Last week I wrote about the prospect of Mike Clevinger hitting a wall in his 2018 performance as he moves into uncharted territory as far as innings pitched. Literally that night he made me look the fool by posting a seven-inning, five-hit, one-run performance against Minnesota. It wasn’t a perfect performance, but he looked fine. The Indians ended up winning, the Twins looked stymied, and despite the comparative lack of strikeouts Clevinger quieted my worries.
Monday, though, he was kind of all over the place, walking a season high six batters, striking out only four, and making it merely through the fifth on 105 pitches.