2020 Cleveland Indians season

The 2020 Cleveland Indians season is the 120th season for the franchise. It is the eighth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and fifth under general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians play their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. They will hope to make the playoffs and perhaps improve upon last year's record of 93–69.

2020 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Progressive Field (since 1994) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Results
Record	10–9
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry Dolan
General manager(s)	Mike Chernoff
Manager(s)	Terry Francona
Local television	SportsTime Ohio · WKYC (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Local radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Rick Manning)
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[3]

Season standings

American League Central

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	14	8	0.636	—	9–2	5–6
Cleveland Indians	13	9	0.591	1	6–4	7–5
Chicago White Sox	11	11	0.500	3	3–8	8–3
Detroit Tigers	9	10	0.474	3½	4–9	5–1
Kansas City Royals	9	13	0.409	5	4–4	5–9

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Oakland Athletics	15	6	0.714
New York Yankees	14	6	0.700
Minnesota Twins	13	8	0.619

Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	12	9	0.571
Cleveland Indians	12	9	0.571
Texas Rangers	10	9	0.526

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Tampa Bay Rays	12	9	0.571	+1½
Detroit Tigers	9	9	0.500	—
Houston Astros	10	10	0.500	—
Chicago White Sox	10	11	0.476	½
Toronto Blue Jays	7	9	0.438	1
Kansas City Royals	9	12	0.429	1½
Los Angeles Angels	7	14	0.333	3½
Seattle Mariners	7	15	0.318	4
Boston Red Sox	6	15	0.286	4½

Record against opponents

2020 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NL
Chicago	—	2–4	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–4
Cleveland	4–2	—	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–3
Detroit	1–2	0–2	—	2–2	0–0	6–3
Kansas City	0–3	1–2	2–2	—	4–1	2–4
Minnesota	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–4	—	7–2

Updated with the results of all games through August 15, 2020.

Game log

2020 Game Log: 13–9 (Home: 6–4; Away: 7–5)
July: 5–3 (Home: 4–2; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 1 July 24 Royals 2–0 Bieber (1–0) Duffy (0–1) Hand (1) 1–0 W1 2 July 25 Royals 2–3 (10) Barlow (1–0) Karinchak (0–1) Holland (1) 1–1 L1 3 July 26 Royals 9–2 Carrasco (1–0) Bolaños (0–1) — 2–1 W1 – July 27 White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: July 28.[4] 4 July 28 White Sox 4–3 Civale (1–0) Cease (0–1) Hand (2) 3–1 W2 5 July 28 White Sox 5–3 Plutko (1–0) Rodón (0–1) Hill (1) 4–1 W3 6 July 29 White Sox 0–4 Bummer (1–0) Hand (0–1) — 4–2 L1 7 July 30 @ Twins 2–0 Bieber (2–0) Berríos (0–1) Karinchak (1) 5–2 W1 8 July 31 @ Twins 1–4 Dobnak (1–1) Clevinger (0–1) Rogers (2) 5–3 L1
August: 8–6 (Home: 2–2; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 9 August 1 @ Twins 0–3 Maeda (2–0) Carrasco (1–1) Rogers (3) 5–4 L2 10 August 2 @ Twins 1–3 Smeltzer (1–0) Civale (1–1) Romo (2) 5–5 L3 11 August 3 @ Reds 2–3 Gray (3–0) Plesac (0–1) Iglesias (1) 5–6 L4 12 August 4 @ Reds 4–2 Bieber (3–0) Jones (0–1) Hand (3) 6–6 W1 13 August 5 Reds 2–0 Clevinger (1–1) Antone (0–1) Hand (4) 7–6 W2 14 August 6 Reds 13–0 Carrasco (2–1) Castillo (0–2) — 8–6 W3 15 August 7 @ White Sox 0–2 Cease (2–1) Civale (1–2) Colomé (4) 8–7 L1 16 August 8 @ White Sox 7–1 Plesac (1–1) Anderson (0–1) — 9–7 W1 17 August 9 @ White Sox 5–4 (10) Maton (1–0) Cordero (0–1) Pérez (1) 10–7 W2 18 August 11 Cubs 1–7 Lester (2–0) Plutko (0–1) — 10–8 L1 19 August 12 Cubs 2–7 Hendricks (3–1) Carrasco (2–2) — 10–9 L2 20 August 14 @ Tigers 10–5 Civale (2–2) Nova (1–1) — 11–9 W1 21 August 15 @ Tigers 3–1 Bieber (4–0) Turnbull (2–1) Hand (5) 12–9 W2 22 August 16 @ Tigers 8–5 Pérez (1–0) Schreiber (0–1) — 13–9 W3 23 August 18 @ Pirates – — 24 August 19 @ Pirates – — 25 August 20 @ Pirates – — 26 August 21 Tigers – — 27 August 22 Tigers – — 28 August 23 Tigers – — 29 August 24 Twins – — 30 August 25 Twins – — 31 August 26 Twins – — 32 August 28 @ Cardinals – — 33 August 29 @ Cardinals – — 34 August 30 @ Cardinals – — 35 August 31 @ Royals – —
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 36 September 1 @ Royals – — 37 September 2 @ Royals – — 38 September 4 Brewers – — 39 September 5 Brewers – — 40 September 6 Brewers – — 41 September 7 Royals – — 42 September 8 Royals – — 43 September 9 Royals – — 44 September 10 Royals – — 45 September 11 @ Twins – — 46 September 12 @ Twins – — 47 September 13 @ Twins – — 48 September 15 @ Cubs – — 49 September 16 @ Cubs – — 50 September 17 @ Tigers – — 51 September 18 @ Tigers – — 52 September 19 @ Tigers – — 53 September 20 @ Tigers – — 54 September 21 White Sox – — 55 September 22 White Sox – — 56 September 23 White Sox – — 57 September 24 White Sox – — 58 September 25 Pirates – — 59 September 26 Pirates – — 60 September 27 Pirates – —
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

