CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians added depth to their suspect starting rotation Wednesday by signing right-hander
Joe Martinez to a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training.
They also invited catcher
Brian Jeroloman to camp on a minor-league deal. Jeroloman was in Toronto's organization last season.
Martinez, 29, pitched for Class AAA Columbus in 2011. Last season he pitched at Class AAA Reno, Arizona's top farm team. He went 10-11 in 27 starts with 99 strikeouts, 49 walks and 206 hits in 155 1/3 innings.
He is 63-55 with a 3.92 ERA in 190 minor-league games and has appeared in 19 big-league games with San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Arizona.
The Indians' rotation at the moment has just three healthy pitchers in
Justin Masterson,
Ubaldo Jimenez and
Zach McAllister. Recently-acquired
Trevor Bauer could give them a fourth healthy arm, but two other candidates,
Carlos Carrasco and
Corey Kluber, are coming off surgeries.
Jeroloman, 27, played only 43 games last season because of a right knee injury. He started in rookie ball for the Blue Jays and ended the season at Class AA New Hampshire. Jeroloman was sixth-round pick of the Blue Jays in 2006 and threw ou