Salazar has slight setback in recovery 

CLEVELAND -- Throughout Spring Training, Danny Salazar said he felt confident that he could rejoin the Indians in June, but just as his end goal became a month away, the right-hander had a slight setback.

On Saturday, Indians manager Terry Francona said that Salazar had an appointment with Dr. Keith Meister and was informed to shut down from throwing for the next few days.

“It’s probably been about a week now,” Francona said. “He had a real good bullpen and then the next couple of days he didn’t feel as good. So, he went and had an appointment with Meister and he’s down a couple days from throwing. Then they’ll ramp him back up.”

After missing the start of the 2018 season with right shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis, Salazar decided to undergo arthroscopic surgery -- performed by Dr. Meister -- last July. His last big league appearance came in Game 4 of the 2017 ALDS against the Yankees.

Before the season started, there were questions regarding where Salazar would fit on the team’s roster if he was able to get himself healthy enough to rejoin the team. But now, in a time where both Corey Kluber and Mike Clevinger will be on the injured list for a significant period of time, Salazar would be one of the team’s top options to slide into the rotation, but even before the setback, the 29-year-old was still throwing bullpens and hadn’t yet faced live hitting.

“It’s tough,” Salazar said at the beginning of Spring Training. “This is not my first time. I’ve been hurt, but it’d be like for a short time. And it’s tough like when you have to be out for a month and it’s been tougher having to be out for a whole year, especially when you’re seeing the team that is doing so well. You want to be there, you want to help. … Being out of that, it’s tough, but at the same time you have to know what is your position at the time, and what you have to do if you want to get there again.”

Zimmer ramped up
While Salazar had a setback, Bradley Zimmer has officially put his side injury in the rearview mirror and is back to doing full activities on the field. On March 23, Zimmer strained a muscle in his side that was supposed to just slow him down for a week, but ended up pushing his schedule back for about a month. But now, according to Francona, Zimmer is back to hitting on the field. His next step will be getting into games.

Rosales returns
Prior to Saturday’s game against the Mariners, the Indians announced that they acquired infielder Adam Rosales from the Minnesota Twins for cash considerations. He will be assigned to Triple-A Columbus in the coming days.

Rosales played in 13 games for the Tribe last season, hitting .211/.250/.421 with one homer and two RBIs in 21 plate appearances. In 20 games with Triple-A Rochester, the 35-year-old slashed .194/.263/.222 with seven RBIs.

This date in Indians history
1986: Brook Jacoby hit an RBI-double in the 10th inning to lead the Tribe to a 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.