Haven't paid a lot of attention to Hillcats SS Ivan Castillo but he's only 20, playing in High A, leads the league with a swarm of triples [12]and has 18 steals. 251 average. Only 25 walks. 29 errors. 4.48 range factor: is that good, bad, or indifferent?

Zimmer with 2 homers for the RDucks. That makes 6 in AA and 16 for the year. He's in some sort of a hurry to reach Cleveland, it appears. And there is a spot waiting for him in Right Field.

Yesterday's lines:

CLE AA Moncrief, Carlos RF 4 1 2 4 .254 HR (2), BB (21), CS (2)
CLE AA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 4 0 1 1 .222 2B (1)
CLE AA Rodriguez, Ronny DH 4 1 1 0 .294 CS (3)
CLE AA Zimmer, Bradley CF 3 3 2 2 .266 2 HR (6), BB (10)
CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus DH 4 1 1 0 .252 BB (32)
CLE LoA Bradley, Bobby 1B 4 1 1 3 .255 HR (21) Oh yeah, him, too.
CLE MAJ Lindor, Francisco SS 2 0 1 1 .277 BB (11)
CLE MAJ Perez, Roberto C 3 1 1 0 .224 BB (30)
CLE SS Tom, Ka’ai LF 3 0 1 2 .294 2B (8) This kid is having a very solid August.

Pitching, not all so great:

CLE HiA Kaminsky, Rob 4.1 8 6 4 2 3 3.72 L (0-1)
CLE LoA Sheffield, Justus 4 3 2 1 5 5 3.98
CLE SS Shane, Casey 6 3 0 0 3 3 2.98 W (2-3)

Thursday games:

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20150813

Not much offense but some good pitching.

Mike Clevinger: 7-4-1-1-0-9 2.91 that was a losing effort
Jayson Aquino recent pickup 5 2/3-5-2-2-2-4
Jared Robinson 2ndyear man with MHV 6 2/3-3-0-0-1-6 no decision
Hillman's second start in Arizona: 4-7-3-3-0-7

The hitters:
Aguillar 2 singles;
Zimmer and Diaz each with a single;
Frazier singles; Loopstock 2b and HR; Luigi Rod on DL, Levon W and Paulino both sat out
Santander single, double, homer; as usual a Bradley homer, a walk and 2 k; and as usual Mejia 2 singles
G Mejia 0-5, first time ever? Wakamatsu tripled

BA notes for Thursday games:

CLE AA Zimmer, Bradley CF 3 0 1 0 .268
CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus 1B 5 0 2 2 .254
CLE AAA Gonzalez, Erik SS 3 1 1 0 .218 SB (3)
CLE AAA Ramsey, James LF 4 1 1 0 .236
CLE HiA Frazier, Clint CF 4 0 1 0 .287
CLE LoA Bradley, Bobby 1B 4 1 1 2 .254 HR (22), BB (42)
CLE LoA Mejia, Francisco C 5 0 2 0 .256
CLE MAJ Lindor, Francisco SS 3 2 2 0 .283 BB (12)
CLE MAJ Urshela, Giovanny 3B 3 1 1 0 .239 BB (9)
CLE R Wakamatsu, Luke SS 4 0 1 0 .237 3B (1)
CLE SS Marabell, Connor CF 3 0 1 0 .229 BB (6) [something like a 32nd round pick, not sure why they include him]

CLE AA Clevinger, Mike 7 4 1 1 0 9 2.98 L (8-7)
CLE HiA Aquino, Jayson 5.2 6 2 2 2 4 2.79 L (0-1)
CLE MAJ Adams, Austin 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 3.42
CLE MAJ Armstrong, Shawn 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0.00
CLE R Hillman, Juan 4 7 3 3 0 7 4.76 L (0-2)
CLE R Meister, Christian 3 2 0 0 1 4 0.73 [pitching very well, but he's a 21 year old in Arizona league so probably not much of a prospect]

Still Hot:

9. Bradley Zimmer, cf, Indians

Team: Double-A Akron (Eastern)
Age: 22
Why He’s Here: .409/.480/.864 (9-for-22), 6 R, 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBIs, 3 BB, 5 SO, 1-for-1 SBs

Zimmer is wrapping up an outstanding first full pro season. He’s shown power (16 home runs, .504 slugging percentage), speed (38 steals in 43 attempts), solid defense and an ability to hit for average and get on base. The Indians doubled up on first-round outfielders in 2013 (Clint Frazier) and 2014 (Zimmer), and this year both are showing signs they can live up to those expectations

I sent them a vote for Mejia. all he's done since July 24 is go 29-63 with 10 walks. On base over 52% of the time. Only a couple xb hits, obviously he's been more selective, shortened the swing and gone for contact. Impressive adaptability for a 19 year old

Luigi Rodriguez is being suspended 80 games for PED use.

