchers may be to take the hill for the club.
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00:00I'm Matt Lodi with Cleveland Baseball Insider here on SI.com.
00:04The Cleveland Indians are now just over a week away from the start of the regular season
00:09at Progressive Field as they'll take on the Kansas City Royals.
00:12Manager Terry Francona admitting on Thursday that the top three in the pitching rotation
00:16is basically set.
00:18He said that Shane Bieber will get the start on opening night against Kansas City, followed
00:21by Mike Clevenger and then Carlos Carrasco.
00:24The big question mark is what happens after that.
00:27There's a couple of youngsters in the rotation from last year that want to be a part of it
00:30again in 2020.
00:32One is Aaron Savali who started 10 games a year ago with an impressive 2.34 ERA.
00:37The other is Zach Plusak who started 21 games and won seven of them.
00:41Then there's Adam Plutko who could also come out of the pen or also be a starter.
00:45It all depends on if the Indians want to go with five or six-man rotation to start the
00:49season.
00:50Don't forget the Tribe has 17 in a row to start the year, so that could make Terry Francona's
00:54decision even more interesting.
00:56From Progressive Field, I'm Matt Lodi for Cleveland Baseball Insider on SI.com.