BA notes these lines for our preseason Top 30:

CLE AAA Fedroff, Tim CF 3 1 2 0 .258 BB (62)
CLE MAJ Gomes, Yan C 4 1 3 0 .310

The Angels have signed infielder Andy Marte to a minor league deal, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times (Twitter link). Marte, 29, once ranked as a one of the game's top 10 prospects, according to Baseball America, and was hitting .301/.367/.526 with 19 homers in 96 games for the Atlantic League's York Revolution.

BA's All Prospec t Team for July includes:

RHP Danny Salazar • Indians
Triple-A Columbus (International)

Don’t judge Salazar too harshly for his low innings total in July. Not included here is his lone big league start, in which he allowed one run on two hits to the Blue Jays, striking out seven in 6 1/3 innings. American League opponents will see plenty more of Salazar’s deadly three-pitch mix—including 94-96 mph heat—down the stretch.
W L ERA GS IP H R ER HR SO BB SO/9 BB/9 SO/BB WHIP
2 0 0.82 4 22 13 2 2 1 31 2 12.7 0.8 15.50 0.73

Mitch Brown with an excellent 6 innings of shutout ball in Arizona. He's been up and down this season.
Dylan Baker with 6 strong innings for Lake County, 2 runs. He had been in a slump.
A couple days ago Doryss Paulino had a 4-hit day for Lake County; he's at 240. Santander has been out.

Trevor Bauer struggled through 6 1/3 throwing 112 pitches, walked 5 fanned 6 allowed 2 homers for 3 runs.
Matt Packer has been (make that HAD been) very strong of late. 9 starts 53 innings, 13 runs, 52 K vs 12bb.
Last night: 2 1/3 innnigs, 12 hits, 10 runs.

Remants of the CC trade:
LaPorta is back in Columbus. Hurray.
Bryson ERA rises to 12.50 after this line: 1-2-3-3-2-2

Most recent 1st round picks, both were the "best pure hitters" in the draft:
Naquin 1-4 hitting 281 OPS 775.
Frazier 2-4 with his 5th triple, hitting 306, OPS 859. 4 doubles 5 triples 3 homers. 38 K in 122 AB


In Mahoning Valley:
Lefty Kenny Matthews 4-2-1-1-1-1 1.42
Righty Cole Sulser's 17 inning scoreless streak ends: 1 2/3-2-2-2-3-3 2.17

Some hitters in Akron:
Aguillar 2 hits, 14th homer, 270. 85 RBI
Moncrief 2 singles, 302
Lindor 0-5 297

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Tuesday's notable lines:

CLE AA Aguilar, Jesus 1B 3 1 2 2 .270 HR (14), BB (51)
CLE HiA Smith, Jordan RF 2 3 1 0 .275 2B (20), 2 BB (44), 2 SB (17)
CLE AA Adams, Austin 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.55
CLE AA Armstrong, Shawn 2 1 0 0 0 2 5.23
CLE AA Haley, Trey 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.18
CLE AAA Bauer, Trevor 6.1 5 3 3 5 6 3.84 L (5-5)
CLE LoA Baker, Dylan 6 8 3 2 0 2 3.98
CLE R Brown, Mitch 6 2 0 0 2 5 5.45

Indians rated as having the best tools in their respective minor leagues, as voted by league managers:

Pitchers

Best breaking pitch in the International League Trevor Bauer

Offensive Players:

Best Baserunner in the Eastern League: Jose Ramirez
Fastest Baserunner in the Eastern League: Jose Ramirez

Defenders:

Best defensive 3B in the Eastern League: Giovanny Urshela he regularly wins this award
Best Outfield Arm in the Eastern League: Carlos Moncrief
Best Outfield Arm in the Carolina League: Tyler Naquin
Best defensive 1B in the Carolina League: Jarrud Sabourin
Best defensive SS in the Carolina League: Francisco Lindor

Overall really good player:

Most Exciting Player in the Carolina League: Francisco Lindor

Wednesday night boxes:

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Notable:

1. Kyle Crockett 2013 4th round lefty reaches Akron already after 14 innings with 1 run allowed in Class A. AA Debut was another shutout inning, fanned two.
2. Other solid relief: Langwell 1 2/3 perfect 3 K. Tejada in Akron 1 perfect inning. Flores in Akron 1 perfect 1K. Other OK relief: Hagadone 1 inning, 2 hits, 2 K. Blake Wood 1/3 1 hit, why did he leave?
3. Not so great releif: CC Lee 1 2/3 4 hits 3 runs.
4. Solid start: Robbie Aviles 5 innings, 3 hits no runs 1 walk 2 K for Lake County
5. First bad start of the season: Luis Lugo 4-4-6-4-1-5 for Mah Valley
6. Repeat bad start: Lovegrove in Arizona 3-4-4-3-4-3
7a: Good hitting as usual by Frazier: double and walk
7. Good hitting in Akron: Ramirez 2 singles, Aguillar singles and doubles; Monsalve homer and 2 singles; Urshela 2 singles.
8. Good hitting in Carolina: Smith and Wolters 2 hits each; Greenwell 2 including a homer; Myles 3 hits.
9. Not hitting in Carolina: Naquin 0-5 with 2 K and a walk, now at season low 278
10. Good hitting in Lake County: Paulino 2 hits, Levon Washington single and walk.
11. Good hitting by Bautista: 2b Claudio 2 hits for MV (292/800); 3B Geraldo 3 hits, including a triple in Arizoan (313/840) Both are 19 years old
12. Noteworthy in Columbus Laporta and Chen each with his 7th homer; Carrera 36th steal.

