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It's so!!!

He a second baseman or a utility player. Utility players area dime-a-dozen. He ain't replacing Kipnis.

Trade bait!!!!

By the way, Lindor did get three hits today as his average rose about 30 points to (.268).

Well, Seagull, I'd be giving Ramirez more playing time at shortstop. He is a very good shortstop as he is a second baseman. Lindor gets all the hype, but it's been Ramirez who's been doing all the talking so far.

Remember that Ramirez just turned 21 over the winter, so he's still very young. I've watched more Clipper games (nearly all with the archived games) than Indian games and Ramirez is really good. Well that statement just put the whammy on him. Lot of highlight reel plays.

He also did very well with the Indians when they called him up in September. Nothing intimidates the kid. I'd really hate to see him leave.

I guess he's at that age where anything can happen. He could have a nice major league career or he could go bust. Right now, I'm just enjoying the moments while I still can.

Around the Farm: April 23, 2014

Ramirez's power and speed highlight the night on the farm

By Jim Piascik

April 24, 2014

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Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday’s performances by Cleveland prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday’s game.


Jose Ramirez (2B, Columbus): 3-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 SB

With an on-base streak up to 18 games -- all 18 games Columbus has played -- and some emerging power, Ramirez continues to turn heads at a very young age. Only 21 years old and already playing at Triple-A, Ramirez is definitely a fun player to get behind. Who knows how much stock to put into the power -- especially considering Huntington Park's heavy offensive tendencies and Ramirez's slight stature -- but the three home runs and .169 ISO on the young season are something worth watching. Ramirez also showed his speed, swiping three bases Wednesday and raising his season total to eight. The defensive profile may not fit as a starting shortstop, but provided Ramirez continues to hit, he will play somewhere at the major league level, possibly sooner rather than later.
Dorssys Paulino (SS, Columbus Lake County): 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SO

It is easy to get discouraged with prospects, but it is important to keep in mind that players as young as Paulino are years and years away from becoming a finished product. Is it hard to watch Paulino come out of the gate cold again, struggling to a .567 OPS through 17 games? Of course. Are the 16 strikeouts a problem? Definitely. Could those strikeouts point toward a player making bad decisions at the plate, something that could be harming his quality of contact and keeping his .278 BABIP from heading a little more toward league-average? Absolutely. But in the end, Paulino is still just 19 years old and very inexperienced as a prospect. The pieces do not always come together as quickly as we would like; Paulino still has plenty of talent, and though it is not consistent yet, nights like Wednesday show us it is still in there, waiting to shine through.

•T.J. House (SP, Columbus): ND, 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO. With another strong start, House now owns a 2.08 ERA and 2.62 FIP on the season. The left-hander has looked good at Columbus and could be an option later this season in Cleveland.

•Vinnie Pestano (RP, Columbus): H (1), 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO. Three-up, three-down for Pestano as the right-hander continues to mow down International League hitters (nine strikeouts in five innings).

•Scott Barnes (RP, Columbus): BS (2), L (1-1), 0.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB. Barnes followed Pestano's good appearance with his second-straight poor outing. The left-hander started the year well, but now has four runs allowed in his last two appearances (0.1 innings pitched).

•Blake Wood (RP, Columbus): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 SO. Wood did not make it pretty, but the right-hander got out of the inning clean in his first Triple-A appearance.

•Jesus Aguilar (1B, Columbus): 0-for-4, 1 SO. Like Ramirez, Aguilar had reached base in each of Columbus' first 17 games. Unlike Ramirez, the first baseman saw his streak end Wednesday. Even after the down night, Aguilar still owns a 1.115 OPS.

•Will Roberts (SP, Akron): L (2-2), 5.0 IP, 6 H, 8 R (6 ER), 4 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR. Opponents seem to be squaring up Roberts so far in 2014 as the right-hander has allowed 30 hits in 23.0 innings. Compounding the problem, Roberts only owns a 11:7 SO:BB in his first four starts.

