No Sea, Class A Lake County is the next step up for guys who played in short season rookie ball year before.
This years Lake County team is littered with guys who played for the Scrappers last year. Freeman, Fermin, Draper, McCarthy, etc. it’s their next step up after short season rookie league.
Then next step up is, of course, Class-A Advanced, as they call it. Which for us is Lynchburg Hillcats.
Re: Minor Matters
9377Aiken pitched in two games in relief. He retired 2 batters, walked 6, allowed 1 hit.
Demotion to Mahoning Valley just means he's sent away. Since the Scrappers don't play until June
Full season ball is higher level than short season, although as you note the latter may have older players since college kids generally debut here after the draft.
Demotion to Mahoning Valley just means he's sent away. Since the Scrappers don't play until June
Full season ball is higher level than short season, although as you note the latter may have older players since college kids generally debut here after the draft.
Re: Minor Matters
9378Highlights and lowlights from Wednesday:
C;lippers were shutout 8-0. If anyone's hoping to add to the major league offense with guys from Columbus, I'm afraid that only 3 in yesterday's lineup were hitting above 200 and the top mark is 250,. CarGo was not included, he's their only offense.
Their weakest starter Chiang was banged around. So was promising reliever Henry Martinez who's AAA stats over 2 seasons are abysmal.
Akron won its first after 6 losses. Veteran Paulson with the win. Promising reliever Dalbert Siri with the save, he's pitched 3 1/3 scoreless with 5K and 1 walk. Longo with 3 hits all singles is at 333.
Bats booming for Lynchburg in 10-3 win. Kwan's first 1-hit day, also drew his first walk and stole his 3rd base. Oscar Gonzalez with a big night, 4 hits, including his 3rd double; he's hitting 438 with a 1032 OPS. He's another hitter who doesn't walk. Nolan Jones does walk, once yesterday, but was hitless, dropping to 227. Gavin Collins, usually the catcher had a day off at 1st base, he homered, singled, walked twice, hitting 400, OPS 1128.
Lefty Adam Scott with 5 innings for the win. But the pitching star was Nick Gallagher who finished up with 4 perfect innings, 6 K
Another scoreless 5 inning outing by Luis Oviedo with Lake County, 3 walks, 2 K, 4 hits. 7-0 win. Tyler Freeman who set a doubles record in the NYPL last summer with his 2nd along with a single and a walk. Jose Fermin 2nd baseman with a homer [his first puts him one off his career season high] and a couple of walks, his forte. Marcos Gonzalez, playing 3rd base on this team of SSs, singled, walked twice and stole 2 bases. Holmes 0-4. Benson the night off.
C;lippers were shutout 8-0. If anyone's hoping to add to the major league offense with guys from Columbus, I'm afraid that only 3 in yesterday's lineup were hitting above 200 and the top mark is 250,. CarGo was not included, he's their only offense.
Their weakest starter Chiang was banged around. So was promising reliever Henry Martinez who's AAA stats over 2 seasons are abysmal.
Akron won its first after 6 losses. Veteran Paulson with the win. Promising reliever Dalbert Siri with the save, he's pitched 3 1/3 scoreless with 5K and 1 walk. Longo with 3 hits all singles is at 333.
Bats booming for Lynchburg in 10-3 win. Kwan's first 1-hit day, also drew his first walk and stole his 3rd base. Oscar Gonzalez with a big night, 4 hits, including his 3rd double; he's hitting 438 with a 1032 OPS. He's another hitter who doesn't walk. Nolan Jones does walk, once yesterday, but was hitless, dropping to 227. Gavin Collins, usually the catcher had a day off at 1st base, he homered, singled, walked twice, hitting 400, OPS 1128.
Lefty Adam Scott with 5 innings for the win. But the pitching star was Nick Gallagher who finished up with 4 perfect innings, 6 K
Another scoreless 5 inning outing by Luis Oviedo with Lake County, 3 walks, 2 K, 4 hits. 7-0 win. Tyler Freeman who set a doubles record in the NYPL last summer with his 2nd along with a single and a walk. Jose Fermin 2nd baseman with a homer [his first puts him one off his career season high] and a couple of walks, his forte. Marcos Gonzalez, playing 3rd base on this team of SSs, singled, walked twice and stole 2 bases. Holmes 0-4. Benson the night off.
Re: Minor Matters
9379BA highlights include:
Oscar Gonzalez, OF, Indians. The Indians’ No. 22 prospect had a four-hit day for high Class A Lynchburg. He had three base knocks including an RBI double and a walk. He is now batting .438/.438/.594.
