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Akron, Lake County, and Lynchburg all played early today.

Akron lost 3-2. ... Hentges was very good. 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K. ... Broom allowed a hit and run in 1.1 IP. ... Jones 1-4.

Lynchburg wins 4-3. ... Hartson 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K. ... OscarG 0-4.

Lake County loses 10-8. ... Royalty was knocked off his throne. 4 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K. ... Naylor 0-5, BB, R. ... Fermin 1-3, BB, 2 SB, 2 R. ... Engelmann 1-3, BB, RBI, R.

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And some moves today with our new guys.

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

AZL Indians (Blue) transaction
INF Victor Nova assigned to roster
RHP Nick Gallagher (Rehab) assignment
SS Gabriel Rodriguez promoted from DSL Indians***

Akron RubberDucks transaction
LHP Scott Moss assigned to roster
LHP Ben Krauth placed on the 7-day IL
RHP Argenis Angulo assigned from Columbus

Columbus Clippers transaction
LHP Logan Allen assigned to roster
RHP Argenis Angulo assigned to Akron
RHP Hunter Wood added to roster

It's about time we got something good from Hentges.

Remind me already, how'd we get Hunter Wood? We must have traded someone but I forget who!

We got him and infielder Arroyo for Cardenas and international signing money.

Me personally, I would go ahead and put Wood in the Tribe bullpen and cut Cole. But guess they want to get a look at him first.

OMG! Forgot about Cardenas already!


Meanwhile Johnson doesn't want to be overlooked in the now crowded outfield: double and homer in his first 2 AB tonight.

Cardenas switched over to another Midwest League club, in Bowling Green KY. 1-4 with a double in his debut yesterday.

To finish up Wednesday action. ...

Columbus lost 11-8. ... Karinchak allowed 2 hits, 2 walks, and 3 earned runs and only got 1 out. ... Johnson 3-5, 2B, HR, BB, RBI, R. He even added an OF assist on D. ... Tom 1-5, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI. ... Bradley 1-4, 2 BB.

Scrappers lost 2-0. They only managed 3 damn hits, and the catcher Diaz had 2 of those. Rocchio 0-3, BB.

AZL Red won 3-2. ... Francisco Perez, in his 2nd rehab start, did great. 3 perfect innings, 4 K. ... they might as well end Velasquez’s rehab and send him to AAA, cause he’s killing the rookie league. 2-4, another homer, 2 R, RBI. ... Gabriel Rodriguez, or GabRod from now on, finds that Arizona agrees with him, going 3-4 with an RBI in his first game. He is the second youngest player in the AZL, by the way.

AZL Blue lost 7-6. ... Brennan 0-4. ... Tena 2-4, RBI. ... Noel 1-3, R, RBI.

Our two DSL teams were playing each other, but game got suspended in 4th due to rain.

Civ, if I remember correctly Brennan was a college kid they stuck in AZL to begin. He has done well. So as you said, Valera has been missing so must be banged up. Not on IL though, that I have seen. So maybe Brennan fills a need, but I think he will probably stick around in MV too.

OK, so some bigger moves was made this afternoon so I better post these.

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Columbus Clippers transactions

LHP Kyle Nelson promoted from Akron**
RHP Jordan Stephens promoted from Akron
RHP Mitch Talbot placed on 7-day IL
OF Greg Allen optioned from Cleveland **
OF Jake Bauers optioned from Cleveland**

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Akron RubberDucks transactions

LHP Kyle Nelson promoted to Columbus**
RHP Jordan Stephens promoted to Columbus
OF Oscar Gonzalez promoted from Lynchburg***
OF Jose Medina released

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Lynchburg Hillcats transactions

OF Oscar Gonzalez promoted to Akron***
OF Cody Farhat promoted from Lake County

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Lake County Captains transactions

OF Billy Wilson promoted from Mahoning Valley
OF Cody Farhat promoted to Lynchburg

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Mahoning Valley transactions

OF Will Brennan promoted from AZL (Blue)**
OF Hunter Gaddis promoted from AZL (Blue)
OF Billy Wilson Promoted to Lake County
OF Pedro Alfonseca assigned to AZL (Blue)
RHP Jhonneyver Gutierrez assigned to AZL (Blue)

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AZL Indians Blue transactions

INF Jothson Flores assigned from AZL Red
INF Gaspar Palacio assigned from AZL Red
RHP Jhonneyver Gutierrez assigned from MV
OF Pedro Alfonseca assigned from MV
OF Will Brennan promoted to MV**
RHP Hunter Gaddis promoted to MV

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DSL Indians transaction

OF Luis Ostos activated off the IL

Akron played early and won 6-5.
Nolan Jones was 1-4 but it was a good 1, a homer.
Local boy Mitch Longo was 4-4 with a double, 2 stolen bases, and 3 runs scored.

DSL teams were finally able to finish their game. Shock here, Coop team lost 6-0.
Cruz 5.0(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 5SO
Villalobos 2.0(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 1BB 4SO
Lara 2-4 2R HR 2RBI
Planchart 2-4 R 2RBI 2BB
Antunez 1-4 2RBI

Columbus lost 8-5. ... Johnson 1-4, BB. ... Chang 1-5, HR, 2 RBI, R. ... Haase 1-3, HR, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R.

