Cleveland Indians Add LHP Tim Cooney and LHP Edwin Escobar, Outright Chris Giminez

The Cleveland Indians issued the following press release on Friday, after the team made three roster moves.

CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Indians today announced the following roster moves relative to the 2017 Major League 40-man roster: Claimed LHP EDWIN ESCOBAR from the Arizona Diamondbacks  Claimed LHP TIM COONEY from the St. Louis Cardinals  Outrighted C CHRIS GIMENEZ from the 40-man roster.  Escobar, 24, spent most of the season in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization after being claimed by Arizona from Boston in late April. He made 16 starts for the AAA Reno Aces, posting a 6-3 mark with a 4.25 ERA (91.IP, 99H, 43ER, 63SO). The La Boyera, Venezuela native has also pitched in the Texas, San Francisco and Boston organizations and made his Major League debut with the Red Sox in 2014. Cooney, 25, did not pitch in 2016 due to July right shoulder surgery after dealing with shoulder discomfort beginning in spring training.  The Malvern, PA native has pitched in the Cardinals system for four seasons since 2012, posting a Minor League mark of 33-26 with a 3.35 ERA in 79 games/76 starts (456.2IP, 445H, 170ER, 93BB, 373SO).  Cooney made 6 starts for the St. Louis Cardinals in April and July of 2015, going 1-0 with a 3.16 ERA (31.1IP, 28H, 11ER, 10BB, 29SO).  He was St. Louis’ third round pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft out of Wake Forest.  The 40-man roster is currently at 39.

Edwin Escobar

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HB	BB	SO
2009	AZL Rangers	2	5	5.00	13	12	0	0	0	45.0	53	34	25	1	4	16	48
2010	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	2	4	4.86	14	14	0	0	0	63.0	64	40	34	6	3	40	69
2011	Augusta GreenJackets	1	3	18.00	4	2	0	0	0	6.0	15	15	12	0	1	5	5
	AZL Giants	2	4	5.09	15	12	0	0	0	46.0	51	30	26	2	5	17	42
2012	Augusta GreenJackets	7	8	2.96	22	22	0	0	0	130.2	121	57	43	7	7	32	122
2013	San Jose Giants	3	4	2.89	16	14	0	0	0	74.2	68	33	24	3	1	17	92
	Richmond Flying Squirrels	5	4	2.67	10	10	0	0	0	54.0	44	18	16	2	2	13	54
2014	Fresno Grizzlies	3	8	5.11	20	20	0	0	0	111.0	128	69	63	16	6	37	96
	Pawtucket Red Sox	0	2	4.28	5	5	0	0	0	27.1	33	15	13	3	0	8	20
	Boston Red Sox	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2
2015	Greenville Drive	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Pawtucket Red Sox	3	3	5.07	19	6	0	0	0	49.2	52	29	28	8	2	25	24
2016	Pawtucket Red Sox	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	0	0	1	1	2
	Reno Aces	6	3	4.25	16	16	0	0	0	91.0	99	46	43	8	3	36	63
	Arizona Diamondbacks	1	2	7.23	25	2	0	0	0	23.2	33	21	19	4	4	12	17
	Minor League Totals	34	48	4.17	158	135	0	0	0	706.1	734	389	327	56	35	247	637
	Major League Totals	1	2	7.01	27	2	0	0	0	25.2	34	22	20	4	5	12	19
	Tim Cooney
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HB	BB	IBB	SO	AVG
2012	Batavia Muckdogs	3	3	3.40	13	11	1	0	0	55.2	56	24	21	4	2	8	0	43	.268
2013	Palm Beach Cardinals	3	3	2.75	6	6	1	0	0	36.0	38	14	11	1	1	4	0	23	.273
	Springfield Cardinals	7	10	3.80	20	20	0	0	0	118.1	132	58	50	8	6	18	1	125	.284
2014	Memphis Redbirds	14	6	3.47	26	25	1	1	0	158.0	158	66	61	21	6	47	0	119	.263
2015	Memphis Redbirds	6	4	2.74	14	14	1	1	0	88.2	61	32	27	9	4	16	1	63	.195
	St. Louis Cardinals	1	0	3.16	6	6	0	0	0	31.1	28