Cleveland Sports Forum

BA lines for Tuesday games, as the minor league season winds down

CLE AA Allen, Greg CF 5 2 2 1 .259 2 2B (15)
CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 1 2 1 .246 HR (22), 2 BB (54)
CLE AA Mejia, Francisco DH 5 0 1 1 .298
CLE AAA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 3 0 0 0 .165 BB (49) [I think if he bats 1.000 the rest of the way he could reach the Mendoza line, maybe]
CLE HiA Castro, Willi SS 5 2 2 1 .290 HR (11), SB (18)
CLE R Fermin, Jose SS 4 0 0 0 .223 BB (5), CS (2)
CLE R Freeman, Tyler PH 1 0 0 0 .301
CLE R Holmes, Quentin PR 0 0 0 0 .185 [we're supposed to be patient with him since he's a high school kid from the northeast]
CLE R Rodriguez, Johnathan RF 4 0 1 0 .247
CLE SS Benson, Will RF 3 0 0 0 .227 BB (27), SB (6)
CLE SS Clement, Ernie SS 4 0 0 0 .275
CLE SS Wade, Austen CF 3 0 0 0 .254 BB (14)
CLE SS McCarty, Kirk 3 2 2 2 0 4 2.03 L (2-2)

Indians Prospective‏ @indiansPro 7 hours ago
#Indians prospects headed to the 2017 @MLBazFallLeague
RHP Angulo
RHP Eubank
RHP Linares
LHP Brady
INF Krieger
C Mejia
1B Bradley
OF Tom

I'm glad Angulo and Lineras are getting the experience. They have some potential.

Civ, maybe Fermin is a defensive whiz? He hasn't shown anything at all at the plate.

that should say INF Mejia.

I cannot think of any reason to send Luke Eubank other than to get him some innings. He had 25 innings last year, and is closing in 20 this summer. He's a 15 th round 6-0 righty in the bullpen.

Clippers are without most of their good players now and it's showing. They go down again tonight to MudHens 5-1. ... Almonte and Chisenhall both 0-3. ... Naquin 0-1 in a pinch hit appearance. ... Papi 2-3 with a home run.

Akron allows 3 runs in 8th and then 3 again in the 9th to lose to Harrisburg 6-5. ... Bieber actually pitched another gem that was wasted by pen. 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K. ... Allen 2-3 with a double and a SB. ... F.Mejia 1-5. ... Bradley 0-3.

Lynchburg beats Nationals 5-2 on another good day by Civale. 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K. ... Eubank struck out the side in the 9th for the save. 1.69 ERA on year now. ... Castro had a single and a stolen base then had to leave the game. Hopefully nothing too serious. Slide feet first kids. ... Collins 0-3 with a walk. ... * McKenzie starts tomorrow *

Lake County lose to Lansing 10-3 on a rare bad night by Plesac. 3 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 3 K. ... Longo 1-3 with a walk. ... Ice 1-3 with a homer.

Scrappers lose to Batavia 5-1 on a rare off day for Eli Morgan too. 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K. ... Oscar 0-3. ... Jones 1-3 with a homer and a walk. ... Rivera 1-3 with a walk.

AZL Tribe lose to Padres 7-6. ... Gantt 2-3 with a double, walk, stolen base, and 3 RBI. Go Buckeye! ... Freeman and Holmes both 1-5 with stolen base. ... J.Rodriguez 2-3 with 2 walks. Love seeing this young fella working lots of walks. ... Reeves 1-4 with a walk.

Mejia getting ready for his winter at third base played there for Akron last night.

Last season's high school kids at the top of the draft are looking at least decent as they complete their second short seasons as pros.

Nolan Jones had a great line in August: 369/480/607
Will Benson has flaws but he's drawing plenty of walks, 14 in the month, and hitting plenty of xb base hits: 3 doubles, 3 triples, 5 homers for the month. His season base stealing is perfection in 6 tries. For August his slash line: 236/375/569.

3 high school position players at the top of this year's draft, so we have more options for one to succeed.

The first pick Quentin Holmes hardly distinguished himself: 185/220/291
SS Tyler Freeman was OK 297/364/414
RF Johnathan Rodriguez was a very patient hitter but managed few big hits. 261/365/348. HIs August was excellent: 347/500/429 with 15 walks/ 9 strikeouts. No speed on the bases. He'll need to start hitting doubles at least.

