Emmanuel Clase

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Shaw, Karinchak and Clase have totaled 32 innings and 45 strikeouts, allowing one earned run. Their start even has the manager giddy.

When Clase stands atop the mound, everyone is watching, waiting for the next radar reading, the next ugly swing, the next strikeout.

Clase, 23, throws his splitter harder than Aroldis Chapman throws a four-seam fastball. The Indians are reaping the benefits.

Clase throws elite heat. Bieber keeps piling up strikeouts. And maybe Cleveland's offense isn't as horrendous as it seems.

“That’s my goal,” Clase said, “to become the closer for the team." But can he cut it as a reliable, late-innings reliever for the Indians?