An Opening Day roster with Mercado In the best-case scenario, the Indians will receive no further news Friday morning after Mercado is evaluated and he’s able to get himself back in exhibition action before Opening Day. Both his wOBA (.135) and wRC+ (-24) are significantly below average. He’s logged just two walks on the season, and has a strikeout rate of 30.2%.There’s been little change in his average exit velocity (88.7 mph) and hard hit rate (35.7%). 4:13 pm ETI agree that CBS Sports can send me the "Fantasy Baseball Today Newsletter" newsletter.

It’s hardly a large enough sample size to make any definitive judgement, especially when it comes to his ability to duplicate last season’s success.That said, if the goal was to prove his doubters wrong this year, Mercado is off to a rough start.A few weeks into the new year, we’re seeing more of the trends which made prognosticators question the success of his rookie season.Mercado is currently slashing .122/.163/.122. His actions have put the team at serious risk.The Indians outfield remains a serious work in progress now 19 games into the 2020 season, but one issue that the team seems to have is having 2-3 different outfielders every night. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.Of the 163 pitches he’s faced this year, 48% have been fastballs, while 45% were breaking balls. New third base coach Tony Mansolino tried to stop Mercado, but was not very lucky. Cleveland Indians outfielder Oscar Mercado is in the lineup Saturday in the team's game against the Detroit Tigers. The team also stated they have sent the two pitchers to the club's alternate training site in Lake County, making it cloudy as to when they will return to the team's rotation.The Indians and Tigers will go to battle for the first time in 2020 this weekend in Detroit, and in getting set for the weekend set we caught up with "Tiger Baseball Report" editor Genna Rose about what to expect this weekend when the two teams do battle.The Cleveland Indians as a team are in trouble after this past weekend's games in Chicago, as the team had two starting pitchers go out without permission, putting themselves and the rest of the team at risk. Zach Plesac was sent home on Sunday, and Mike Clevinger never told the team he was in that group, and flew home Sunday with the team. 17 mins ago Cleveland Indians outfielder Oscar Mercado was a top 150 draft choice in most formats entering the 2020 season, but after his treacherous … Join our game thread tonight and have your voice heard as we watch this game play out!The Indians held a team meeting in Detroit Friday afternoon, and after it made a decision to send both starters that were on the team's restricted list - Zach Plesac and Mike Clevinger, to the team's alternate training site in Lake County.

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Cleveland Indians’ Oscar Mercado feeling better, but will get MRI on wrist Updated Mar 06, 2020; Posted Mar 06, 2020 Indians center fielder Oscar Mercado attempts a … With an identical slugging percentage and batting average (.122), Mercado’s current ISO is .000.Once again, the sample size isn’t large enough for any prognosticator to take a victory lap here. Mercado is indeed seeing declines across the board, but he has time to get back on track at the plate.Likewise, he’s still holding his own defensively, currently ranking in the 96th percentile when it comes to Outs Above Average.Still, in an outfield loaded with uncertainty, Mercado entered this season labeled as Cleveland’s one sure-thing. However, with all but one of these boasting a launch angle above -12, the best result he’s been able to generate is a single.Mercado’s struggles may be a little easier to define if they were limited to just one pitch type.

Join our game thread tonight and have your voice heard as we watch this game play out!The Indians held a team meeting in Detroit Friday afternoon, and after it made a decision to send both starters that were on the team's restricted list - Zach Plesac and Mike Clevinger, to the team's alternate training site in Lake County. Now after some harsh comments Tuesday by Adam Plutko, the team has to figure out what direction they will go next with the team pitchers, as how they treat this situation could divide the clubhouse, something this Indians team can't afford to be successful in 2020. Play Now To date, Mercado hasn’t been able to do much to prove them wrong.The Indians and Cubs wrap up a short two-game affair at Progressive Field on Wednesday night, as Carlos Carrasco will go for the Indians again Kyle Hendricks for the Cubs.