Uncle Dennis:

I am so glad to see you got out of that Charlotte ballpark unharmed. No mugging or beating? I hear the place is bad about that. And I heard the restrooms has more traces of the herpes virus than 50 Shades Of Grey books have at public libraries. Glad you are OK - - for now anyway.

I saw an interview with Carlos Gonzalez yesterday where he was raving about the Columbus ball park. I can't post videos here anymore or I'd post it for ya.

BA updates, slightly, their top 100.
McK drops from 42-45; Nolan Jones is 94 [F.Mejia at 29]

Best Tools in the Minors:'

Tyler Freeman is in the second five for "best hitter" but that's before he went 0-5 yesterday.
Aaron Civale at No 5 for best control
McKenzie in the second five for best breaking ball for his curveball
That's it for us

Hillbilly wrote:Uncle Dennis:

I am so glad to see you got out of that Charlotte ballpark unharmed. No mugging or beating? I hear the place is bad about that. And I heard the restrooms has more traces of the herpes virus than 50 Shades Of Grey books have at public libraries. Glad you are OK - - for now anyway.

I saw an interview with Carlos Gonzalez yesterday where he was raving about the Columbus ball park. I can't post videos here anymore or I'd post it for ya.

CarGo probably hasn't seen a truly great ballpark!

Chiang with game 2 start for the Clippers. Almost namesake Chang with a 2 run homer: that gives him 4 more total bases than Indians SS Eric Stamets has this season. Kipnis is playing 2nd for the Clippers. All in all their IF is more impressive today Cleveland's.

the confident veterans on Akron are down 2=0 in the first, their 27 year old starter Paulson is 4years older than Cleveland's starter and 1 year younger than our Cy Young candidate Trevor. Alert to Longo fans, he was off for the opener but starting in LF today.

Adam Scott, 4th rounder from the high quality 2018 draft is starting for Hillcats. I thought they were using him in the bullpen. had I known I could have picked him for my breakout guy, he was "under consideration" Lynchburg lineup looks kind of like Cleveland's: after the first 4 hitters the rest are barely worth keeping around.

The pitcher I went with, Raymond Burgos, is working tonight for Lake county. if they send him out in Game 2 means they must like him, too.
Keep an eye on Bo Naylor: first rounder is getting the boost to full season as a teenage catcher, which is pretty unusual. Hits a 2 run homer in the first. Tyler Freeman with his first Lake County hit and steals second.

I’m glad you got to take in the opener, UD. Great hearing from you!

Ohhh boy....

Indians Prospective
#Indians LHP prospect Brady Aiken coming out of the bullpen tonight w/ Lake County making his 1st appearance in more than a year after taking last season off.
- 0.1(IP) 0H 1R 1ER 4BB 1SO (26 pitches 8 strikes)

Time for a mystery injury. Back to Goodyear till he can throw a strike

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

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Clippers 5 Indians 4 (11 Innings)

Chang 2-6 R 2B 3RBI (walk-off single)
Gonzalez 2-5 BB
Maybin 1-3 R 3BB
Chiang 5.2(IP) H 3R 3ER 3BB 6SO

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Curve 7 RubberDucks 6

Johnson 3-5 2R 2B 3B HR RBI
Garcia 1-2 R HR 2RBI BB
Krieger 3-5 R HR RBI
Longo 1-4 R HR RBI

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Hillcats 6 Pelicans 3

Scott 5(IP) 6H 3R 2ER 0BB 7SO
Gallagher 3(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 4SO
Carter 2-5 R 2B HR 3RBI
Rivera 2-4 R HR RBI BB
Kwan 3-5 3R 2B SB

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Captains 6 Loons 1

Burgos 5(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 1BB 4SO
Naylor 2-4 2R 2B 3RBI
Cantu 2-4 2B RBI
Freeman 2-4 R SB

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Tough night for #Indians OF prospect Oscar Mercado going 0-6 w/ 4 strikeouts in the Clippers 5-4 win in 11 innings vs Indianapolis.

Akron RubberDucks OF Daniel Johnson finished a single short of the cycle tonight in the teams 7-6 loss vs Altoona. (3-5 2R 2B 3B HR RBI)

Civ usually takes the weekend off so I'll fill in again.