•Enosil Tejeda (RP, Akron): 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO. 1 HR. That home run is the first Tejeda has allowed since pitching in the Dominican Summer League in 2010. What a streak. I'm sad to see it come to an end for the right-hander.

•Kyle Crockett (RP, Akron): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO. Another scoreless inning for Crockett, who is yet to give up a run in 17.2 Double-A innings. Still a bit of a small sample size to declare things like "ready for the majors," but it is clearly enough to highlight how advanced the left-hander is.

•Joe Wendle (2B, Akron): 2-for-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SO. Even with a big game, Wendle's season line remains pretty low (.203/.304/.333). However, a pretty good chunk of that will get better once the second baseman's .235 BABIP regresses toward the mean.

•Tyler Naquin (CF, Akron): 3-for-4, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 CS. Back-to-back big nights have raised Naquin's OPS 150 points, but that OPS is still just .673 and the outfielder struck out for the 25th time in 18 games.

•Tyler Holt (LF, Akron): 3-for-4, 1 R. With one extra base hit on the year, power just is not part of Holt's game. But a .429 on-base percentage and more experience in the corner outfield spots are setting Holt up to help around the outfield in Columbus (and possibly Cleveland) soon.

•Cole Sulser (SP, Carolina): L (0-2), 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR. Now 22.1 innings into the season, Sulser has 20 strikeouts and only two walks. A little old for the Carolina League at 24 years old, Sulser is simply doing his job and dominating opposing hitters; you cannot ask for any more.

•Louis Head (RP, Carolina): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO. With two more strikeouts, Head is now up to 15 in 7.2 innings. After celebrating his birthday Wednesday night with another 1.1 scoreless innings, Head and his 1.17 ERA look primed to head up to Akron.

•Logan Vick (CF, Carolina): 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 CS. The BABIP gods are slowly bringing Vick's batting average up as the outfielder has gained 85 points since April 13. Vick is yet to hit for extra bases in 2014, however.

•Erik Gonzalez (SS, Carolina): 2-for-5, 1 2B, 1 SO. Gonzalez continues to strikeout more than you would like to see (17 in 19 games), but the shortstop also continues to hit (.346/.378/.526 line) as he extended his hitting streak to 15 games. As long as he keeps hitting like this, you can live with the strikeouts.

•Jeremy Lucas (C, Carolina): 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SO. Despite another night bouncing around the catcher/first base/designated hitter carousel, Lucas flashed his power and pushed his OPS on the season to .882.

•James Roberts (3B, Carolina): 2-for-3, 1 HBP. The hitting is nice to see from Roberts, as is the on-base ability. Like Vick, though, Roberts has suffered a power outage in 2014, with a double back on April 6 as his only extra base hit on the season.

•Adam Plutko (SP, Lake County): ND, 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 10 SO. Plutko followed up his eight-strikeout start last week with 10 Wednesday, though the right-hander was touched up for four runs and saw his ERA rise to 4.15. Those strikeouts helped lower Plutko's FIP to 1.47, though.

•Trevor Frank (RP, Lake County): L (0-1), 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO. Unfortunately for Frank, his first walk of the season came around to score the game-winning, walk off run in Lake County's loss. The right-hander owns a 3.52 ERA and 9:1 SO:BB in 7.2 innings in 2014.

•Clint Frazier (CF, Lake County): 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB. The power is not there for Frazier yet (.043 ISO), but the center fielder has found his way on base with a .357 on-base percentage and done a solid job with his plate discipline (4:4 SO:BB through six games).

•Claudio Bautista (2B, Lake County): 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SAC. Following a rough 16-game audition at Lake County in 2013 (.157/.204/.255), Bautista has looked much better through 17 games in 2014, posting a .258/.333/.419 line.

•Paul Hendrix (3B, Lake County): 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI. Cleveland's 18th round selection in last year's draft, Hendrix continued making the case that he should get a shot in Carolina at some point in 2014. The 22-year-old owns a .841 OPS through his first 10 games.

At the moment only 4 players are worth watching in the minors: Aguilar, Ramirez, Bauer and the lefty RP in AA Crockett?

