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Todd Paquette @Indians Accounts
@Montana_Monty Bradley hurt with oblique strain. No time table for return. Was said to be a mild sprain though he's been out 3 weeks already

Wednesday highlights:

CLE AA Gonzalez, Erik SS 5 1 1 0 .243
CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus 1B 4 0 1 0 .234
CLE HiA Frazier, Clint RF 4 1 2 2 .273 HR (1) [finally his first longball]
CLE HiA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 3 0 1 0 .210
CLE LoA Mejia, Francisco C 4 0 1 0 .173
CLE LoA Paulino, Dorssys LF 4 1 2 2 .228 HR (2), CS (1) [having a good May]
[OAK AAA Wendle, Joey 2B 5 1 1 1 .286 I prefer Brandon Moss]
CLE AAA Adams, Austin 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.60 Sv (3) [the only prospect pitcher in action]

Career day for Mike Papi 2 singles in one game!!! Brad Zimmer caught stealing the first time after 13 successes. Clint Frazier doubles and walks, hitting a fine 275, but OPS only 701. Michael Peoples raked for 13 hits and 10 runs in 3 1/3. He's subbing for injured Luis Lugo, on dl along with opening day starter Dylan Baker.

3 hits for Tyler Holt. Ramsey single and double. Hitless Lindor hitting 235. Holt is only Clipper starter hitting over 250. 4 in yesterday's lineup below 200.

After red hot start, Tyler Naquin's gone 1-17. At least his walks vs strikeouts remain much improved 9 bb 6 k.
Shawn Morimando conquered his walk problem in an OK start: 6-5-3-3-0-2

Lots of hitting for Lake County in 10-6 win. SS Chang 3 singles, 2 RBI, 19-year-old hitting 258, Made his 10th error.
19-yer-old catcher Francisco Mejia 2 hits hitting 190, 6 for his last 17. C turned 1B Sicnarf Loopstock a single and double.
Greg Allen with a single and 2 rbi. Hitting 205.
J.P. Feyereisen career shutout streak up to 27 innings. Mediocre start for Dace Kime 6-8-4-4-0-5.

All the boxes:
http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.js ... d=20150507

BA highlights from Thursday:
lots of pretty unimpressive stats. Nice to see Frazier is drawing walks and some teenagers had good days at bat. Bobby Bradley has not been seen in weeks.

CLE AAA Aguilar, Jesus DH 3 1 1 0 .237 BB (8)
CLE AAA Ramsey, James CF 3 1 2 1 .225 2B (4), BB (9)
CLE HiA Frazier, Clint RF 3 0 1 1 .275 2B (5), BB (10)
CLE HiA Papi, Mike LF 4 0 2 0 .153
CLE HiA Zimmer, Bradley CF 4 0 1 0 .293 CS (1)
CLE LoA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 5 1 3 2 .258
CLE LoA Mejia, Francisco C 4 2 2 0 .190
CLE LoA Paulino, Dorssys LF 5 1 1 1 .227
CLE AAA Armstrong, Shawn 1 0 1 1 4 3 4.32
CLE LoA Kime, Dace 6 8 4 4 0 5 3.34 W (2-3)

20 spots now available on the Baseball America weekly Prospect Hot Sheet, but once again we are shut out. Not exactly surprising since none of our prospects had much of a week, and few of them are having much of a season.

Lucky to avoid anyone on their Not So Hot list, we have good candidates for that honor.
Lindor in the past week went: 23-3-3-1 double, caught stealing, 4 walks, 6 strikeouts .130/.259/.183
Papi always a contender in this category was: 19-0-3-0 no xb hits, 4 walks 7 strikeouts .158/.304/.158

Most of the rest hit about .200 which isn't bad enough to be cited, but has become increasingly consistent for hitters like Gonzalez, Ramsey, Aguillar, Mejia. Zimmer and Naquin fell into that level this past week, too.

Indians' Hottest Prospect of the Week probably would be Yu Chiang-Chang at Lake County:
31-6-10-5 with 2 doubles, homer 2 bb, 6 k .323/.364/.484.
Entered the season ranked about #13 or so by BA; probably deserves to be moving up although his future defensive position is not likely to be third base. He may be following the career path of the young offensively minded infielder Jhonny Peralta.

Sunday games:
Good day for shortstops:

CLE AA Gonzalez, Erik SS 5 2 3 4 .252 2B (7), SB (4)
CLE AAA Lindor, Francisco SS 3 1 1 1 .252 2B (6), BB (16) [lots of walks; better by far than our incumbent SS]
CLE AAA Ramsey, James CF 3 0 1 0 .235 BB (12)
CLE HiA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 4 1 2 1 .229 HR (4) [coming along]
CLE AA Merritt, Ryan 5 8 3 3 1 2 4.26 W (2-2) [proving 2014 was a fluke it appears]
CLE AAA Armstrong, Shawn 1 1 0 0 1 3 3.86 Sv (6) [4 runs in 1/3 inning in one game, otherwise 1 run this season, 17 K in 9 1/3]
CLE HiA Lugo, Luis 3 7 3 2 0 5 5.19 L (0-2)

Starting pitchers of the Future:

Cody Anderson AA: 6 starts, 30 innings [once the rain came after 1 inning], 26 hits, 5 walks, 22 strikeouts, 1 homer ERA 1.20, WHIP 1.03. [last year: 17 homers in 125 innings]

Adam Plukto to date: 6 starts, 36 2/3 innings, 23 hits, 3 walks, 31 strikeouts, 3 homeruns. ERA 1.23/ WHIP 0.71. The homerun total is not that great, everything else is.

Justus Sheffield: 6 starts, 26 1/3 innings, 24 hits, 10 walks, 31 strikeouts. no homers. ERA 3.08. 1.29 WHIP. Obviously more of a power pitcher.

Heeee's BAAaack ....

Todd Paquette ‏@IndiansAccounts · 8 minutes ago  Ohio, USA
What a night so far for #Captains 1B @b_bradley_44 tonight just hit 2nd HR of the night! Through 5 innings Bradley line 3-4 3R 2HR 5RBI

Todd Paquette ‏@IndiansAccounts · May 10  Ohio, USA
#Indians RHP prospect Dace Kime promoted from (Low-A) @LCCaptains to (High-A) @HillcatBaseball

Joe Santoiemmo ‏@JoeyJumpoff23 · 18 minutes ago
@IndiansAccounts any update on Zimmer moving up to Akron?

Todd Paquette ‏@IndiansAccounts · 24 minutes ago  Ohio, USA
@JoeyJumpoff23 correct

I was out of town this weekend so I apologize if that is old info on Kime and Zimmer. First I saw it.

Tribeinsider ‏@tribeinsider · 25 minutes ago
Minor moves today:
Jeremy Lucas on 7-Day DL in Akron (Lower back)
Yonathan Mendoza MV > Akron
Gio Urshela on 7-Day DL in AAA (Lower back)

Ciriaco just hit 3 run homer for the Clips. He's a single away from the cycle tonight.

Greg Allen batting for Lake County. Look at all those empty seats. Wish I were there.

Lindor with a single and double tonight.

MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline 38 minutes ago
Bobby Bradley just hit 2nd HR tonight for @LCCaptains. Now has 5 RBIs. #10 on @Indians Top 30: http://atmlb.com/1ApGX0H