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Sunday lines

CLE AA Clement, Ernie SS 4 0 1 0 .077 2B (1) First hit
CLE AA Johnson, Daniel DH 3 0 1 0 .308 BB (3), CS (1)
CLE AAA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 0 0 0 .222 BB (2)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 2B 3 1 0 0 .143 BB (3)
CLE AAA Haase, Eric DH 4 0 0 0 .167
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 4 0 1 1 .421 2B (2) Good start, one downside: he never walks
CLE HiA Jones, Nolan DH 3 0 0 0 .333 BB (4) he walks plenty
CLE LoA Benson, Will CF 3 0 1 0 .333 BB (3), SB (2) much better start this season
CLE LoA Freeman, Tyler SS 3 0 0 0 .167 BB (1)
CLE LoA Holmes, Quentin DH 5 0 1 0 .333 SB (2) his avg is equal to Benson's but Benson has xb hits and walks so a much better OPS
CLE LoA Naylor, Bo C 3 0 0 0 .222 BB (3)
no rated pitchers in action; as noted above few are active at present

On the mound today:

Wojiechiewski for Columbus, since they don't have a healthy Civale as their 5th starter

Tanner Tully for Akron, since they don't have McKenzie, as their 5th starter; Ducks looking for their first win,

Juan Hillman set for his Lynchburg debut after a rocky couple seasons in Lake County

TBD listed for Lake County. They went with two guys four innings each [Mota and Ponticelli] Saturday. Shane McCarthy, not to be confused with Kirk McCarty [injured] yesterday went solo. Looking over their roster, Alex Royalty looks like the likely starter. 6-4 190 RH was shut down after 22 solid innings last summer. Like a classic Indian draftee he had plenty of strikeouts [29] and very few walks [5] in his 22 2/3 innings.

Wojo with a really solid 6 innings 1 hit 1 walk 6k. Bobby Bradley a homer. Mercado is 3rd steal. Chang hitting 118. CarGo single and 2 walks. tie 1=1 in the 8th

Akron up by 1 in the 7th. Interesting Akron lineup: not one player among the top 30 prospects, except maybe Longo made the end of some lists.
Tully with not quite as impressive as Wojo: 6 innings 6 hits 2 runs 1 walk 6 K. Ben Krauth who was scoreless in his first outing in to hold the lead.

Juan Hillman with a good debut. 2 runs, both unearned, 1 walk 6 hits 4 K. Wakamatsu made his 3rd error. Kwan with only 1 hit so far, average drops to 526. one of the 11 hits is a double. no walks. He'll always look better on avg than say Nolan Jones who walks a ton [5th in 5 games today] and generally with a lot more extra base hits.

lake county rained out. Although it's nice and dry here in Youngstown.

Akron loses 5th straight. The curse of Sicnarf. Loopstock is gone, the Ducks can't win. Ben Krauth surrendered the game-losing 2 run homer

Lynchburg goes to 4-1. Stephen Kwan with his 5th straight multihit game, including his 2nd double. Austen Wade triple and walk.
Juan Hillman with the win; kind of rare for him, his career mark is 17-28. Solid relief from Robert Broom, 2 innings, 1 hit 1 walk 3 K. And closed out by Kyle Nelson, fanned the 3 he faced; Nelson has been a very steady minor league force; his career ERA is 1.88 and he's fanned 112 in 76 innings only walking 17

Clippers also 4-1 with 10th inning win on a throwing error. CarGo 2 walks 2 hits. But with Naquin hitting 300 we don't need him, right? Bradley double and single, hitting 286, 5K in 14 AB not an improvement. Kipnis 1-3 hitting 222, OPS 633

I'm ready for CarGo if you are!

BA lines for Monday. Remember they only include the preseason Top 30

CLE AAA Bradley, Bobby 1B 5 1 2 1 .286 HR (1)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu SS 4 0 0 0 .111 BB (4)
CLE AAA Haase, Eric C 4 0 1 0 .188 BB (2)
CLE AAA Mercado, Oscar CF 4 0 0 0 .235 BB (2), SB (3)
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Oscar RF 4 0 1 0 .391
CLE HiA Jones, Nolan 3B 3 0 0 0 .278 BB (5)

Lake County plays a doubleheader today. But unfortunately only televised games are Columbus and Akron.