Frank! You left out Erik Gonzalez. All he's done since winter ball is hit. He's a mudcat.
Gonzalez's strength lies in his defense but the past year indicates that he is an excellent hitter. He strikes out a lot but he's been improving in that area by making better contact. In my opinion, he's a kid to watch. He's last year's Jose Ramirez.

Columbus was a 5-4 winner in 11 innings. Hagadone struckout 5 in 2 innings. Looked over powering.

Ramirez reached base in his 19th straight game, all Columbus games. A base hit and 2 intentional walks. Once with a runner on second in the 9th inning. Once with a runner on second in the 11th inning. Not often you see a leadoff batter intentionally walked much less twice in the same game.

Nyger Morgan got off to a slow start but he's coming on strong. One of his hits went a long way for his first Columbus homer.

Francisco Lindor picked up 3 hits snapplng his slump.

Eric Gonzalez continued his offensive game with two more hits.

Robert Perez picked up a pair of hits for Columbus raising his average over the .400 mark. He's off to his best professional start.

3 winners, 1 loser last night. The loser was once again Lake County, which after starting 4-1 has gone 1-14 since. No offense and no pitching makes for a tough combination to overcome, Captains fell 10=2 yesterday behind Mitch Brown, now 0-3. 6.32. Nellie Rodriguez and Eric Haase who started hot have stopped hitting. Lots of prospects here with Frazier and Paulino among the top half dozen in the system and pitchers Brown, Lugo, Kime all of whom have been really really bad.

Carolina with a 7-0 shutout win behind substitute starter DJ Brown; Akron wins behind 30 year old Kyle Davies; Clippers took 11 for their 5-4 win.

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Paulino had a couple singles, and made his 9th error. Frazier tripled and walked. Those perofrmances of course are much more significant than the win/loss mark. More good news: Brown fanned 6 in his 4 innings, while allowing 4 runs on 6 innings.

And more good hitting by other top prospects: Lindor 3 hits including a triple and 2 bi.; Erik Gonzalez single, double, 2k, 349. Luigi Rodriguez triple and walk. Jose Ramirez single, two walks. Surprising Roberto Perez keeps at it: 2 hits, walk, even a steal, now hitting 400 with an all season long hitting streak for Columbus.

Pitching of note:
DJ Brown, a 6-6 RH, went five innings, 4 runs, walk, 4 K 1.89 ERA
Akron relief: Armstrong 1 1/3 innings, no one on base, 3 strike outs; Giovanny Soto back after a week break faces 2 retires both, 1 on strikes. For April he's gone 9 1/3 innings, allowed no earned runs, 1 hit total. LH.
Columbus: Frank Herrmann season debut 1 inning, 2 walks, nothing else. Hagadone 2 scoreless, 5 K. Adams 1,2,3 11th with a strikeout.

The Week's Hot Prospect list, includes the youngest player on International League opening day roster as the No. 8 hottest

. Jose Ramirez, 2b, Indians
Team: Triple-A Columbus (International League)
Age: 21
Why He’s Here: .462/.531/.731 (12-for-26) 1 2B, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, 5 BB, 0 SO, 5-of-7 SB

The Scoop: Ramirez made a brief appearance at Progressive Field in 2013 and he’s pushing to return. He’s continued to show excellent plate discipline and had a whiff-free week while showing surprising pop and his trademark speed. He does appear blocked in Cleveland by Jason Kipnis and with Cleveland’s top prospect, Francisco Lindor, looming, but he’s making noise.

Former Cleveland St. Ed's stud pitcher and first round draft pick of the Pirates Stetson Allie flopped as a pitcher and has become an OF with some success. He's on the list in his new role. Perhaps as his high school batterymate Alex Lavisky can switch to the mound? In fact, Alex is hitting well in the 300's this year but his role has been limited to backing up Tony Wolters and DHing on occasion.