Lynchburg lost 9-7. ... McCarty gave up 10 hits and 7 runs in 2 innings. ... Freeman 1-5, 3B, R.

Captains won 5-4. ... Draper 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K. ... Naylor 2-5, R. ... Engelmann 2-3, BB, R. ... Fermin 3-4, RBI, R.

Scrappers lost 4-1. ... Rocchio 2-4, BB, R. ... Diaz 4-4, RBI. This guy just don't stop hitting.

AZL Red lost 4-1. ... Munoz 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.

AZL Blue lost 9-6. ... McCarthy 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K. ... Tena 2-5. ... Nova 3-5, 2B, 2 R.

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Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Columbus Clippers transactions
UTL Andrew Velazquez activated off the 7-day IL
OF Trayce Thompson released

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Cleveland #Indians have traded OF Brandon Barnes to the Minnesota Twins. The 33yr old Barnes who was having a terrific season with (AAA) Columbus will be assigned to the Twins (AAA) affiliate Rochester.
Season: 102-376 64R 25(2B) 24HR 77RBI 33BB 9SB .271 AVG .336 OBP

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Lynchburg Hillcats INF Wilbis Santiago extended his hitting streak tonight to 20 straight games going 1-4 w/ RBI vs Winston-Salem.
32-77 7R 5(2B) 2(3B) 1HR 8RBI .416 AVG .438 OBP

Thompson and Barnes werent' going to get anymore playing time with Bauers and Allen on the Clippers.

Nelson debuted ineffectively for Columbus a homer and a walk and retired one; Stephens was far worse 6 runs in 4 innings. Hunter Wood also in his debut a run in 1 1/3, Cam Hill looked good again 2 shutout innings with 3K. Kaminsky has been much better of late, earned runs in only one of his past 10 appearances 14 K in those 11 innings, but the 6 walks are still a little high

Yeah, might be time to start recognizing Cam Hill.

18 games ... 21.2 IP ... 11 hits ... 32 K ... 6 walks ... 3 -1 ... 1.25 ERA ... 0.78 WHIP

BA lines for Thursday:

CLE AA Clement, Ernie SS 5 0 2 1 0.288 CS (9)
CLE AA Jones, Nolan DH 4 1 1 1 0.289 HR (5), BB (7)
CLE AAA Bradley, Bobby 1B 4 1 1 0 0.279
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 2B 5 1 1 2 0.271 HR (7)
CLE AAA Haase, Eric C 3 2 1 2 0.231 HR (26), BB (34)
CLE AAA Johnson, Daniel RF 4 0 1 0 0.313 BB (25), CS (5)
CLE HiA Benson, Will LF 4 0 0 0 0.18x BB (18)
CLE HiA Freeman, Tyler SS 5 1 1 0 0.348 3B (2)
CLE LoA Holmes, Quentin CF 3 0 0 0 0.186 2 BB (31)
CLE LoA Naylor, Bo C 5 1 2 0 0.236 SB (4)
CLE MAJ Mercado, Oscar CF 4 0 1 0 0.295
CLE R Cairo, Christian 3B 3 0 0 0 0.196 SB (5)
CLE R Martinez, Angel DH 4 0 2 0 0.287 CS (4)
CLE R Naranjo, Joseph DH 3 0 0 0 0.248 BB (15)
CLE R Valdes, Yordys SS 3 0 0 0 0.173 BB (14)
CLE SS Delgado, Raynel 2B 5 0 2 0 0.233 Delgado and Rocchio are young for their level so these stats aren't disasterous
CLE SS Rocchio, Brayan SS 4 1 2 0 0.24x BB (12) nor is either surging up the charts.
CLE SS Rodriguez, Johnathan RF 4 0 0 0 0.216

MLB Pipeline Updated Top 30 - Post deadline

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Indians - Top 100: 3 | Prospect Points: 97 (21st)
No. 1: Nolan Jones, 3B (MLB No. 40)
Biggest jump: James Karinchak, RHP (30 to 21)
Biggest drop: Nick Sandlin, RHP (17 to 30)
Biggest Deadline addition/subtraction: Logan Allen, LHP from SD -- # 3

The Indians have a farm system on the rise, with many of their best prospects just getting started at the lower levels of the Minors and incredible depth in sweet-swinging middle infielders. Top 30 Prospects list »

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2019/?list=cle

Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Curveball: 45 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 60 | Control: 50 | Overall: 55

Allen pitched for IMG Academy's (Fla.) high school squad as a senior before going to the Red Sox in the eighth round of the 2015 Draft and signing for $725,000. He already has been traded twice, getting dealt to the Padres in a package for Craig Kimbrel in November 2015 and going to the Indians in the three-team swap that sent Trevor Bauer to the Reds this July. The Double-A Texas League Pitcher of the Year in 2018, he made his big league debut this June but has struggled this year in Triple-A and the Majors.

After pitching with a below-average fastball at the outset of his career, Allen now operates more in the 92-94 mph range with late life. He's aggressive with his fastball placement and confidently attacks right-handed hitters on the inner half of the plate. A changeup that receives plus grades and plays nicely off his heater is his best secondary offering, and he also has feel for throwing his curveball and slider for strikes, with the latter grading as the better pitch.

Allen battled elbow issues during his first full pro season but has been healthy since. His four-pitch mix and pitchability give him a higher floor than ceiling, and he has the durability needed to be a workhorse starter in the big leagues.