MLB placed the player formerly known as Fausto Carmona on the restricted list:
With him on the restricted list, the Indians don’t have to count him toward their 25- or 40-man rosters and he won’t be paid until he reports.
That should save the Indians a little money, but it also puts them down a pitcher. At this point, the rotation looks like Ubaldo Jimenez, Justin Masterson, Derek Lowe, and then a grab bag of pitchers who started a bit last season. Josh Tomlin, Kevin Slowey, Jeanmar Gomez and Zach McAllister should all have a shot at filling out the rotation.
Carmona was making 7 million in 2012. They can take this money and sign Oswalt or jackson to a 1 yr deal.
I will be very angry if the US gives Carmona another visa after lying about his identity in this post 2001 era. When bureaucrats start making exceptions, there is no end to it and you get bad guys who should not be given visas getting them.