DIVISIONAL OUTLOOK: AL Central—Indians, Twins rotations shuffled

Cleveland Indians

With the injury to Scott Kazmir (LHP, CLE), the Indians rotation has been shuffled. Kazmir was initially expected to only miss a start, but he has been placed on the DL and is not expected back until late April. Trevor Bauer (RHP, CLE) picked up Kazmir's scheduled start last Saturday, walked seven batters in his Indians debut and was sent back to the minors. Carlos Carrasco (RHP, CLE), who was scheduled to start the season in Triple-A after serving a suspension has now been inserted into the rotation. As mentioned here last week, Carrasco's command and strong ground ball skills merit a close watch now that he has a rotation spot at least until Kazmir comes back.

Jason Giambi (1B/DH, CLE) is scheduled to be activated...

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