All the Columbus starters are probably auditioning now for the 5th spot with the Tribe. Hu tonight.

The clock is running out on Carlos Gonzalez. with possible bad weather coming up, he might only have a few games to audition.

There's no doubt he'll be up in my opinion.

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Bats 6 Clippers 2

Hu 5.2(IP) 4H 2R 2ER 1BB 2SO
Cole 1.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 2SO
Freeman 2-3 2R 2HR 2RBI
Bradley 1-4

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Thunder 7 RubberDucks 2

Longo 2-4 2RBI
Eubank 2.2(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO
Kaminsky 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO
Karinchak 1.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 3SO

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Red Sox 14 Hillcats 1

Kwan 2-4 R 2B BB
Friis 1-3 2B 2BB
Gonzalez 1-4 RBI

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Hot Rods 6 Captains 3 10 Innings (Game 1)

Royalty 5.0(IP) 5H 2R 2ER 1BB 6SO
Arias 2.0(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 3SO
Rolette 1-3 R 2B RBI BB
Gonzalez 1-3 2B RBI BB

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Captains 13 Hot Rods 4 (Game 2)

Draper 4.0(IP) 3H 0R 0ER 1BB 2SO
Benson 2-3 3R HR 3RBI BB
Reeves 3-3 3R 2B HR 2RBI BB
Cardenas 3-4 R 2B 2RBI 3SB

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Columbus Clippers transaction:
RHP Shao-Ching Chiang promoted from (AA) Akron

Lake County Captains transaction:
1B/OF Mitch Reeves activated 1B
Ulysses Cantu placed on the 7-day Injured List

Lynchburg Hillcats RHP Robert Broom has not allowed a (Earned Run) over his last 17.1 innings pitched dating back to last season.
- 17.1 8H 2R 0ER 3BB 23SO 0.00 ERA 11.97 SO/9 #Indians

Lake County Captains RHP Aaron Pinto is off to a great start to the 2019 season. Pinner currently leads the #Indians organization in strikeouts w/ (11) after his first three appearances out of the pen.
- 6.2(IP) 3H 2R 0ER 2BB 11SO 0.00 ERA 15.0 SO/9 #Future

Pinto's last 13 relief appearances dating back to the end of the 2018 season:
- 19.0(IP) 9(H) 3(R) 1(ER) 4(BB) 25(SO) 0.47 ERA 11.84 SO/9

Lynchburg Hillcats 21yr old OF prospect Steven Kwan has recorded 5 straight multi-hit games to start his 2019 season.
13-25 7R 3(2B) 3RBI 1BB 2SB .520 AVG .538 OBP

Karinchak 1.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 3SO That is a nice Outing.

So far, 2 innings, no hits, 6 K, 1BB

For his career to date, 74 innings 59 hits 118K and 49BB

When the Indians drafted him, he did not fit the mold. The scouting report was great stuff but poor control. Someone to watch for the pen this year.

Yes, Karinchak clearly will be moving up and if he can figure out how to keep the ball fairly regularly in the strikezone could become an important big leaguer.

My man Kwan must have some sort of record in his sites with multi hit games every day so far. He doesn't walk and he doesn't hit home runs, but he has included three doubles among his many singles. Don't know enough about his defense.

In yesterday's LC opener, Benson and Holmes and Cardenas combined to go 0-12 with 10 strikeouts. Better results in the nightcap; Benson is at 313/450/625 and has three steals. But of his 11 outs 9 are by strikeout.

Geez, season is only a couple weeks old and Aiken has already earned a demotion.

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Tribeinsider @tribeinsider
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More roster moves today

+ Transfer LHP Jake Miednik from Mahoning Valley to Lake County
+ Pitcher LHP Brennan Bernardino transferred from MV to Akron.
- Transfer LHP Brady Aiken from LC to Mahoning Valley

I thought Short Season ball was higher level than Low A...college players