Time to concentrate on the future again. Last Night:

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Felix Sterling geting better again and starting again. 5-5-2-1-1-3. Since July 1 2.45 but still 13BB in 22IP
Casey Shane high draftee getting better 2-2-1-1-1-4 last 3 game 3 runs in 7 innings. For season 7.88
Will Roberts pitching better at AA 7-3-1-1-1-5
Matsuzaka with a good start 7-2-1-1-2-5
Bullpenners: Pestano, Adams, Haley 1 shutout inning apiece.

AAA:Juan Diaz single and double, .243
Chun Chen 8th homer and single 228
AA: Ronnie Rodriguez 2hits, one a double 270
high A: Bryson Myles 3 hits and 11th steal; Jordan Smith 3 hits; Naquin single double strikeout

Carolina League ERA leader Cody Anderson - 2.34 -with another fine start. He's also 3rd in strikeouts. He's 9-4 on a lousy team. 7 3-hit shutout innings, 1 walk, 5 stikeouts. May be our only starter prospect between AAA and short season. Perhaps teammate Shawn Morimando is, too.

Boxes Friday:

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Good start from Caleb Hamrick, 19 year old RH for Mahoning Valley. First 2 starts were excellent: 10 innings, 1 ER. Then 6 stinkers: 28 IP, 20 ER. Now 2 good ones: 10 IP, 2 ER.
Good Lake County debut for LH reliever Anderson Polanco 2 1/3-1-1-0-6
OK relief in AAA: Pestano 1-2-0-0-0-1; Hagadone better line 1-1-0-0-2. In AA: Armstrong 2 shutout.

Some offensive good nights:
MV: Nellie Rodriguez 2 hits, 311, but his power has dwindled.
Carolina:Naquin 2 doubles, that's 27 on the year. Bryson Myles has been red hot, 3 hits, he tops 300.
Akron: Ramirez and Rodriguez and Aguillar 2 hits apiece. Lindor has been out a few days; why?
Columbus: Chen two hits.

Saturday games:

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Pitching star of the day:
T.J. House 8-4-1-1-1-5 last 7 starts: 44 1/3-38-10-10-12-37 2.03
Other good pitching, 2013 draftees:
Dace Kime 4-3-1-1-2-5 2.75
Sean Brady 4-5-2-2-1-1 1.80
Matt Whitehouse 2-1-0-0-0-1 0.36 25 1/3 IP 14 hits 2 walks 18 strikeouts
Trevor Frank 1-0-0-0-0-3 3.08 26 1/3 IP 23 hits 1 walk 30 K; nice ratio
Kyle Crockett in Akron 1-0-0-0-0-0 0.00
Other good pitching, older guys:
Ryan Merritt 3-5-1-1-0-4
Enosil Tejada 2-1-0-0-0-2 0.78
Blake Wood 1-1-0-0-0-1 0.84
Not so good pitching:
Shawn Morimando 4 1/3-2-6-4-7-1 3.11 118 2/3 IP only 93 H 62 BB 84K

Hitting leaders:
Jose Ramirez 4 hits in 7 AB
Ronnie Rodriguez 2 hits
Jesus Aguillar 2 hits, 2 RBI. 89 RBI for the season has got to be one of the best in baseball.
Alex Monsalve 3 hits, .343 at Akron in recent return from rehab
Jorge Martinez HR#6 4rbi; 4 of his 6 homers in the last 10 games, but only one other hit along with them, so he's 5-32 and avg stays below 200
Francisco Mejia 3 hits including a homer in Arizona
Clint Frazier single double .306 .873 OPS

Some lines of interest from Sunday:

Trevor Bauer 6 innings 1 run 1 walk.
Clint Frazier 0-7 4 K in a doubleheader
Mitch Brown 5-4-2-2-2-3
Dylan Baker 5 1/3 inning 2 runs.
Matt Packer 5 innings, 5 runs
Joe Colon 6 1/3 innigs, 2 runs.
hagadone 1 inning, perfect 2K
Josh Tomlin 2 1/3 1 hit, 3K in Lake County


Aguillar 2 hits,
Ramirez double and error; he's playing SS exclusively, Ronnie Rodriguez at 2nd; Lindor is out
Myles single and double; 304
Nellie Rodriguez 0-4. In August: 156, 406 OPS. In July: 1104 OPS. I guess he's a streak hitter.
Paulino double #22; .239.