Re: Minor Matters

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Top name in the BA Prospect report today:

Logan Allen, High-A Lake County—The 2020 second-rounder continues to cruise to start his pro career, picking up his second win with five scoreless innings against Fort Wayne. Allen, a 22-year-old lefthander from Florida International, struck out seven, walked two and allowed five hits.

Also featured:
Bobby Bradley, Triple-A Columbus—Bradley has struggled to start the season after putting up strong numbers in spring training, but he turned in a two-hit game in a loss to Omaha. The 24-year-old first baseman hit a solo home run and drove in three RBIs.

The full list:
CLE AAA #2 Nolan Jones, 3B 4 0 0 0 0.111
CLE MAJ #3 Andres Gimenez, SS 3 0 0 0 0.171
CLE AA #4 Tyler Freeman, SS 4 0 1 0 0.261
CLE AA #5 Bo Naylor, C 3 0 0 0 0.158 [not much; maybe he should be Lake County?]
CLE HiA #6 George Valera, OF 1 0 0 0 0.182
CLE AAA #7 Gabriel Arias, SS 2 1 1 0 0.143 2 BB (7), [he can field]
CLE LoA #12 Gabriel Rodriguez, SS 4 1 1 0 0.259 2B (3), [better]
CLE AAA #19 Owen Miller, SS 3 0 0 0 0.444 BB (3), [hitless day!]
CLE AAA #22 Bobby Bradley, 1B 4 1 2 0 0.148 HR (2),
CLE AAA #24 Ernie Clement, SS 4 1 2 0 0.321 2B (6), [looking good]
CLE LoA #28 Yordys Valdes, SS 5 0 0 0 0.111 [2nd round pick, can't hit a lick, signed for $1,001,000; I'd say they overpaid $1M]

CLE LoA #9 Daniel Espino, RHP 5.0 6 1 1 2 5 4.15 W (1-0)
CLE MAJ #15 Emmanuel Clase, RHP 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 1.10
CLE HiA #21 Logan Allen, LHP 5.0 5 0 0 2 7 0.00 W (2-0)
CLE MAJ #23 Sam Hentges, LHP 4.2 4 0 0 4 6 3.29

Re: Minor Matters

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first losing day of the season, only 1 win by Lake County; no undefeated teams left.

https://www.milb.com/gameday/rubberduck ... ame=646226

Freeman with a couple hits, doing fine, hitting .286
Oscar with 3 singles, hitting 308 OPS 987
Poor Will Benson walked and struck out 3 times. average 105. 26 plate appearances: 7 walks, 12 strikeouts
LH Tanner Tully not so good
:LH Francisco Perez in relief 3 1/3 IP no hits 2 walks 5 strikeouts
RH Dakota Clemmer 1 1/3 innings all 4 batters struck out; for the season 4 2/3 innings, 12K. He's 25 years old and never pitched well.

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https://www.milb.com/gameday/tincaps-vs ... ame=644249

Lake County the one winner 8-2 behind the return of Raymond Burgos He was my breakout pitcher in 2019 but got shut down after 8 starts. He's a McKenzie shaped lefty 6-5 170. Has pitched well when healthy; very fine return 3 -2-0-0-0-4
Reliever Coulter 4 0 0 0 1 5

Nearly everyone productive:

Rocchio single and triple
Bracho single and double
Delgado single and double
Brennan single 5th double steal #3
Naranjo single and single
Nova single double and homer steal LF came over in one of the many Padres trades, now 315 avg 864 OPS

Re: Minor Matters

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i7 in the 8th by Columbus gives us a split for Friday


Lake County with a win; the hitting star was Jose Tena with 2 homers and a double. He like most of the Class A infielders is rotating all around the field. He's now 323/364/667
Rocchio single and 2 walks
Nova 2 walks and a steal
Tanner Burns Four [my key the number four broke] 1 2 2 1 7K a homer

other notes, Tyler Freeman's 1st double; Richie Palacios 1st homer; Bo Naylor hitless slips to 130 and 330 OPS

Lake County shut out; Angel Martinez fourth double; Will Bartlett 2singles and a walk

Scott Moss with 2 ineffective innings; Gose labored for one inning 37 pitches, 3 walks a hit and 2 runs, he is far from ready'
Bradley a 2 run homer; Johnson a 2 run homer; Arias 2 hits now at 276 with 950 OPS.
Miller with 3 hits once again, now hitting an even 500
Brad Zimmer only struck out once and walked once!
Mercado single double and walk

Re: Minor Matters

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Saturday:

Lynchburg follows its 8 wins in a row with 3rd loss.
Catcher Yainer Diaz with 3 singles, hitting 353/813
Wolf 3 5 four four 2 2

Akron goes to 7-3 with a 9-02 win
Tyler Freeman with 5 hits, one a double
Will Benson 3 hits, one a homer
Jose Fermin 3 singles, hitting 3four8
Bo Naylor single double walk
Oscar Gonzalez single, double, he never walks [OK 1 so far this season]
Scott McCarthy four 2/3 1 hit 2 walks 8K no runs
Mikolajchak 1 scoreless 2 K
lefty Jake Miednik 5 K in 2 innings scoreless

Columbus trailing four to 2; Some odd occurrences so far: Miller only 1 hit in 3 trips; Zimmer with his first extra base hit; Bradley with a single
Eli Morgan banged around again four 1/3 6 hits 2 walks 3 runs. If they need to find room on the forty man roster he's expendable.
Arias single
Jones continues to stink it up, he did draw a walk and 2 more strike outs; he's hitting 09four 32 at bats 3 hits 18 strikeouts; 11 outs on balls he hit; he is a total complete mess.

Rocchio 2 run homer for LC's runs, trailing 3-2. Tena off night 0-four 3 K. Delgado single and 6th steal;
LH Matt Turner four and 1/3 2 hits no runs 2 bb 5 K

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Class A teams both won Sunday; the older guys lost.

3-8 loss for the Clippers

Miller 1-4, 4th double 477
Bradley 1-4 4th homer in 41 at bats;
171 avg 749 OPS
Arias single 1-4 378
Jones 0-3 1 walk 2 strikeouts hit the ball fair once 083/344
Zimmer 1-4, 1K; Mercado 0-3 1K
McCarty 5 2/3 5 3 3 1 4 2.70
Nelson 2/3 innings 1 hit 1.50

Ducks lost 7-6. Benson triple and single, 1 k; 259/910 after 2 good days at the plate
Oscar G 3 run homer, his 4th, 11 rbi
Richie Palacios 2 single 256/742
Tyler Freeman got the day off after his 5 hit Saturday
Marcos Gonzalez double single he's another middle IF 290/838 he skipped over High A
Franklin Perez LH 1 2/3 1 hit 2 walks 4 K 0.00

High A Captains won 3-0 to reach 8-4.
2020 draftee Mason Hickman 5 no hit innings, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts
Aaron Bracho 2 run double, 240/630
Will Brennan singel 333/872 he;'s a couple years older than most of the kid teammmates
Jose Tena single 2 k 289/904

Low A Lynchburg is 903 with a 2-1 win
Lenny Torres better today; 3 innings 4 hits 1 walk 1 run 2K
Eric Mock 4 no hit innings, but 24 year old should not be in this league
Yainer Diaz 3 hits, one a doub;e 400/918
JK Noel 5th double 340/985
Micah Pries OF/1B age 23, probably doesn't rate either, 5th hit 444/1226. He should at least be in Lake County
Cairo walked, and struck out 3 times 276/865
and Y. Valdes with a rare hit and 2 strikeouts 100/276