Leonys Martin Out Wednesday, Oscar Mercado To Get Start
5 years agoCleveland Indians outfielder Leonys Martin will get the day off Wednesday against Minnesota Twins left-hander Martin Perez. In his place in center field will be rookie outfielder Oscar Mercado. Mercado has had a decent start to his big league career but needs to lower his strikeout rate and have more patience at the plate if he wants an extended stay in the big leagues. Left-handed pitchers have baffled Mercado, who has a .174/.269/.217 line through 23 at-bats against them, and while the sample size is small, it might be wise to leave him on your bench until he starts to figure things out.
Source: Baseball Press
Source: Baseball Press