12. Stetson Allie, 1b, Pirates

Team: Double-A Altona (Eastern League)
Age: 23
Why He’s Here: .500/.652/.1.375 (8-for-16) 2 2B, 4 HRs, 11 RBIs, 5 BB, 5 SO

The Scoop: The failed pitcher is off to a terrific start as he moves up to Altoona. He has power, as he’s shown in the past, but more promising is the plate discipline he’s flashing through 16 games, with 10 walks to 14 strikeouts thus far. He had a superb week, but as Josh Norris noted in his majestic minor league roundup, Allie has a long way to go to convince evaluators he’s more a one-trick pony

Here is a very polite way to refer to player as a bust. I have no idea who the player is who's the subject of the question but I like the answer:

steve (Middletown OH): Is it too soon to call Reds prospect Jeff Gelich a bust?

J.J. Cooper: No. He just hasn't shown the tools or skills the Reds expected when they drafted him. At this point, the chance that those tools/skills are going to appear is very slim.

Determining Value

By Tony Lastoria

April 25, 2014

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Editor's note: This is a piece I posted two years ago around this time which I updated and re-posted last year. I am reposting it today because it serves as a good way for many fans and families of minor leaguers to get a true feel for how players are evaluated and how value is determined.

I get this question every year at this time:

“So where do you think so and so will start this season? He really did well last year at…”

There is so much that goes into determining where a player goes to open a season and how/when he is moved durin the season. Obviously, a player’s talent, readiness, and upside are the three biggest components to determining who goes where at anytime of the year, but a fourth component – value – is also something to consider.

A lot of times questions like the one above are asked about a player that may be a fringe prospect or is a guy that may just be “inventory” in the Indians’ minor league system. For as mean as calling a guy inventory or filler may sound, the reality is that over 50% of the players in the system are not considered legitimate Major League prospects and are just in the organization to help fill out rosters.

The reason for this is quite simple: spots are limited as a player moves up the minor league ladder. The Indians have close to 180 minor league players in spring training every year, and only 100 of them can break spring training at the end of March on an active roster for a full season affiliate. That leaves around 80-some players that will have to stay behind for extended spring training to get ready for short season leagues that start up in June at Single-A Mahoning Valley or rookie level Arizona. Also, over the course of the month of minor league spring training about 20 to 30 or so of those players are released.

The spring is a tough time of the year as a lot of players are disappointed either with being assigned to a level lower than they thought they would start, staying behind in extended spring training, or being released. The truth of the matter is that most of the opening day rosters for Triple-A Columbus, Double-A Akron, High-A Carolina, and Low-A Lake County were already mostly known going into camp, so in most cases what players did in spring training had little effect on who went where.

Vice President of Player Development Ross Atkins said so himself back in an interview with me over five years ago:

“We have a very good idea before spring training starts where guys will be heading. The offseason can change that, and certainly games or strides they make in the offseason can change that. But spring training typically does not change that, other than injury. So performance in spring training does not change those things as far as prospects are concerned.”

Like Atkins said, injuries are often what mostly leads to some reshuffling of rosters to start the season and is what opens up an opportunity for a player that may not have otherwise gotten the opportunity. This does not mean players do not have great springs and get themselves on rosters, as this definitely happens. It is just not as often as some would think.

An example of this – and I am not saying this is what happened – could be outfielder Anthony Gallas in the spring of 2011. He was an undrafted free agent signing in 2010 and was a long shot to make the Low-A Lake County roster to open the season, but he had an awesome spring training that year and really changed some minds which helped get him onto the Lake County roster to start that season.

But Gallas probably would not have gotten the opportunity had outfielders LeVon Washington and Jordan Casas not gotten hurt during spring training that year. While Gallas played great in spring training, it is those two injuries that opened the door for him to get an opportunity. He responded with a great showing in Lake County hitting .314 with 6 HR, 21 RBI and .910 OPS in 57 games, which is about as good as one can do when making good on an opportunity.

That opportunity that Gallas got in 2011 is really how it happens for a lot of players. Not just in spring training, but during the season. We are seeing it this season with D.J. Brown getting a shot in the rotation after Dylan Baker went down with an injury. Or James Roberts who is playing every day at third base in Carolina because Yandy Diaz got hurt.

