Cleveland Sports Forum

So far, definitely so good.

Sunday lines from BA:

CLE AA Wendle, Joe 2B 4 0 1 1 .255
CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus 1B 4 1 2 1 .294 HR (17)
strange how offense is down in the majors, but we have a lot more power hitting in our minor leagues this year than last; no one in our system topped 17 homers last year; I think Aguillar ranks 4th behind Gallas, who hit his 24th yesterday, Nellie R who has 20, and I think Urshela's total is 18.
CLE AAA Ramsey, James CF 4 1 2 1 .302 2 2B (9) [I'd rather have his future than Masterson's final two months]
CLE HiA Rodriguez, Luigi LF 3 0 1 0 .244 2B (12), 2 BB (46), CS (7)
CLE LoA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 3 0 2 1 .262 2B (29), BB (59) [xb hit machine]
CLE MAJ Ramirez, Jose SS 4 0 3 1 .255 2B (3)

CLE AAA Adams, Austin 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 2.47
CLE MAJ Bauer, Trevor 6 4 0 0 3 9 4.34 W (5-7)
CLE SS Merryweather, Julian 2 4 3 3 0 1 3.66

We have a lot less to be excited about with our minor league pitching than our hitting. But we need more of the latter so I guess that's OK.

And the box scores:

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20140824

A few other notable performances:

More relievers:
Bryan Price, 2/3 inning 1k for Columbus. 27 year old hasn't walked anyone in his last 11+ innings and has had a solid August. Could join Tribe pen soon.

Louis Head, 2 innings, 1 hit 4 K. In Akron 33 1/3 IP 35 K. Before that in Carolina, 20 1/3 IP 34 K

Ryan Merritt, not his best night,, 6-8-4-4-0-2 2.62

Dorsyss Paulino, 0-4 with 3 K

Sicnarf Loopstok seems unable to hit a single; 1-4 with a triple yesterday for Lake County.
He's 5-20 for the Captains; the hits have been 1 single, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer.
He was 7-15 rehabbing in Arizona. The hits were 2 singles, 1 triple, 4 homers.

Linder just got another hit, which makes him 9 for his last 10

For the rookie Tribe infielder, this has just been the latest in a productive stretch as he is batting .405 (15-for-37) in his last ten games with two doubles and five RBI. Since his latest call-up, Ramirez is batting .307 with a homer and six RBI in 24 games.

“He’s starting to play with some confidence,” Francona said. “That was the key we saw from him last year. He’s played such a good shortstop and he’s all over the place. When he’s hitting second, he can get a bunt down and he’s getting some hits now. He’s helped us.”

Since July 23, Ramirez is hitting .309 (25-for-81) with a homer and five RBI. The switch-hitter has also found a home in the two-hole in the Tribe lineup, hitting .432 in 37 at-bats.

Don't know how long these two guys can keep it up but it's great to see. Both are not only doing great on offense, but both have been playing some stellar defense at shortstop.

Zimmer triples to score Allen and Patterson.

You never know but dang I really like this draft class. Been a long while since I've said that so I'm just going to keep saying it once a week.

That won't be enough. You have to get a tattoo of it.

I have some crazy ink, but, uh, no.

@IndiansAccounts:
AZL #Indians 1B @b_bradley_44 extended his hitting streak to 6 straight games
11-21 10R 2(2B) 1(3B) 3HR 11RBI 1BB .524 AVG

@IndiansAccounts: @mvscrappers OF Bradley Zimmer over his last 14 games:
22-53 10R 3(2B) 1(3B) 3HR 15RBI 6BB 3SB .415 AVG

@IndiansAccounts:
@CLBClippers SS Francisco Lindor over his last 13 games
23-58 11R 1(2B) 2HR 6RBI 1BB 1SB .404 AVG

Assuming Lindor comes up in September?

Although can't complain about Jose Ramirez.