BA report:

Francisco Mejia, 3b, Indians. Mejia, the top catching prospect on the Midseason Top 100, made his first start as a pro at third base Wednesday against Double-A Harrisburg (Nationals). Mejia handled one chance, catching a line drive off the bat of Jose Marmolejos. Mejia is expected to play third base in the Arizona Fall League as well, although the Indians say they still see his future as a catcher.

CLE AA Allen, Greg CF 3 0 2 1 .264 2B (16), SB (21)
CLE AA Bradley, Bobby DH 3 0 0 0 .244
CLE AA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 4 0 1 0 .216 CS (4)
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler 2B 3 0 2 3 .231 2B (24), CS (6)
CLE AA Mejia, Francisco 3B 5 1 1 0 .297
CLE AAA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 3 0 1 0 .166
CLE HiA Castro, Willi SS 1 0 1 0 .291 SB (19)
CLE LoA Ice, Logan C 3 1 1 1 .225 HR (11), BB (39)
CLE MAJ Diaz, Yandy DH 3 1 1 2 .250 2 BB (14)
CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik 3B-SS 4 1 1 0 .256 2B (6), BB (2)
CLE MAJ Zimmer, Bradley CF 3 0 0 0 .247
CLE R Fermin, Jose PH 1 0 0 0 .222
CLE R Freeman, Tyler SS 5 0 1 1 .297 SB (5)
CLE R Holmes, Quentin CF 5 1 1 0 .185 SB (5)
CLE R Rodriguez, Johnathan RF 3 1 2 1 .261 2 BB (21)
CLE SS Gonzalez, Oscar RF 2 0 0 0 .275
CLE SS Jones, Nolan 3B 3 1 1 1 .296 HR (4), BB (41)

The three non-walking men:
CLE AA Bieber, Shane 7 4 0 0 1 8 2.42
CLE HiA Civale, Aaron 7 4 2 2 0 8 2.59 W (11-2)
CLE MAJ Merritt, Ryan 5.1 5 1 1 2 1 1.74 W (2-0)

Wow Greg Allen called up!

Little of this and that ...

Indians Prospective‏ @indiansPro

1st time since 1994 an @Indians MiLB system w/ at least 140 Strikeouts by 3 players
Triston McKenzie 176
Shane Bieber 157
Aaron Civale 141

.

Lynchburg #Hillcats transactions
OF Mitch Longo promoted from Lake County

.

Lake County #Captains transactions
OF Mitch Longo promoted to Lynchburg
OF Trenton Brooks activated off 7-day DL

.

Congratulations to @Indians OF prospect Greg Allen on his MLB call-up to Cleveland. Allen was currently playing w/ the AA @AkronRubberDuck

.

Lynchburg #Hillcats RHP Aaron Civale has been outstanding over his last 7 starts:
- 49.0(IP) 41H 14R 12ER 3BB 37SO 2.20 ERA #Indians

.

With his 27th HR tonight Lake County #Captains (1B) Emmanuel Tapia is just one HR away from tying Ryan Goleski's record of 28 set in 2004

.

Akron #RubberDucks RHP Shane Bieber continues to dominate over his last 6 starts in AA:
- 37.1(IP) 35H 8R 8ER 3BB 36SO 1.93 ERA #Indians

.


Lynchburg #Hillcats OF Andrew Calica over his last 17 games:
25-63 19R 5(2B) 1(3B) 2HR 10RBI 10BB 6SB .397 AVG .519 OBP #Indians

.

RHP Jean Carlos Mejia has not allowed a run over 20.1(IP) over 9 outings w/ the #Scrappers
- 20.1(IP) 5H 0R 0ER 5BB 28SO 0.00 ERA #Indians

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (ERA) 45+ IP
Jahir Varela 2.05
Luis D. Garcia 2.31
Yeffersson Yannuzzi 2.60

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (Strikeouts)
Yeffersson Yannuzzi 53
Luis D. Garcia 52
Diarlin Jimenez 47

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (OBP) 150+ PA
Jean Montero .415
Henderson De Oleo .410
Christopher Cespedes .381

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (Walks)
Carlos Ventura 36
Jeikol Contreras 33
Jonathan Lopez 32

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (SB)
Jean Montero 14
Marcos Gonzalez 13
Derian Perez 9

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (AVG) 150+ PA
Christopher Cespedes .314
Yainer Diaz .294
Marcos Gonzalez .274

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (Hits)
Jonathan Lopez 60
Marcos Gonzalez 59
Christopher Cespedes 54

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (RBI)
Jonathan Lopez 36
Jhon Torres 35
Christopher Cespedes 28

.

