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Saturday games:

Koch as anticipated was awful. 4 runs in 3 innings.
Johnson, Giminez and Jones all hitless
Mercado single and double
Bradley with his 7th homer; also has 7 singles; hitting 177 OPS 707

Akron won a pair 7-1 and 7-6

Lowlight: Bo Naylor 0-4 with 3 strikeouts; for his last 3 games: 0-10 with 9K. He started the season badly 6-30; and since he's 1-26
Game 1 starter Eli Lingos 25 year old 5-11 lefty has been pitching well 5 4 1 1 1 4 2.95 ERA Never made a prospect list
Game 2: Juan HIllman 5 4 2 2 2 3.
Reliever Mikolajchak ERA stays 0.00 expect him to move up

Hitters: Freeman single in the opener, single and double in game 2. Oscar Gonzalez raised his season walk total from 2 to 5. Benson drew 3 walks too, but left the 2nd game midway. Richie Palacios 2 hits in the one game he played.

Lake County lost a tight one 17-5.

Jose Tena single and double; Aaron Bracho double; Nova double and 2 walks.
6-4 LH Matt Turner 3 2/3 6 4 1 4 2.
Bullpen was worse

Monday is the day of rest for all leagues bar one this season; then they play 6 game series against one opponent

After a splendid collective first week our teams continue to plunge; Columbus lost its 9th in a row; Lake County is now far below 500.
Two of the most exciting hitters are out with injuries: Valera as usual; and Jhonkensy Noel who had a league leading power start to the season with Lynchburg. Most consistent hitters now are Jose Tena at Lake County and Angel Martinez at Lynchburg, both naturally middle infielders.

Another excellent start yesterday by the X man, Xzavion Curry, for Lynchburg yesterday. An awful one for Hunter Gaddis in Lake County. Why not flip assignments? Or at least send Curry to Lake County to join many other college pitchers drafted in 2020?

BA gives Xman a shout out on their Top 20 performers report as well as Bo the Bro of Josh

Xzavion Curry, Low-A Lynchburg (Indians)—The 2019 seventh-rounder did not pitch after signing, but he hasn't missed a beat in his first pro season. Curry struck out six and walked none over 5.1 innings, allowing an unearned run on three hits to earn his third win of 2021. The 22-year-old righthander is 3-0, 1.07 with 38 strikeouts and four walks in 25.1 innings.

Bo Naylor, Double-A Akron (Indians)—After recording just seven hits in 56 at-bats in May, [including 1 for his last 26] Naylor went 2-for-4 in the first day of the new month, including hitting his first triple of the season. The 2018 first-rounder hit .243/.313/.421 with 18 doubles, 10 triples and 11 home runs at Low-A Lake County in 2019.

CLE AAA #2 Nolan Jones, 3B 4 0 0 0 0.179 E (3), ugh continues
CLE AAA #3 Andres Gimenez,SS 4 0 2 0 0.215
CLE AA #4 Tyler Freeman, SS 5 0 2 0 0.372 Perhaps HE is our No. 1 prospect
CLE AA #5 Bo Naylor, C 4 0 2 0 0.150 3B (1),
CLE AAA #7 Gabriel Arias, SS 4 0 1 0 0.213 2B (2),
CLE HiA #8 Brayan Rocchio, SS 5 2 2 1 0.217 2B (2),
CLE HiA #11 Aaron Bracho, 2B 4 1 1 2 0.185 HR (2), E (2),
CLE AAA #22 Bobby Bradley, 1B 4 1 1 1 0.174 HR (8),
CLE AAA #24 Ernie Clement, SS 4 0 1 0 0.342 E (3),
CLE LoA #28 Yordys Valdes, SS 4 0 1 0 0.197 CS (2), E (1),
CLE LoA #29 Angel Martinez, SS 5 1 2 1 0.295 HR (3), CS (2),

Jose Tena 4 0 2 2 284 836 OPS 6th double
Quentin Holmes who went 1-2 on opening day and then disappeared; returned went 1-1 and left again.

civ - who is Herget on Columbus?

https://www.milb.com/gameday/clippers-v ... ame=649854

29year old picked up to fill out the rotation with Mejia and Morgan in Cleveland; Logan Alllen in the garage for a major tuneup.
30year old Matt Koch starts today.
Pen includes 35 year old Blake Parker
Also added 27 year old Heath Fillmyer.
I see that Gose who has been awful is now on the injured list.
Various other crummy minor league vets.
Nothing left here to be looking forward to besides Moss if he improves greatly; Kirk McCarty if he throws hard enough for the majors.
Probably more likely to see Mikoljchak who is on Akron reach Cleveland this summer than much of the Clippers roster.
This may perhaps account [along with the lack of hitting] for the 8-16 record

only guys not rained out are the Hillcats. Lynchburg scoreless in the 6th.
OK Korey Holland returns; started out 6-17 the hurt.
The shutout pitching by Daniel Espino 5 6 0 0 4 5 . Throw in two wild pitches and a balk. That was a pretty bad 5 shutout innings.

