Indians Sign Mastny

The Indians today announced that they have signed right-handed pitcher Tom Mastny to a minor league free agent deal, and he will report to early apring training minor league camp on March 2nd.

Mastny, 29, returns to Cleveland after spending the 2009 season in Japan pitching for the Yokohama Bay Stars. He went 1-5 with a 5.69ERA (61.2 IP, 39 ER) in 15 games for the Bay Stars. Before going to Japan he spent the previous four seasons in the Indians system appearing in a career-high 51 games for Cleveland in 2007 (7-2, 4.68 ERA).

The Borneo, Indonesian-born righty has made 80 Major League appearances with Cleveland, going 9-5 with five saves and having an ERA of 6.13 (94.0 IP, 108 H, 64 ER, 51 BB, 85 K). Mastny was originally drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th round of the 2003 amateur draft out of Furman University.