Francisco Lindor is still "Mr. Smile."
Corey Kluber is still "Klubes."
Shane Bieber is still "Not Justin."
But there are still some other new nicknames you'll need to learn in advance of this year's MLB Players Weekend, which will occur when the Cleveland Indians host the Kansas City Royals for a three-game series Aug. 23-25.
On Tuesday, MLB.com released the full list of player nicknames that will be worn by each team later this month. The following aliases have been listed for the Indians, who will be using more emojis than they had in the previous two years.
- Shane Bieber: "Not Justin"
- Carlos Carrasco: 🍪
- Adam Cimber: "Cimdog Millionaire"
- Mike Clevinger: ✌️☀️
- Tyler Clippard: "Clip"
- AJ Cole: "AJ"
- Mike Freeman: "Waldo"
- Nick Goody: "Goods"
- Brad Hand: Bro🤚
- Jason Kipnis: "Dirtbag"
- Corey Kluber: "Klubes"
- Francisco Lindor: 😊Mr. Smile😊
- Jordan Luplow: "Loop"
- Oscar Mercardo: "Merc"
- Tyler Naquin: "Billy"
- Tyler Olson: "Oly"
- Oliver Perez: "El Paisa"
- Roberto Perez: "Bebo"
- Kevin Plawecki: "Plaw Dawg"
- Zach Plesac: "Sac"
- Adam Plutko: "Pluto"
- Yasiel Puig: "Wild Horse"
- Jose Ramirez: "Enriquito"
- Franmil Reyes: "La Mole"
- Carlos Santana: "Slamtana"
- Nick Wittgren: "Witty"
- Hunter Wood: Woody
A nickname for rookie starter Aaron Civale has yet to be listed, although it remains to be seen whether or not he'll still be in the big leagues by the end of the month.
First introduced in 2017, MLB Players Weekend is an effort between the MLB and its Players Union, which intends to "effectively market the sport's stars and to engage a young audience." In addition to wearing special uniforms -- which have been more colorful in its first two occurrences -- players have had the ability to wear a nickname on the back of their jerseys rather than their traditional last names and use a special sleeve patch to thank somebody for aiding their journey to the Major Leagues.
Other features of the weekend include the ability for players to wear t-shirts supporting a charity of their choice in batting practice and postgame interviews and relaxed social media restrictions leading up to the first pitch.