Forget to mention yesterday Planez hit 2 homers and plated 5 for the Hillcats

Lake County won 6-3 with Bracho's 3rd homer and Brennan his 2nd. Logan Allen 6-5-3-3-1-8 3-0 1.63
second game underway

Lynchburg lost 7-0 A Martinez doubled Murillo was terrible once again 2 1/3 7 runs 15.83

Kirk McCarty 5 3 2 2 1 6 he's a pretty decent lefty Giminez a homer.

games of June 3

CLE AAA #2 Nolan Jones, 3B 3 0 0 1 0.173 very rare positive: neither he nor Bradley struck out although both hitless
CLE AAA #3 Andres Gimenez, SS4 1 1 1 0.216 HR (3),
CLE AAA #7 Gabriel Arias, SS 2 0 0 0 0.207 2 BB (14),
CLE HiA #8 Brayan Rocchio, SS 2 0 0 0 0.213 BB (5),
CLE HiA #11 Aaron Bracho, 2B 1 0 0 0 0.200 2 BB (8),
CLE HiA #11 Aaron Bracho, 2B 4 1 2 2 0.200 HR (3), 8 of his 14 hits are for extra bases
CLE LoA #12 Gabriel Rodriguez, SS 4 1 2 0 0.214
CLE AAA #22 Bobby Bradley, 1B 4 0 0 0 0.167 nothing or home run
CLE AAA #24 Ernie Clement, SS 4 0 0 0 0.310
CLE LoA #29 Angel Martinez, SS 4 0 1 0 0.290 2B (6),

CLE HiA #21 Logan Allen, LHP 6.0 5 3 3 1 8 1.63 W (3-0)

Friday:

As usual the Clippers were destroyed, 10-3. Bradley had 2 singles and his FIRST double arning a return to Cleveland. Some ancient pitcher named Koch allowed 6 in 3 innings. And lost again 5-2 behind another FA pickup Heath Fillmyer. Mercado had 3 hits and Bradley's homer if he is lucky the last ever of his minor league career. In case anyone wonders why D Johnson remains in AAA it may be his 185 average

Akron split a pair 2-8 and 6-0 Rare 0-3 both Freeman and Palacios in game 1. Benson fanned 3 times. 7 runs 6 earned off Shane McCarthy
Tom Ponticelli with 5 shutout innings in game 2. Oscar Gonzalez 7th homer and a single; 291 888 OPS

Player of the day: 2nd round pick in 2020 Tanner Burns 6 4 0 0 0 6
Rocchio HR 3 Bracho single and walk. nonpower hitting 1b Joe Naranjo 2 singles

0-2 shutout of Lynchburg despite 6 good innings by J. Jones. J Noel has returned from injury after a great start.
After a terrible start SS Y Valdes keeps his hitting streak alive with a single

2 and 2 on Saturday wins for Akron and Lynchburg

closer than usual for Columbus, 2-3. Scott Moss returns with 3 ok 1 run innings 6 K. Nolan Jones a double; Mercado a triple.

for Akron Richie Palacios single double and walk: don't overlook him, plays all over the iF and some OF. doubles for Freeman Naylor Benson
Nick Mikolajchak with his 4th save on 1 2/3 perfect innings.

4-15 loss by Lake County. Nick Coulter spot start 10 runs in less than 2 innings. Even worse than Quantrill today.

2 hits each by 2019 top picks IF's Cairo [a double] and Valdes [his first double his first triple] J Rod on the DL.
Nice bounce back by Josh Wolf, 4 shutout innings.

BA's Sunday lines for our Top 30 prospects in action

CLE AAA #2 Nolan Jones, 3B 3 0 0 0 0.172 2 SB (2),
CLE AAA #3 Andres Gimenez, SS3 1 2 0 0.223 BB (6), [that's his AAA + Majors combined avg]
CLE AA #4 Tyler Freeman, SS 4 0 1 0 0.351
CLE AAA #7 Gabriel Arias, SS 3 0 0 0 0.202 BB (16),
CLE HiA #8 Brayan Rocchio, SS 5 2 2 0 0.224 2 2B (4),
CLE LoA #12 Gabe Rodriguez, SS 4 0 1 0 0.210 E (2),
CLE MAJ #19 Owen Miller, SS 2 0 0 0 0.292 [that's his AAA + Majors combined avg]
CLE MAJ #22 Bobby Bradley, 1B 4 2 3 3 0.225 2B (3), HR (10), [that's his AAA + Majors combined avg]
CLE AAA #24 Ernie Clement, SS 5 1 2 1 0.296 SB (1),
CLE LoA #29 Angel Martinez, SS 4 1 1 0 0.289 3B (2),
CLE MAJ #30 Yu Chang, 3B 4 1 1 0 0.181 2B (6),

CLE AAA #1 Triston McKenzie, RHP 5.1 2 0 0 2 4 5.55 W (2-3) [that's his AAA + Majors combined era]
CLE MAJ #23 Sam Hentges, LHP 1.2 9 5 5 0 2 8.51
CLE LoA #27 Lenny Torres, RHP 4.0 6 4 4 2 2 7.16 L (0-1)

no one on this week's Hot Sheet