On August 4, 2020, Jake Mailhot of Fangraphs wrote a piece about Zach Plesac being the next success story in Cleveland. Mailhot suggested that Plesac was set to be the next no-name as a prospect pitcher to come into his own via Cleveland’s pitching development. How things can change with one incident.
On August 8, 2020, Plesac and Mike Clevinger left their Chicago hotel to have dinner with some friends. They went back to the friends’ home and were late getting back. That violated MLB imposed curfew rules. Plesac was initially caught and Clevinger was not.