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GM Mike Chernoff: Cleveland Indians plan to have Josh Tomlin in the starting rotation

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If Josh Tomlin is already penciled in as a member of the Indians' rotation, he doesn't want to know.

"I don't think I'm going to change my mindset," Tomlin said Tuesday, the day he and the Indians finalized a two-year contract extension. "I don't want to."

The Indians locked up Tomlin through the 2017 season on a deal worth $5.5 million. The club presented the idea of an extension when the two sides negotiated a pact to avoid arbitration nearly two weeks ago.

Tomlin will earn $2.25 million in 2016, $2.5 million in 2017 and the Indians hold a $3 million option -- or a $750,000 buyout -- on the right-hander for the 2018 campaign, a source told cleveland.