CLEVELAND -- With shoulder-length hair shooting out from underneath his cap, Mike Clevinger was a wild horse when he joined the Indians a couple seasons ago. The Tribe had a promising prospect on its hands, but one who also would be a long-term project and whose success would be reliant on his complete buy-in.
Two years later, Clevinger is pitching in critical games for Cleveland, and the rookie could soon be tested on the October stage.
"You see the smile on my face, right?" Ruben Niebla, the Indians' Minor League pitching coordinator, said on Monday morning.