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The Indians have signed right-hander Shaun Marcum for the second straight year to a minor league deal in hopes he can bounce back from right shoulder surgery.

(Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer)

CLEVLEAND -- The Indians and Shaun Marcum are going to give it another try.

Marcum and right-hander Dustin Molleken have signed minor league deals with the Indians and received invitations to big league camp in February.

The Indians followed the same path with Marcum last year as he recovered from surgery to correct thoracic outlet syndrome on his right shoulder. He had the surgery in July 2013 with the Mets.

Marcum had a tough time bouncing back from the surgery and was limited to eight appearances with Class AAA Columbus in August. He went 1-0 with a 2.34 ERA and one start among his eight appearances.

Overall, he struck out 10 and walked six in 15 1/3 innings.

Marcum, 32, is 58-46 with a 3.88 ERA in parts of eight seasons in the big leagues. He's made 161 starts in 188 games. Marcum won 13 games in consecutive seasons with Toronto and Milwaukee in 2010 and 2011.

Molleken, 30, has never pitched in the big leagues. He was drafted by the Pirates in the 15th round in 2003. This past season he went 5-2 with a 4.84 ERA and four saves for Class AAA Nashville, Milwaukee's top farm club.

He struck out 89 and walked 35 in 74 1/3 innings as a reliever for Nashville.

He spent 2012 and 2013 pitching in Japan for the Nippon Ham Fighters.