A lot of players are crushed when they find out they have to open the season in extended spring training have to stay in Arizona for much longer while so many players depart for their full season destinations. But each of those players in extended spring training are essentially on call as they are but an injury away from getting a call and told they are being activated. Opportunity then knocks.

This is not to say that all players that start the season in extended spring training have little value. That’s not true. Some players may be rehabbing from injuries. Others may be too young for a full season team and need more time to develop and will play later in the year in the 56-game rookie league in Arizona or the 75-game short-season league in Mahoning Valley. Some of the Indians better prospects such as Luis Lugo, Anthony Santander, Francisco Mejia and others last season in extended spring training, but some were quickly assigned to teams as injuries surfaced early in the season while others made good once short seasons leagues kicked up in June.

But if you pay close enough attention you can often get a good feel for the players that are more valuable and will be given more opportunities.

Obviously the first two indicators are their draft slot and the bonus they were paid. If a player was a top 10 round pick or got a large six figure bonus, that player is going to get priority and be given several opportunities early on in their career to give the organization a good return on their investment. However, the further away from their draft year these players get, the less their draft slot and bonus have an impact on their value to the organization. A player from the 2011 Draft that was a top ten pick or got $100,000 or more is going to still get a lot of priority over say a player taken in the 2009 Draft that was a big money signing for $100,000 or more and has stalled as a prospect.

This means for the players that were signed for little as a late round pick, a senior sign, or an undrafted free agent, they have to really make some strides and prove themselves. When given an opportunity they have to jump on it and not squander it since they may only get one shot. They are long shots, but there are players that were in their place in the past that made themselves into prospects. Two such former Indians’ prospects are outfielder Brian Barton and right-handed pitcher Frank Herrmann, both of whom were undrafted players that came in and made good on the limited opportunities given to them initially. They turned themselves into prospects and eventually made it to the Major Leagues.

Another indicator is which players skip levels. Most players go through a standard level to level progression, but when a player flat out skips a level to start a season and sticks there as an everyday player, that is a sign that the player has a higher value as a prospect. An example of this is the college players from the previous year’s draft that often flat out skip Low-A Lake County the next season and go right to High-A Carolina. Recent examples of this were third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall, second baseman Cord Phelps, and outfielder Tim Fedroff in 2009, right-hander Alex White, second baseman Jason Kipnis, and outfielder Jordan Henry in 2010, left-hander Drew Pomeranz and outfielder Tyler Holt in 2011, and Tony Wolters in 2012.

Another indicator is which players are aggressively pushed up the system at a young age. For example, right-handed pitchers Hector Rondon and Jeanmar Gomez at age 19 in Lake County back in 2007, and more recently the Indians pushed the likes of Nellie Rodriguez, Dorssys Paulino and Mitch Brown to Lake County last year and Clint Frazier up this year. Often times, but not all the time, this is a good indicator of who has higher prospect value in the organization.

Yet another indicator is which college juniors or seniors do not make it to Low-A Lake County at the start of their first full season after being taken in the draft the previous year. If one of these players do not make the opening day High-A or Low-A roster, then they must have either gotten hurt or they are inventory in the system. If you take it a step further, it is also interesting to see which of those college juniors and seniors end up returning to short season Single-A Mahoning Valley for a second straight season and do not get to Lake County the year after their draft.

Another good indicator is which players get short callups to another level. Over the course of a season you will see players be pushed up from Low-A or High-A and make a spot start or fill in as a bullpen arm or bench player for Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus. This is exciting for the player - as it should be - but also shows lower value to the organization.

And another indicator is how a guy is used. If a pitcher is in a starting rotation there is a good chance he is a higher valued arm that the organization wants to see if they can develop. A minor league reliever, especially in the lower levels of an organization, has significantly higher odds of making it to the big leagues let along Double-A because they are already viewed to be limited. When starting pitching prospects fail they are slid to the bullpen which often times pushes out a reliever who has had that role his entire time in the organization. The same applies to role players on the bench. Bench players in the minors are not developed in that right to be a bench player in the majors as the bench players in the majors are in almost every case former everyday players in the minors.

