With opening day getting closer and closer, the Indians decisions on what players are going to make the roster are getting more and more difficult.
Friday the team told outfielder Matt Joyce, who was brought in with a non-roster invite but a chance to compete in the Major League camp through spring training, that he was not going to make the team.
“We told him to go home for a day,” Indians manager Terry Francona said regarding Joyce.
“We wanted to do this now so maybe his agent had a chance to talk with some other teams.