CLEVELAND — Cleveland Indians pitcher Roberto Hernandez was suspended Saturday for three weeks by Major League Baseball for age and identity fraud.

Hernandez, formerly known as Fausto Carmona, has received a visa to return to the United States and would be eligible to rejoin the team Aug. 11.

He was arrested in the Dominican Republic in January outside the U.S. consulate, where he had gone to renew his visa. It was discovered that Hernandez is 31, three years older than his listed age. He will address the media Sunday in Cleveland.

Hernandez is 53-66 with a 4.59 earned-run average in five wildly inconsistent seasons. His best season came in 2007, when he finished 19-8 with a 3.08 ERA.

Another pitcher, the Miami Marlins' Juan Carlos Oviedo, aka Leo Nunez, was suspended eight weeks for similar fraud charges. He is eligible to return to the major leagues on Monday.

Notes

• On the day before Barry Larkin and the late Ron Santo are inducted into the Hall of Fame, Tim McCarver and Bob Elliott were honored in a ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y. McCarver received the Ford C. Frick Award for contributions in broadcasting. Elliott, of the Toronto Sun, was given the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for sports writing.

• Mets LHP Johan Santana was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained ankle. Santana is 3-5 with a 6.54 ERA since throwing the first no-hitter in Mets history on June 1.

• The White Sox acquired Astros reliever Brett Myers for two minor-league pitchers and a player to be named. Myers had 19 saves and a 3.52 ERA for Houston.

• Pittsburgh recalled reliever Evan Meek from AAA Indianapolis. Meek is a 2010 All-Star who attended Inglemoor High School in Kenmore.