CLEVELAND: The Indians on Friday swapped out relief pitchers, activating Zach McAllister and placing Jeff Manship on the 15-day disabled list.
McAllister had been on the disabled list since July 7 with right hip discomfort. He has a 5.40 ERA and 1.61 WHIP to go with 28 strikeouts in 26u2154 innings pitched. He worked a couple of rehab appearances with positive reports.
“[Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway] told him to treat it like it was a game,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “Because he had been pitching to some righties earlier just to try to work on it a little bit.