CLE AA Clement, Ernie SS 5 0 1 0 .111
CLE AA Johnson, Daniel RF 3 0 0 0 .250 BB (4)
CLE AAA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 0 0 0 .238 BB (3)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 2B 4 0 1 0 .136
CLE AAA Mercado, Oscar LF 3 0 0 0 .174 BB (4)
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 5 1 4 2 .438 2B (3)
CLE HiA Jones, Nolan 3B 4 2 0 0 .227 BB (6)
CLE LoA Freeman, Tyler SS 4 2 2 0 .231 2B (3), BB (5)
CLE LoA Holmes, Quentin CF 4 0 0 0 .217 BB (2)
CLE LoA Oviedo, Luis 5.0 4 0 0 3 2 0.00 W (2-0)
Oscar Gonzalez, OF, Indians. The Indians’ No. 22 prospect had a four-hit day for high Class A Lynchburg. He had three base knocks including an RBI double and a walk. He is now batting .438/.438/.594.
CLE AA Clement, Ernie SS 5 0 1 0 .111
CLE AA Johnson, Daniel RF 3 0 0 0 .250 BB (4)
CLE AAA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 0 0 0 .238 BB (3)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 2B 4 0 1 0 .136
CLE AAA Mercado, Oscar LF 3 0 0 0 .174 BB (4)
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 5 1 4 2 .438 2B (3)
CLE HiA Jones, Nolan 3B 4 2 0 0 .227 BB (6)
CLE LoA Freeman, Tyler SS 4 2 2 0 .231 2B (3), BB (5)
CLE LoA Holmes, Quentin CF 4 0 0 0 .217 BB (2)
CLE LoA Oviedo, Luis 5.0 4 0 0 3 2 0.00 W (2-0)
Re: Minor Matters
9380I wouldn't say Gavin Collins is "usually" the catcher, Civ. He was a catcher when we drafted him, but he never played a game there his first year in our system. They moved him to 3rd base.
No games at catcher in 2016. In 2017 only 1 game at catcher, 71 at 3B.
I do not think he hit like they (Or I) thought he would, so last year they began playing him a little more at catcher, where his disappointing bat would play better. 31 games at catcher, 29 games at 3B.
So far this year it looks like they are planning on doing something similar, but splitting his time between 1st base, 3 games so far, and catcher, 2 games so far. But we will see.
He was a guy I was happy we drafted. I thought he would hit better than he has. So it is nice to see him get off to a good start this year. Hitting 400 so far with 2 doubles and a homer. I hope he turns into the under the radar bat I thought he would. But at this point I'm not holding my breath. But I would like him more if they left him at catcher. Since we recently cut loose Lucas we could find him a spot.
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#Indians minor league affiliate starters for Thursday
Columbus - RHP Jefry Rodriguez
Akron - LHP Sean Brady
Lynchburg - RHP Jean Carlos Mejia
Lake County - LHP Raymond Burgos
Side note - I am curious to see if Rodriguez makes his scheduled start today for Columbus. Rodriguez is an option being already on the 40 man roster to fill in for Clevinger's open spot Saturday.
Lake County Captains currently w/ (9) players under 21yrs old on the roster:
(C) Bo Naylor 19
INF Marcos Gonzalez 19
OF Quentin Holmes 19
INF Tyler Freeman 19
RHP Luis Oviedo 19
INF Jose Fermin 20
LHP Raymond Burgos 20
OF Will Benson 20
1B Ulysses Cantu 20
Lake County Captains starting rotation to date:
1) Luis Oviedo 2) Raymond Burgos 3) Juan Mota 4) Shane McCarthy 5) Alex Royalty
- 29.0(IP) 21(H) 6(R) 5(ER) 10(BB) 27(SO) 1.55(ERA) #Indians #Future
#Indians 19yr old RHP prospect Luis Oviedo over his last 13 starts dating back to last season:
- 67.0(IP) 47H 17R 13ER 20BB 74SO 1.75 ERA #Future
#Indians minor league current hitting streaks:
Oscar Gonzalez (Lynchburg) 7
Tyler Friis (Lynchburg) 6
Steven Kwan (Lynchburg) 6
Wilson Garcia (Akron) 5
Andruw Monasterio (Akron) 5
Gavin Collins (Lynchburg) 5
Josh Rolette (Lake County) 5
No games at catcher in 2016. In 2017 only 1 game at catcher, 71 at 3B.
I do not think he hit like they (Or I) thought he would, so last year they began playing him a little more at catcher, where his disappointing bat would play better. 31 games at catcher, 29 games at 3B.
So far this year it looks like they are planning on doing something similar, but splitting his time between 1st base, 3 games so far, and catcher, 2 games so far. But we will see.
He was a guy I was happy we drafted. I thought he would hit better than he has. So it is nice to see him get off to a good start this year. Hitting 400 so far with 2 doubles and a homer. I hope he turns into the under the radar bat I thought he would. But at this point I'm not holding my breath. But I would like him more if they left him at catcher. Since we recently cut loose Lucas we could find him a spot.