#Indians Dominican Summer League final leaders (HR)
Henderson De Oleo (6)
Jhon Torres (5)
Christopher Cespedes (5)

A little more this and that ... busy morning ...

Indians Prospective‏ @indiansPro

Congrats Lynchburg #Hillcats RHP Triston McKenzie on being named Baseball America's Carolina League pitcher of the year. @T_eazy24 #Indians

.

Congrats to Lynchburg #Hillcats Tony Mansolino on being named Baseball America's Carolina League manager of the year. @tmansolino #Indians

Much credit goes to hitting coach Kevin Howard & pitching coach Rigo Beltran as well on a fantastic job. @Kho4 #Hillcats

.

Congrats to #Rubberducks Eric Haase & Francisco Mejia on being named to Baseball America's Eastern League post season All-Star team #Indians

.

Congrats to #Captains Emmanuel Tapia & Li-Jen Chu on being named to Baseball America's Miwest League post season All-Star team #Indians

.

Lynchburg #Hillcats on Baseball America's postseason All-Star team
2B Sam Haggerty
SS Willi Castro
OF Sicnarf Loopstok
RHP Triston McKenzie

.

Columbus Clippers‏Verified account @CLBClippers 11 minutes ago
TONIGHT: Former @OhioState_BASE southpaw Tanner Tully makes his Triple-A debut with the #ClipShow!!

As for those All Star teams, they are based solely on season's performance not on prospect status. Don't necessarily expect Tapia and Loopstok to crack the Tribe Top 30 this winter.

Local Product Mitch Longo Just Keeps Hitting

Indians Organization Report


August 31, 2017 By Jim Ingraham

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/l ... Outfielder Mitch Longo has hit .339/.399/.481 through his first 93 pro games.

“He's put himself on the radar," assistant general manager Carter Hawkins said.

A 14th-round pick out of Ohio in 2016, Longo has hit everywhere he's played. He hit well over .300 in three college seasons, where in 2015 he was named the Mid-American Conference player of the year as a sophomore, when he hit .357.

After being drafted and signed by the Indians, Longo went to short-season Mahoning Valley and hit .307. This year he moved to low Class A Lake County, where he missed time early in the season after surgery to remove a hamate bone, but once he returned he did what he usually does: hit.

Through 55 games in the Midwest League this season, Longo hit .361/.431/.530 with four home runs.

“Mitch has some polish to him and has an idea of what he's trying to do at the plate," Hawkins said. “Combine that with some strength and feel to hit. He's had a knack of making something happen offensively."

Longo, 22, has played all three outfield positions but mostly right field at Lake County this year. A lefthanded batter, he hasn't flashed much power yet.

An Indians fan growing up, Longo was born and went to high school in Mayfield, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, and he lives in Gates Mills, another Cleveland suburb. Lake County plays its home games at Classic Park, which is a short and easy drive for Longo's friends and family.

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/l ... R.99Hamate surgery delayed the start of Longo's season, but since his return he has been Lake County's best hitter, and one of the better hitters in the MWL.

“Starting the year with the hamate issue certainly set him back," Hawkins said. “But he's made up for lost time. We're excited to see his continued progress."

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/l ... L20lPQR.99

Thanks for sharing that Longo article, Civ!

Some more system moves as dominoes fall ...

C Eric Haase promoted from Akron to Columbus.

C Daniel Salters promoted from Lynchburg to Akron.

Righty reliever Cameron Hill promoted to Columbus from Akron.

Akron activates righty Jacob Lee from DL.

Juan De La Criz and Yonathan Mendoza have been activated by Akron as well.

Columbus Clippers‏ @CLBClippers Aug 30
The International League Announced today that Yandy Diaz and Ronny Rodriguez have been named Postseason All-Stars!!