Current roster

Cleveland Indians roster
Active roster				Player pool		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 57 Shane Bieber 59 Carlos Carrasco 43 Aaron Civale 45 Adam Plutko Bullpen 54 Logan Allen 90 Adam Cimber 27 Cam Hill 99 James Karinchak 53 Dominic Leone 88 Phil Maton 39 Óliver Pérez 62 Nick Wittgren Closer 33 Brad Hand		Catchers  9 Sandy León 46 Beau Taylor Infielders  2 Yu Chang  6 Mike Freeman  7 César Hernández 12 Francisco Lindor 11 José Ramírez 41 Carlos Santana Outfielders  0 Delino DeShields Jr.  8 Jordan Luplow 35 Oscar Mercado 30 Tyler Naquin 24 Domingo Santana  4 Bradley Zimmer Designated hitters 32 Franmil Reyes		Pitchers 52 Mike Clevinger 65 Daniel Espino * 89 Anthony Gose * 66 Ethan Hankins * 72 Sam Hentges 37 David Hernandez * 75 Triston McKenzie 73 Jean Carlos Mejía 67 Eli Morgan * 74 Scott Moss 76 Kyle Nelson * 34 Zach Plesac 68 Jefry Rodríguez 79 Nick Sandlin * 44 Hunter Wood * Catchers 61 Steven Baron * 81 Bo Naylor * 55 Roberto Pérez 36 Cameron Rupp * Infielders 83 Aaron Bracho * 40 Bobby Bradley 84 Ernie Clement * 13 Jake Elmore * 86 Tyler Freeman * 95 Nolan Jones * Outfielders  1 Greg Allen 10 Jake Bauers 23 Daniel Johnson 91 George Valera *		Manager 77 Terry Francona Coaches 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base/catchers) 87 Mike Barnett (replay coordinator/staff assistant) 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher) -- Alex Eckelman (assistant hitting) 97 Kyle Hudson (assistant bench coach) 00 Brad Mills (bench/outfield) 58 Ruben Niebla (assistant pitching) 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher) 60 Victor Rodriguez (acting hitting) 16 Mike Sarbaugh (third base/infield) 85 Brian Sweeney (bullpen) 96 Justin Toole (hitting analyst) 29 Ty Van Burkleo (hitting) 51 Carl Willis (pitching) Restricted list 48 Emmanuel Clase 28 active, 29 player pool 7- or 10-day injured list Suspended list ^# Personal leave * Not on 40-man roster Roster and coaches updated August 14, 2020 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League
AA	Akron RubberDucks	Eastern League
A-Advanced	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League
A	Lake County Captains	Midwest League
A-Short Season	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	AZL Indians	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Indians	Dominican Summer League
Rookie	DSL Indians / Brewers	Dominican Summer League

References

1. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
4. "White Sox-Tribe postponed; DH on Tuesday". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

External links

• Cleveland Indians 2020 Schedule at MLB.com
• 2020 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference