JULY 5, 2021 • CLEVELAND.COM
Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays lineups for Monday: Game No. 82 Is this the night the Indians end their six-game losing streak?
Jeremy Beasley - Clears waivers Monday Beasley cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Buffalo on Monday.
Impact The righty's 7.71 big-league ERA was none too appealing to other organizations, hence his going unclaimed and returning to Buffalo, where he's posted a 2.70 ERA in 6.2 innings this season.
JULY 5, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Travis Bergen - Clears waivers Monday Bergen went unclaimed on waivers and was assigned Monday to Triple-A Buffalo.
Impact Though Bergen posted a 1.69 ERA in 10.2 innings with the Blue Jays this season, he fanned just six batters, minimizing his appeal on waivers and resulting in his return to Buffalo. That being said, Toronto's continually fluid bullpen situation could have use of Bergen again at some point this season.
JULY 5, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Austin Meadows - Rips three doubles in win Meadows went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI doubles and an additional two-bagger in a win over the Blue Jays on Sunday.
Impact Meadows authored the only three-hit and multi-RBI efforts of the day for the Rays, extending an encouragingly productive stretch for the outfielder. Factoring in Sunday's production, Meadows owns a .375/.429/.625 slash line with five doubles, one home run, six RBI, three walks and five runs over the 35 plate appearances he's logged in his last nine games.
JULY 5, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Wander Franco - Slugs second homer Franco went 2-for-4 with a double and a solo home run in a win over the Blue Jays on Sunday.
Impact The rookie phenom clocked a 383-foot shot to right center in the sixth inning to knot the score at 1-1. Franco is seemingly hitting his stride the more reps he gets against big-league arms, as he's now sporting a six-game hitting streak during which he's hitting .333 (8-for-24) while striking out at an impressively modest 12.0 percent clip.
JULY 5, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Collin McHugh - Stellar effort for third hold McHugh secured his third hold in a win over the Blue Jays on Sunday, firing three scoreless innings during which he allowed just one hit and recorded six strikeouts.
Impact McHugh's string of dominant multi-inning efforts continued in stellar fashion Sunday, as he needed only 33 pitches to record nine outs, with six of those impressively coming via punchout. The veteran right-hander has now authored nine straight scoreless appearances to lower his ERA and WHIP to 1.87 and 0.98, respectively; moreover, he's taken his swing-and-miss stuff to a career-best level, as evidenced by a 13.4 K/9 and 38.5 percent strikeout rate.
JULY 5, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Ryan Yarbrough - Effective in tough matchup Yarbrough (5-3) secured the win in a victory over the Blue Jays on Sunday, allowing an earned run on four hits while recording five strikeouts over five innings.
Impact The left-hander put together a second consecutive strong outing after a pair of rocky starts where he allowed a combined 12 earned runs over 8.1 innings to the White Sox and Red Sox. Yarbrough was able to tame a dangerous Blue Jays lineup in its home park, working around a solo home run by Randal Grichuk and allowing only one other extra-base hit during his time on the mound. Yarbrough has now secured a win in each of his last four decisions and will look to extend that favorable streak in a rematch with Toronto at Tropicana Field on Friday or Saturday.
JULY 5, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
