CLEVELAND -- For the fourth time this season at Boston, an Indians player will take the big league field for the first time.

On Sunday, Indians manager Terry Francona said that right-hander Zach Plesac will make his Major League debut in the second game of a three-game series against the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Tuesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET and is available to watch live on MLB.TV. David Price will take the mound for the home team.

Cleveland drafted Plesac, the nephew of former Major Leaguer Dan Plesac, in the 12th round of the 2016 MLB Draft. He attended Ball State and underwent Tommy John surgery his senior year.

“This is a kid that, you know, Ball State kid, was really supposed to go high in the Draft, ended up having Tommy John his senior year,” Francona said. “We took him in the 12th round, got him back healthy, and his progression has just continued how you’d like. He got healthy, then he started competing.”

Plesac made it to Double-A Akron for four starts in 2018 and overall posted a 3.79 ERA in 26 Minor League starts that included 22 at Class A Advanced Lynchburg. It took him just six outings in Akron this season before getting the promotion to Triple-A Columbus.

In those six starts, he pitched to a 0.96 ERA with six walks and 34 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings. He then logged a 2.25 ERA over three starts in Columbus, with one walk and 22 strikeouts in 20 frames.

“He gets to Triple-A, he’s throwing 93-94 with a good changeup, breaking ball and a slider,” Francona said. “It’ll be exciting to watch. It’s not going to define his career, whatever happens on Tuesday. But it also gives us a taste of part of the future, which is kind of exciting.”

Francona said that this won’t necessarily be a spot start for Plesac. The Indians have recently run into trouble with protecting their bullpen after a handful of short outings from their starters. But as long as they don’t need to add a fresh bullpen arm, Plesac could stay for another turn in the rotation no matter how Tuesday’s outing goes.

“The biggest question we had was, if the start doesn’t go well, do we set him back?” Francona said. “And everybody in player development said, ‘No.’”