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- Updated: April 26, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — The Indians signed Tommy Hunter during the spring with the knowledge that he probably would not be able to pitch during the first month of the season. Cleveland viewed him as a high-upside arm capable of a bullpen spot once the calendar flipped to May.
On Tuesday, Indians manager Terry Francona indicated that Hunter, who is rehabbing with Triple-A Columbus, is rapidly approaching activation from the 15-day disabled list. Hunter has been working his way back from multiple offseason procedures to correct core-muscle issues, but the reports on his recent game appearances have been promising.
“He’s doing good,” Francona said. “We’ll start talking about probably activating him here fairly soon.”
Through eight innings with Columbus, Hunter has allowed one run for a 1.13 ERA, striking out four and issuing no walks. Hunter signed a Major League contract on Feb. 12 after the hard-throwing righty posted a 4.18 ERA in 58 games with the Orioles and Cubs last season.
Over the 2013-14 seasons, which were Hunter’s first as a reliever, he turned in a 2.88 ERA over 147 innings (128 games) for Baltimore. His average four-seam fastball …
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