Lots of crazy high scoring extra inning games on Monday.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20140825

Columbus blew a 6-1 lead, tied it at 7 in the ninth. outscored the enemy 4-2 in the 10th for 11-9 win
Carolina rallied from 0-4 to take 5-4 lead, lost the lead in the 8th, won it in the 12th
Lake County led 6-4, lost half the lead in the 8th, the rest in the 9th, outscored the enemy 3-1 in the 10th for 9-7 win.

AAA: Besides Lindor's 2-6, bigger days from Matt Carson and Jesus Aguillar each with 5 hits. Aguillar hits included two doubles (28 for season) and his 18th homr. OPS 898; for August 1055. In August 12 walks and 11 strikeouts. He'll be in Cleveland next week.

AA: Highly overrated Cody Anderson won't be any more. 4-8-7-7-3-1 [4-10] 5.13

High A: LeVon Washington single, 2 walks. 286 OPS 774. 278 plate appearances is personal best since 2011
Dylan Baker 6-8-4-3-3-1

Low A: Clint Frazier single, double, 3 walks. For season 55bb/149K. 768 OPS 17-6-12 extra base hits.
Nellie Rodriguez single and double and 3rbi. For season 59bb/133k. 815 OPS 30-2-20 xb hits.
Paulino 2 singles.
Kime with another stinker: 5 1/3-6-4-4-0-4 3 homers

Short Season A: Zimmer single and triple. AVG 316. OPS 896
Francisco Mejia homers.

Rookie:
MVP Bradley with a double and triple. Avg 381. OPS 1134. 13-4-8 XB hits. 49 RBI in 147 AB!
And in really big news, Mason Radeke gets one inning of rehab work with a couple days left in the season. Thrilled to find he's still around.

BA's Monday highlight, running late today. And the batting averages and other supposed year to date stats are all wrong; it takes me too long to delete all that, but at least the game stats are correct. [No Bradley and Zimmer are not hitting 409a nd 410]

CLE AA Gonzalez, Erik SS 4 0 1 0 .317
CLE AAA Lindor, Francisco SS 6 2 2 0 .280 2B (2)
CLE AAA Ramsey, James CF 2 1 1 1 .307 BB (10)
CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus 1B 6 3 5 4 .368 2 2B (6), HR (4)
CLE HiA Rodriguez, Luigi LF 4 0 1 1 .196 BB (8), SB (4)
CLE LoA Paulino, Dorssys LF 6 1 2 0 .278 SB (2)
CLE LoA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 6 1 2 3 .291 2B (10)
CLE LoA Frazier, Clint CF 3 3 2 0 .299 2B (6), 3 BB (12)
CLE R Bradley, Bobby 1B 4 2 2 1 .409 2B (3), 3B (3)
CLE SS Mejia, Francisco DH 4 1 1 1 .222 HR (1)
CLE SS Zimmer, Bradley CF 4 0 2 2 .410 3B (1)

Good starts by McAllister, Morimando, Plutko and Lugo last night.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20140826

McAllister 7-4-1-1-1-8
Morimando 6 1/3-4-2-1-1-6
Plutko 5-8-2-2-0-5
Lugo 5-5-0-0-1-4
Cameron Hill 5-1-2-2-2-2

Some relievers: Armstrong 1 perfect inning for Columbus; Bryan Price perfect inning with 2 K for ditto; Aviles 1 shutout inning for Lake Captain, not sure if he's being converted to reliever, or just getting limited innings after his most recent DL stint

Hitters:

Columbus: Urshela 2 hits; Aguillar HR 18
Akron: Lavisky 2 hits
Carolina: Monsalve, single and double; Washington single and two walks; Yandy Diaz, our Cuban 3B, 2 hits, walk 289, only 2 homers for the year
Lake County: Frazier single, walk, two steals; Papi single, walk, sac fly, and throws out a runner from RF
Mahoning Valley: Zimmer single, Mejia single and walk
Arizona: Chang 2 hits, 342; Bradley 0-4; 1B Emmanuel Tapia single, two walks, 308, OPS 883 6-3- 185 LH 18 year old