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Dylan Baker could be done with his rehabbing, 3 more no-hit innings in Arizona with 5 strikeouts. Let's get him back to Carolina where his only start was 5 perfect innings.

NO hits but a walk and 45th steal for Gabriel Mejia.

in NYPL, 3 hits for Greg Allen (one a double), two each for Brad Zimmer and Steve Patterson.

BA's notable lines, includes some good hitting for Carolina and Lake County

CLE HiA Gonzalez, Erik SS 2 1 1 1 .292 3B (7), BB (20) [lots of triples, not very many walks]
CLE HiA Rodriguez, Luigi RF 4 1 2 1 .262 CS (6)
CLE LoA Frazier, Clint CF 3 0 1 0 .274 BB (33)
CLE LoA Rodriguez, Nelson DH 4 0 1 1 .258
CLE R Bradley, Bobby 1B 5 2 4 7 .359 2B (7), HR (3), BB (7)
CLE SS Zimmer, Bradley CF 4 1 2 1 .283

No pitchers listed.

Thursday games:

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20140717

Star of the day: Adam Plutko in Carolina 6-4-0-0-0-0-5

AAA: Salazar 5 2/3 shutout 3 hits, 5 walks
A: Kime 4 2/3-5-3-3-4-4
Rookie: Sam Hentges debuts 1 perfect inning

Offense:
AA: Tony Gallas double and homer. Total between Carolina and Akron 32 doubles, 2 triples, 15 homer. Age 26, Kent St
A: Frazier single and walk. Mike Papi debuts: 0-4 3 K.
Short Season: Patterson 4 hits (3 doubles), 2 walks. F. Mejia single, triple 2 bi. Greg Allen 0-7. McAdam ends an 0-35 streak.

in Dominican G. Mejia with a single, 2 walks, 3 steals in 4 tries. Now 48 of 59.

Oriental highlights of the night for our Arizona team:

3rd baseman Chang singled and doubled.
Catcher Chu singled, doubled and walked twice
Starting pitcher Chiang 4-5-5--2-1-3

Not just the Indians player of the day but the Minor League Pitcher of the Day:

PITCHER OF THE DAY: Adam Plutko, rhp — high Class A Carolina (Indians)


The 13th-rounder in 2013 from UCLA just doesn't walk anyone. Plutko blanked Lynchburg on four hits over six innings Thursday, although the Mudcats lost 2-1 late. He struck out five, walked no one and now has a 111/22 SO/BB rate across two levels this season. Not overpowering, the competitive righthander likes to pitch up despite an 87-91 mph fastball.

CLE AA Lindor, Francisco SS 4 0 1 1 .284
CLE AA Rodriguez, Ronny 2B 4 1 1 0 .239
CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus DH 3 0 1 0 .284 BB (44)
CLE AAA Moncrief, Carlos RF 3 0 1 0 .260 2B (20)
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Erik SS 4 0 1 0 .291
CLE LoA Frazier, Clint CF 3 0 1 1 .275 BB (34) [ops up to 780; for July it's 1220; he's a lock for the Hot Prospect Sheet today]
CLE LoA Paulino, Dorssys LF 3 1 1 0 .231 BB (25)
CLE R Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 0 1 0 .358
CLE SS Mejia, Francisco C 8 1 2 2 .233 3B (2)

CLE AA Haley, Trey 1 2 1 1 1 0 4.50
CLE HiA Plutko, Adam 6 4 0 0 0 5 3.83
CLE LoA Kime, Dace 4.2 5 3 3 4 4 4.81 L (5-11)

Only a Pirate pitcher bests Frazier on the Hot List.

2. Clint Frazier, cf, Indians

Team: low Class A Lake County (Midwest)
Age: 19
Why He’s Here: .571/.609/1.095 (12-for-21), 8 R, 1 3B, 3 HR, 7 RBIs, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1-for-1 SB [even when hot he fanned 5 of 23 trips to the plate]

The Scoop: After an adjustment early on, the 2013 first-rounder has been positively on fire in July, going 24-for-57 (.421) with five homers, a pair of doubles and a triple. The BA High School Player of the Year last year, Frazier has bat speed for days and tons of raw power. He’s 19 and coming off a mediocre first half (.699 OPS with 74 whiffs in 55 games), so there’s a lot of polish to apply, but weeks like this one are an excellent start.

Tribe scores again:

6. Adam Plutko, rhp, Indians
Adam Plutko

Team: high Class A Carolina (Carolina)
Age: 22
Why He’s Here: 1-0, 1.29, 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 9 SO, 1 BB

The Scoop: A polished product from the UCLA team that claimed the College World Series in 2013, Plutko has found great success this season with his mix of four solid pitches and excellent control. As would be expected, he dominated in the Midwest League and hasn’t missed a beat in his move to high Class A. He gives up his share of hits, but negates the damage by walking almost nobody. Between both levels this season, he’s fanned 111 against just 22 free passe

[It looks like BA is trying to make up for the obvious and poorly explained omission of Nellie Rodriguez last week]

And yet again:

12. Erik Gonzalez, ss, Indians
Erik Gonzalez

Team: high Class A Carolina (Carolina)
Age: 22.
Why He’s Here: .450/.455/.750 (9-for-20), 6 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 1 BB, 2 SO, 2-for-2 on SB

The Scoop: After spending the last part of the 2013 season in Carolina, Gonzalez has returned there this year and has built on his success. His defense hasn’t been the question, but he needs to show that he can hit enough to let his glove play. Gonzalez has slightly toned down the exaggerated step he uses as a timing mechanism to start his swing and he’s started to figure out how to use his solid-average speed on the basepaths

Q&A at BA:

Q: Indians have kept Lindor in Akron although Cabrera's free agency means the major league SS job should be open in 2015. Think he'll skip over AAA? Any reason to hold him back?