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Daily updates from my man on social media.
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Indians Prospective @indiansPro
#Indians minor league affiliate starters for Thursday
Columbus - RHP Jefry Rodriguez
Akron - LHP Sean Brady
Lynchburg - RHP Jean Carlos Mejia
Lake County - LHP Raymond Burgos
Side note - I am curious to see if Rodriguez makes his scheduled start today for Columbus. Rodriguez is an option being already on the 40 man roster to fill in for Clevinger's open spot Saturday.
Lake County Captains currently w/ (9) players under 21yrs old on the roster:
(C) Bo Naylor 19
INF Marcos Gonzalez 19
OF Quentin Holmes 19
INF Tyler Freeman 19
RHP Luis Oviedo 19
INF Jose Fermin 20
LHP Raymond Burgos 20
OF Will Benson 20
1B Ulysses Cantu 20
Lake County Captains starting rotation to date:
1) Luis Oviedo 2) Raymond Burgos 3) Juan Mota 4) Shane McCarthy 5) Alex Royalty
- 29.0(IP) 21(H) 6(R) 5(ER) 10(BB) 27(SO) 1.55(ERA) #Indians #Future
#Indians 19yr old RHP prospect Luis Oviedo over his last 13 starts dating back to last season:
- 67.0(IP) 47H 17R 13ER 20BB 74SO 1.75 ERA #Future
#Indians minor league current hitting streaks:
Oscar Gonzalez (Lynchburg) 7
Tyler Friis (Lynchburg) 6
Steven Kwan (Lynchburg) 6
Wilson Garcia (Akron) 5
Andruw Monasterio (Akron) 5
Gavin Collins (Lynchburg) 5
Josh Rolette (Lake County) 5
Re: Minor Matters
9381Indians Prospective @indiansPro
Columbus Clippers transactions
LHP Sean Brady promoted from Akron
LHP Josh Smith placed on temporary inactive list
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Sean Brady is getting the start tonight for Rodriguez, who is getting the start Saturday for Clevinger.
Columbus Clippers transactions
LHP Sean Brady promoted from Akron
LHP Josh Smith placed on temporary inactive list
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Sean Brady is getting the start tonight for Rodriguez, who is getting the start Saturday for Clevinger.
Re: Minor Matters
9382I don't think Rodriguez is probably "ready" for the Indians but he is the most intriguing of the Clippers' starters. I'll look up a scouting report. He has good stuff and needs better command.
Re: Minor Matters
9383"usually" the catcher
I meant that is his regular job this year. I believe he was a college catcher wasn't he who we converted to 3rd base? and now have converted back
I meant that is his regular job this year. I believe he was a college catcher wasn't he who we converted to 3rd base? and now have converted back
Re: Minor Matters
9384JC Mejia and Burgos both pitching today both had stellar shutouts their first starters [as did Oviedo and Eli Morgan and Garza] [Garza was clobbered in his second start while Oviedo with another 5 inning shutout] Mejia and Burgos are both big solid guys and project well for future.
Since we are solid in starting pitching at the majors, thin in AAA and AA, these guys either are
A] trade bait for someone who can hit or
B] next generation of starters after Bauers and Kluber are dealt or leave as free agents.
in either case they are very valuable parts of the future
Since we are solid in starting pitching at the majors, thin in AAA and AA, these guys either are
A] trade bait for someone who can hit or
B] next generation of starters after Bauers and Kluber are dealt or leave as free agents.
in either case they are very valuable parts of the future
Re: Minor Matters
9385It's early in all the games this evening but so far the minor league pitchers are aping Bieber and friends and haven't allowed a run. The pitchers today
Juan Carlos Mejia who threw 5 no hit innings in his first start has done the same in two innings today.
Raymond Burgos also duplicating his initial 5 inning shutout; he's finished 4 with no runs no walks 4 hits and 4 k on his line
Sean Brady subbing for Rodriguez in Columbus has 2 2/3 shutout innings at the moment, CarGo 2 run homer and Kipnis a double as the soon to be promoted pair lead the offense.
And someone I never heard of named Matt Solter worked 4 shutout inning subbing for Brady and another veteran pickup Breenan Bernardino worked a scoreless 5th.
Besides Columbus' 3 runs, Lake County is only team to score, 2 tallied both by Fermin who has singled and doubled getting at SS today with Freeman off
Juan Carlos Mejia who threw 5 no hit innings in his first start has done the same in two innings today.
Raymond Burgos also duplicating his initial 5 inning shutout; he's finished 4 with no runs no walks 4 hits and 4 k on his line
Sean Brady subbing for Rodriguez in Columbus has 2 2/3 shutout innings at the moment, CarGo 2 run homer and Kipnis a double as the soon to be promoted pair lead the offense.
