CLEVELAND -- There was a point in the second half last season when former Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway sat down with Josh Tomlin to go over the starter's pitch usage. It was more of a reminder than anything else. Callaway wanted to again stress that Tomlin needed to lean hard on his curveball, and the coach pulled up numbers to back that up.
"I used to always say my cutter is my best pitch," Tomlin said. "But, looking at the data, looking at the stuff that doesn't lie, then you see it. OK, there it is.