Ben Badler: A stopgap option is probably in play, not just to hold Lindor's clock back for service time reasons, but he could legitimately use some Triple-A time next year.

Friday boxes:

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20140718

Pitching stars:

Shawn Morimando gets a second AA start (first was 6 innings scoreless but then returned to Carolina) 6-6-2-2-0-1
Sean Brady another small lefty 20 year old in Mahoning Valley 6-3-0-0-2-5

Pitching not starts:
2014 pick Grant Hockin 2-4-4-4-2-2
Tall but not very effective lefty Luis Lugo 5-7-4-3-0-6 He keeps racking up strikeouts and runs 5.55 ERA

Hiitters:
Columbus: Aguillar singled and homer; Ramirez doubled, doubled again, tripled
Carolina: Gonzalez singled and walked
Lake County: Papi homered (#1) and walked twice
Mahoning Valley: F Mejia two doubles, single; Greg Allen single, two walks, 9th steal. 10 k/10 bb
Arizona: cf Sayles 2 hits, sb7, .298; ss Pantoja 2 hits, sb7, 297
Dominican: G Mejia a singled and four walks, no steals, one cs. Stuck at 49. 28 walks/29K for season. Little power, 5 doubles, 3 triples, no homers AVG: 358;OBP 457; SLG 428; OPS 885 5--11 160 so he's not the ultra midget. Switch hitter

Saturday game highlights:

CLE AA Lindor, Francisco SS 2 0 1 0 .284 BB (40)
CLE AA Wolters, Tony DH 3 0 1 0 .250
CLE AAA Moncrief, Carlos RF 4 1 3 1 .267 BB (25)
CLE AAA Ramirez, Jose SS 5 0 2 0 .303 2B (15)
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Erik SS 6 2 3 1 .296 BB (22)
CLE HiA Rodriguez, Luigi RF 5 0 1 1 .256 2B (7), BB (37)
CLE LoA Paulino, Dorssys LF 3 0 1 0 .232 2B (17), BB (26)
CLE LoA Rodriguez, Nelson 1B 4 0 1 0 .254
CLE R Bradley, Bobby 1B 2 1 1 0 .362 2B (8), BB (8)
CLE SS Mejia, Francisco C 4 0 1 0 .248
CLE SS Zimmer, Bradley CF 4 1 1 2 .269 HR (1) [first pro homer]

not much pitching, and neither was very effective
CLE AA Anderson, Cody 5 9 5 5 1 2 4.80 L (4-9)
CLE LoA Brown, Mitch 4.2 3 3 1 1 7 4.15 L (2-8)

Sunday games:

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20140720

What's notable?

Jose Ramirez 2 walks, and only his 4th error
Tyler Holt 4 singles, up to 316
Giovanny Urshela single, double, 2 rbi his 4th AAA error
Levon Washington single, walk, stays uninjured. Up to 177 AB. Could reach career high of 298.
Nellie Rodriguez single and two walks.
Francisco Mejia, rated as high as No. 3 on Civ's Indians Top Prospect list, single, double and his first HR
Brad Zimmer single and double, 3 rbi .278 4th steal
Greg Allen single and two walks

Pitching:
Masterson 5-5-2-2-2-6
unimpressive in relief: Outman 1 inning, a homer; Pestano 1 inning 2 hit, 2 walks, no runs.
ditto in AA: Trey Haley 1/3-2-2-2-1-1 11.57 in his return from injury. Age 24 now.
Kieran Lovegrove looking good in Mahoning Valley: 5-3-0-0-3-1 in last five starts: 22-18-6-5-13-10 2.01. 20 year old RH, needs to show he can get some strikeouts.

in the Dominican All Star Game:
CF Gabriel Mejia 1-3 and caught stealing
OF Luis Medina 0-1 (for the season hitting 306 with 867 OPS) 19 year old LH
RH Luis Jiminez 19 year old 6-4 170 ERA 1.52 and RH Domingo Jiminez 6-3 175 RH with ERA of 2.35 also represented the Indians.

BA's list:

CLE AA Rodriguez, Ronny 2B 4 1 1 0 .235
CLE AA Wolters, Tony C 3 0 1 0 .251 2B (15), BB (33)
CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus 1B 4 1 1 0 .282 BB (45)
CLE LoA Paulino, Dorssys LF 4 0 1 0 .232
CLE LoA Rodriguez, Nelson 1B 2 0 1 0 .255 2 BB (39)
CLE SS Mejia, Francisco C 4 4 3 2 .264 2B (8), HR (1)
CLE SS Zimmer, Bradley CF 5 2 2 3 .278 2B (6), SB (4)

CLE AA Haley, Trey 0.1 2 2 2 1 1 11.57
CLE MAJ Adams, Austin 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 18.00 [not ready for prime time]
CLE MAJ Crockett, Kyle 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 1.93 [he's a keeper]
CLE MAJ Lee, C.C. 1 2 0 0 1 2 4.38 [disappointing to date]