Simply put, uou almost never see the high end prospects make these quick jumps to make these short appearances in the upper levels before they go back to their original level. This is because the organization wants their higher end prospects to continue to work on their development and not leave the current level they are at until they are considered to be ready to leave for good. The second level prospects or organizational players are the ones that are often used to fill those temporary roles in the upper levels until the organization finds a suitable longer term solution from outside the organization, someone gets healthy, or an aforementioned higher end prospect is deemed ready to move up. Getting bounced around and playing at a higher level for a few games or late in a season as a fill in does not mean much, in fact, it may mean more bad than good.

Yet another determination of value is who is given a non-roster invite to Major League spring training. This mostly applies to the veterans that have been in the system and who may be at Double-A or Triple-A in the coming season. If you have been around awhile and pitched in Triple-A for a few seasons, yet do not get an invite to Major League spring training, that's a sign of lower priority and value. A great example of this was lefty Eric Berger and righty Paolo Espino, two guys who up until last year had been at Triple-A at various points for several seasons, yet were not given an invite to Major League spring trainin. Both are now out of the organization.

There are several other indicators to determine prospect value, but these are a few of the most noticeable.

Some may be surprised that stats are not necessarily a very good way to determine value in the minor leagues. Stats are the be-all-end-all when it comes to evaluating performance at the Major League level, but at the minor league level they are not. I think part of the problem is that people spend too much time looking at stats when evaluating minor leaguers, when in fact it is one of the last components viewed when teams evaluate minor leaguers on their Major League potential. Sure, they want the player to perform, but ultimately the only thing a team cares about is how their tools and abilities translate to the big league game. The minor league stats often do not translate, it is the talent that does. The value of the stats is in helping reaffirm those subjective beliefs.

This is why so many people have a hard time understanding why so and so player that does well with their stats in the minors never gets a Major League shot or washes out at the Double-A or High-A level. Just because a player hits around .300 in the minors one season does not make him a prospect with value. What makes that player have value is how their tools and talent translates to the Major Leagues and if they have the talent to have success. Do they have significant upside? Are they maxed out as a player? Are they still maturing and expected to get much bigger and stronger? And so on.

The brutal reality of it all is that at any given time only about 30-40 players in any organization are truly viewed as legit Major League "prospects". The rest are mostly just guys on the periphery or to fill out minor league rosters so they can have teams so they can develop their prospects. Some of those "non-prospects" can jump onto the scene and become a prospect - and likewise prospects can fall into the non-prospect category - but everything is typically based on their development as a player and not because of statistical success.

All of the players that are in the minor leagues are talented and very good players. They would have never had so much success as amateurs and been signed to a professional contract if they were not. But the reality is that there is a separation in talent among the 180-200 players within an organization’s farm system, so determining their value is a key component to making an assessment on a player and their future in an organization.

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Just checked out a couple of munchkins. Dustin Pedroia is listed this year at 5'8" tall weighing in at a miniscule 165 pounds. Jose Ramirez is 5'-9" tall and weighing in at 165 pounds. Now! If Ramirez turns out to be anywhere near Pedroia, whether in Cleveland or elsewhere, I'll be a very happy camper.

Speaking of Ramirez, he's been on base again....20 straight games. Tonight a single, a homer (4), a run, and 3 rbi's, no walks, no strikeouts, hitting (.338).

8 SHUTOUT 6 hit innings from Josh Tomlin tonight. Little Mr. Ramirez with his 4th homer plus a single; Big Mr. Aguillar with his 5th longball plus two singles; and the former can't-hit catcher Mr. Perez drills his 3rd plus a single and is now batting .421 for the Clippers. Carlos Moncrief starting to hit, raps two singles, and is up to .234. Ramirez at SS today made an error.

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Akron lost 5-3 despite 2 hits apiece by Lindor (.280) and Naquin (.264) and Wolters (286). Ronny Rodrgz drops to 125. Naquin included his 3rd triple in the mix; Lindor caught stealing.
Duke Von Schamman 5 relief innings, 1 run on 2 hits, 4 K

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