Well, the opener against the Tigers didn’t go too well last night. Carlos Carrasco (7-5, 4.35) makes the start for the Indians this afternoon against RHP Justin Verlander (AAA: 0-0, 3.24) who is making his season debut today after straining his right triceps during Spring Training. He’s obviously going to be heavily monitored by the Tigers bench, and he is expected to be limited to 95-100 pitches today.

I don’t think the Indians will walk all over Verlander, but they did hit .301 against during 2014 (admittedly a year of regression  year for Verlander). If the Tribe is going to avoid a sweep, they need to win today because apparently the universe is unable to handle the Indians and the Cavaliers both winning on the same day, and the Cleveland Cavaliers kind of need to win tomorrow.

In other news, the Indians activated RHP Scott Atchison from the 15-day disabled list. To make room, RHP C.C. Lee was optioned to AAA Columbus. Don’t forget we still have Gavin Floyd and Josh Tomlin on the 60-day DL.

Indians Tigers
2B
Jason Kipnis
DH
Rajai Davis
1B
Carlos Santana
2B
Ian Kinsler
LF
Michael Brantley
1B
Miguel Cabrera
RF
Brandon Moss
LF
Yoneis Cespedes
DH
David Murphy
RF
J.D. Martinez
C
Yan Gomes
3B
Nick Castellanos
3B
Giovanny Urshela
C
James McCann
CF
Michael Bourn
SS
Jose Iglesias
SS
Mike Aviles
CF
Anthony Gose
SP
Carlos Carrasco
SP
Justin Verlander

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