He’s in his second full season in the big leagues and lasted 1 1/3 innings in his last start, which just so happened to be against the Orioles.
This will be his 23rd big-league start, but since the Indians acquired him from San Diego last year he’s had most of his success out of the bullpen.
The Indians went young this year and are getting kicked in the rear end because of it.
It explains, in part, the trades of established starters Carlos Carrasco, Mike Clevinger, Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer since 2019.
So far they have lost right-hander Zach Plesac, Gold Glove catcher Roberto Perez, power-hitting DH Franmil Reyes, lefty-killer Jordan Luplow and now Bieber.
It’s clear he needs time to reset in the minors, so it’s probably a good thing the Indians can’t recall him for at least 10 days.
Morgan was supposed to start for Columbus on Sunday, but he was pulled out of that start.
Maybe Bieber’s injury has changed that, or maybe they’ll try to hang on until Plesac returns in the next several weeks.
At the moment, the Indians are three games into a part of the schedule in which they’ll play 30 games in 31 days.
The White Sox have continued to win despite serious injuries to position players Eloy Jimenez, Luis Robert and Nick Madrigal.
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