The Indians designated left-hander Kelvin De La Cruz for assignment, according to MLB.com's transactions page (hat tip: Jordan Bastian). The move creates 40-man roster space for Casey Kotchman.
De La Cruz spent the 2011 season at Double-A, where he posted a 4.19 ERA with 9.9 K/9 and 6.0 BB/9 in 86 innings as a starter and reliever. The 6'5" 23-year-old has a 4.21 ERA with 8.9 K/9 and 4.9 BB/9 in six minor league seasons spent mostly in the rotation.
chico65
Kelvin couldn’t stay hot long enough to stick in the big leagues
chico65
I guess I’ve got the wrong audience for puns about units of temperature
leachim2
I get it. Just kinda nerdy.
chico65
Eh. No one bats 1.000
dpm21
punny punny
bigpat
How many De La Cruz’s are there? My goodness.
CandyMaldonadoLand
There goes the Indians season…
Josh Mohr
Jocketty, snatch him up just like you did Josh Judy. 1 open spot on the 40 man, get rid of Kris Negron
Max Yarnovich
why didn’t they get rid of shelley duncan or corey kluber