And someone I never heard of named Matt Solter worked 4 shutout inning subbing for Brady and another veteran pickup Breenan Bernardino worked a scoreless 5th.
Besides Columbus' 3 runs, Lake County is only team to score, 2 tallied both by Fermin who has singled and doubled getting at SS today with Freeman off
Re: Minor Matters
9386Burgos and Mejia finished with 1-run outings:
Burgos 5 1/3 6 1 1 1 4 0.87
Mejia 6 4 1 1 1 7 0.82
Oviedo unchallenged with 2 shutout starts; Eli Morgan will get a chance to match that
Collins 3 hits for Hillcats, hitting 440.
Karinchak keeps racking up the K's: this time a perfect inning with 3 strikeouts. He's now fanned the maximum of 9 in 3 innings pitched.
Kaminsky with the loss in relief but errors did him in
Columbus with an offensive explosion for 12=4 win. Mercado and Chang had not been hitting much but both came up with big games:
Mercado 3 hits, one a double, now at 241/647 OPS. Chang 3 hits, one a homer 222/693.
Bobby Bradley his 2nd homer and a single; 269/964
Barnes 4 hits including a homer.
Not much for Eric Haase 1-5 4K. He's stuck at 160/502
Burgos 5 1/3 6 1 1 1 4 0.87
Mejia 6 4 1 1 1 7 0.82
Oviedo unchallenged with 2 shutout starts; Eli Morgan will get a chance to match that
Collins 3 hits for Hillcats, hitting 440.
Karinchak keeps racking up the K's: this time a perfect inning with 3 strikeouts. He's now fanned the maximum of 9 in 3 innings pitched.
Kaminsky with the loss in relief but errors did him in
Columbus with an offensive explosion for 12=4 win. Mercado and Chang had not been hitting much but both came up with big games:
Mercado 3 hits, one a double, now at 241/647 OPS. Chang 3 hits, one a homer 222/693.
Bobby Bradley his 2nd homer and a single; 269/964
Barnes 4 hits including a homer.
Not much for Eric Haase 1-5 4K. He's stuck at 160/502
Re: Minor Matters
9387BA highlighted lines:
CLE AA Johnson, Daniel RF 3 0 0 0 .217 2 BB (6), SB (1)
CLE AAA Bradley, Bobby 1B 5 1 2 3 .269 HR (2)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 3B 5 3 3 3 .222 HR (1)
CLE AAA Haase, Eric C 5 1 1 0 .160
CLE AAA Mercado, Oscar CF 6 1 3 1 .241 2B (1)
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 5 0 1 1 .405 SB (1)
CLE HiA Jones, Nolan 3B 5 1 1 0 .222
CLE LoA Benson, Will RF 4 0 0 0 .304
CLE LoA Holmes, Quentin CF 4 0 0 0 .185 slipping back
CLE LoA Naylor, Bo C 3 0 1 0 .227 BB (6), CS (1) another kid who is a patient hitter
CLE HiA Mejia, Jean Carlos 6.0 4 1 1 2 7 0.82 W (1-0) He spent 4 years in short season ball before "busting out" last summer. He's 22 so I'd guess he gets promoted aggressively from now until he shows a level of failure
CLE AA Johnson, Daniel RF 3 0 0 0 .217 2 BB (6), SB (1)
CLE AAA Bradley, Bobby 1B 5 1 2 3 .269 HR (2)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 3B 5 3 3 3 .222 HR (1)
CLE AAA Haase, Eric C 5 1 1 0 .160
CLE AAA Mercado, Oscar CF 6 1 3 1 .241 2B (1)
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 5 0 1 1 .405 SB (1)
CLE HiA Jones, Nolan 3B 5 1 1 0 .222
CLE LoA Benson, Will RF 4 0 0 0 .304
CLE LoA Holmes, Quentin CF 4 0 0 0 .185 slipping back
CLE LoA Naylor, Bo C 3 0 1 0 .227 BB (6), CS (1) another kid who is a patient hitter
CLE HiA Mejia, Jean Carlos 6.0 4 1 1 2 7 0.82 W (1-0) He spent 4 years in short season ball before "busting out" last summer. He's 22 so I'd guess he gets promoted aggressively from now until he shows a level of failure
Re: Minor Matters
9388Great group of starters to follow today!
Columbus - Cody Anderson
Akron - Zach Plesac
Lynchburg - Eli Morgan
Lake County - Juan Mota
Columbus - Cody Anderson
Akron - Zach Plesac
Lynchburg - Eli Morgan
Lake County - Juan Mota
Re: Minor Matters
9389Mota hasn't pitched quite up to Oviedo, Mejia and Burgos level but he looks intriguing too.