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Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Clippers 7 Indians 4

Haase 2-4 2R HR RBI
Mercado 2-3 R 2RBI BB SB
Mathias 1-4 R RBI
Rodriguez 5.2(IP) 7H 3R 3ER 0BB 4SO

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Curve 2 RubberDucks 0

Brady 7(IP) 4H 2R 2ER 2BB 5SO
Kaminsky 2(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 2BB 1SO
Monasterio 2-4
Garcia 1-3 BB

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Pelicans 2 Hillcats 0

Mejia 5(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 8SO
Polanco 2(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 2BB 3SO
Kwan 2-5
Jones 2-4

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Captains 5 Loons 3
Mota 4.0(IP) 3H 1R 1ER 2BB 5SO
Cardenas 2-4 2R 2B HR 3RBI
Holmes 1-3 R RBI SB
Lopez 1-4 RBI

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(Pretty solid first start for my pick to click!)
Lake County Captains get another terrific outing by a starter today w/ RHP Juan Mota allowing just 1 run over his 4 innings pitched.
- 4(IP) 3H 1R 1R 2BB 5SO (63 pitches 36 strikes) #Indians

Terrific start today by Akron RubberDucks LHP Sean Brady as he only needed 81 pitches to get through his seven innings of work. - 7(IP) 4H 2R 2ER 2BB 5SO (81 pitches 55 strikes) #Indians

Why was #Indians RHP prospect Jean Carlos Mejia added to the 40 man roster in the off-season? First start of the season for the Lynchburg Hillcats today had a perfect game through 5 innings w/ 8 strikeouts! - 5.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 8SO (65 pitches 41 strikes) #Future

Lake County Captains are off to a 3-0 start on the season. The starting rotation playing a large part in the teams success: - 14.0(IP) 9(H) 1(R) 1(ER) 3(BB) 14(SO) 0.64(ERA) #Indians

The 2-1 Lynchburg Hillcats offensive numbers over their first 3 games of the season. Take into account in their 1 loss they were shutout. 42-122 20R 8(2B) 1(3B) 4HR 18RBI 12BB 3SB .344 AVG .403 OBP

Lake County Captains 20yr old INF prospect Jose Fermin is currently on a 13 game hitting streak dating back to the end of the 2018 season: 22-49 9R 5(2B) 2(3B) 5RBI 3BB 3SB .449 AVG .481 .OBP #Indians #Future

#Indians OF prospect Steven Kwan has reached base in 20 of his 21 career games. Kwan's numbers over his first 21 pro games: 33-68 15R 4(2B) 1(3B) 7RBI 11BB 5SB .397 AVG .488 OBP

Columbus Clippers transaction:
RHP Shao-Ching Chiang assigned to Akron
LHP Matt Whitehouse promoted from Akron

And Sundays games...

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Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Indians 5 Clippers 2

Anderson 3(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 4SO
Peoples 4(IP) 4H 1R 1ER 2BB 4SO
Thompson 1-3 RBI

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Curve 3 RubberDucks 2

Plesac 6.0(IP) 5H 2R 2ER 0BB 3SO
Siri 1.1(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 3SO
Longo 2-4 R RBI SB
Ice 2-4 RBI

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Loons 6 Captains 0

McCarthy 5.0(IP) 3H 3R 2ER 3BB 5SO
Pinto 2.0(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 3SO
Benson 1-3 BB SB
Rolette 1-3 BB

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He didn't have the Hillcats game posted when I last looked, but they won 3-0 today on the back of another great outing by Eli Morgan. 6 shutout innings, 1 hit, 6 K. ... Nolan Jones was 0-3

Civ is back from watching movies in Cleveland and watching fans stream to the ballpark

A whole bunch of really good starts by our Class A pitchers:

5 or 6 shutout innings each by Garza and Mejia and Morgan at Lynchburg. Oviedo and Burgos in Lake County

We're missing many of our top prospect pitchers with McKenzie, Civale, Sandlin and McCarty all sidelined.
And Hankins and Torres and Carlos Vargas remain in Goodyear

The remainder look great for the first run of starts.