No wonder he was having a good year.

@tpaquette_IID: #Captains 7 River Bandits 1.
W: Polanco 6IP 1H 1R 1ER 3BB 3SO, @b_bradley_44 1-4 R HR 2RBI, @D_Army22 1-4 R HR RBI,
Allen 1-3 R 2B 2BB SB

@tpaquette_IID: #Captains OF Greg Allen has now reached base in 17 straight games:
24-69 17R 4(2B) 2HR 6RBI 12BB 7SB .348 AVG .464 OBP #Indians

@tpaquette_IID: Lake County #Captains 1B Bobby Bradley @b_bradley_44 over his last 17 games:
21-69 16R 4(2B) 9HR 29RBI 9BB .304 AVG .375 OBP #Indians

@tpaquette_IID: Lake County #Captains (C) Francisco Mejia over his last 17 games:
29-66 7R 1(2B) 1HR 11RBI 10BB 1SB .439 AVG .519 OBP #Indians

Anyone with a suspicious nature might not be too surprised to learn that Luigi Rodriguez, whose power has been vastly improved this year, has been given an 80 game suspension for performing enhancing drugs. Sorry to hear it.

I hope he has not been sharing with Dorsyss Paulino.

Friday night games:

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20150814

Akron:
yandy Diaz 7th homer, 4 rbi
Ronnie Rodriguez 2 homers, that makes 11 and he missed half the season. 873 OPS. Not all perfect: 6bb/42k
Duke vonSchamman back from his 80 game suspension

Lynchburg:
Levon W 3 hits
Frazier single
Papi double, 2 walks
Castillo 2 hits
Luis Lugo: 5-1-2-2-2-3 hr; he allows too many homers

Lake C:
Allen double, 2 walks, sb 42
Bradley, once again, homers. That's 23. 3 games in a row
Anderson Polanco: 6-1-1-1-3-3

Mah C:
Mathias single, double
Lovegrove awful as always: 3-5-4-3-3-0 6.00 his 3rd season in short season; should be his last as a pro

GMejia single double steal No. 32; CS #10-- caught at 3rd base which seem to be a high share of his CS

I see Ryan Merritt [10-7 3.51] is scheduled tonight for Akron; and he's also scheduled to make his AAA debut.
The starters for Lake C and Mah C have a combined record of 3-15. Milbrath and Linares.

Merritt is on the Columbus roster and no longer on Akron's so I guess he really is working in AAA today, probably as replacement for Tomlin. Meanwhile DJ Brown is now listed on Akron's staff, so I guess he's their starter tonight.

Holy cow, Bradley goes deep again. And Allen with a triple.

@tpaquette_IID: #Captains 5 River Bandits 0. W: @jdmilbrath 6IP 6H 0R 0ER 1BB 5SO, @b_bradley_44 1-4 R HR 4RBI BB, Allen 1-3 3B RBI BB, @D_Army22 1-3 R

@tpaquette_IID: #Captains OF Greg Allen has now reached base in 18 straight games:
25-72 17R 4(2B) 1(3B) 2HR 7RBI 13BB 7SB .347 AVG .466 OBP #Indians

@tpaquette_IID: Lake County #Captains 1B Bobby Bradley @b_bradley_44 over his last 18 games:
22-73 17R 4(2B) 10HR 33RBI 10BB .301 AVG .376 OBP #Indians

Zimmer heating back up after his little slump.

@tpaquette_IID: #RubberDucks OF Bradley Zimmer @Bzimmer5 over his last 10 games:
14-44 10R 2(2B) 1(3B) 5HR 15RBI 4BB 2SB .318 AVG .367 OBP #Indians