Indians Announce ALCS Roster Against Blue Jays

The Indians and Blue Jays are closing in on game one of the American League Championship Series tonight, and today the team released their roster for the possible seven-game set.

37 Cody Allen RHP
56 Cody Anderson RHP
47 Trevor Bauer RHP
8 Lonnie Chisenhall OF
52 Mike Clevinger RHP
4 Coco Crisp OF
20 Rajai Davis OF
10 Yan Gomes C
6 Brandon Guyer OF
22 Jason Kipnis 2B
28 Corey Kluber RHP
12 Francisco Lindor INF
53 Jeff Manship RHP
1 Michael Martinez UTL
34 Zach McAllister RHP
54 Ryan Merritt LHP
24 Andrew Miller LHP
26 Mike Napoli INF
30 Tyler Naquin OF
61 Dan Otero RHP
55 Roberto Perez C
11 Jose Ramirez INF
41 Carlos Santana INF
27 Bryan Shaw RHP
43 Josh Tomlin RHP

The big news from the release is the team has added a pitcher to the roster, and now will have just two catchers. The pitcher added is Ryan Merritt, who was 1-0 this season in one start, which was against the Royals on September 30th, tossing five innings.

With a bullpen game possibly coming on Tuesday in game four, having another pitcher on the roster makes sense.

As for the catcher gone, that’s Chris Gimenez, who didn’t play in the ALDS, with Roberto Perez playing in all three games over the Red Sox.

Yan Gomes took throwing drills behind the plate on Thursday night at Progressive Field, and is ready to go as a replacement if needed for Perez.