While the Cleveland Indians find themselves in a stalemate with their potential trade partners, their enemies to the north just nabbed up a key contributor from the Tribe’s 2019 bullpen.
Tyler Clippard signed a one-year deal worth $2.75 million with the Twins on Friday. The Indians will now see his effective, low-velocity stuff coming across the plate from a different point of view.
Clippard was one of the Tribe’s most dependable relievers in 2019, posting his lowest ERA since 2014 and the lowest walk rate of his career, while minimizing big-time damage to the tune of a 9.