Mike Clevinger was the last of five Cleveland Indians players to agree on 2020 contract terms Friday afternoon to sidestep the arbitration process. Per Zack Meisel, Clevinger and the Tribe agreed on a salary of $4.1 million for the 2020 season, which has to be viewed as an extreme bargain for a Cy Young dark horse.
Clevinger’s salary will be $4.1 million, according to a source.
— Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) January 10, 2020
The hard-throwing righty missed enough time in 2019 to disqualify him from consideration for the award, but there is no ignoring the numbers he put up while he was healthy.