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Tony on Brad Kaminsky. No, I'm thinking of Brad Komminsk. This is Scott Kaminsky, no let's try Rob Kaminsky.
Again he tells you way more than you want to read and repeats himself ad nauseum. His point is that Kaminsky was a No. 1 pick of the Cardinals. Has a great curve. Is kind of small which makes throwing his fastball downhill tough. And his curve is so good that he hasn't worked hard enough to refine the fastball. He'll be in Akron at age 21, which means he's moved along very quickly. He could be a mid-rotation starter, or maybe a reliever, depending on what he does with that fastball.

Since Tony write this up, of course he informs us that Brad, or Scott, or Rob [who's 5-11 190]
"is a very confident pitcher who is an intense competitor and a bulldog on the mound who really has no fear and will go after any hitter in any situation. He has a great makeup, is smart, really works hard to hone his craft, gives 110% all the time and is a very good teammate." all of which is pretty irrelevant.

More relevant: " he has been a very good groundball pitcher (career 1.73 GO/AO) and how hitters have had a hard time lifting the ball against him (3 HR in 227.0 IP"

RubberDucks 5 Baysox 2

Plutko 5.2(IP) 2H 1R 0ER 2BB 8SO

Zimmer 2-5 R 2B 2RBI

Dammit

Indians In Depth ‏@tpaquette_IID · 7 minutes ago
#Indians 1B prospect Bobby Bradley currently down for Hillcats. Ground ball, tried to step around the pitcher covering the bag. (Left knee)

Whew

Indians In Depth ‏@tpaquette_IID · 1 minute ago
Bradley was able to get up and walk around (Not Limping), he did leave the game & was pinch run for.

Indians In Depth ‏@tpaquette_IID
Outstanding Opening Day start for Lake County Captains LHP Thomas Pannone tonight!
Line - 5(IP) 4H 0R 0ER 1BB 7SO

Greg Allen 4-5 and a walk last night.

2 runs and 2 SB

only Columbus was rained out, Akron a winner behind Plutko as noted with a scoreless inning of relief from Feyereisen, a homer off Ben Heller. Frazier a double in 5 AB. Eric Stamets 2 singles, a steal, a walk. Zimmer single, double, 2 rbi, cs.

Sheffield Lynchburg debut: 3-4-2-1-1-4. He was long gone when game ended in the 13th Jordan Milbrath surrendering 8 runs. Catcher Sicnarf Loopstock relieved him and got the last 2 outs. Besides Allen's 4 hits, 3 each by Ivan Castillo [was a ss, now playing 3rd] and Daniel Salters, catcher who hit well in Mahoning Valley debut. One of my favorites and hoping for return to prospect status: Anthony Santander homered and singled twice; but not happy seeing at DH behind Paulino and Papi playing corner OF spots.

Captains won theirs in 10 innings. 18-year-old SS Willi Castro 3 hits, one a triple, and 2 rbi. Unlikely-to-be-a-prospect 1b Anthony Miller 3 hits, 2 of them doubles, and 3 rbi [hit 226 with K's well over 1/3 of his at bats in Arizona last year]. F Mejia batting cleanup with a couple hits and a rbi.

BA's daily prospect reports for those who ranked in their Top 30:

CLE AA Diaz, Yandy 3B 5 0 1 1 .200
CLE AA Frazier, Clint LF 5 0 1 0 .200 2B (1)
CLE AA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 5 0 1 1 .200
CLE AA Zimmer, Bradley CF 5 1 2 2 .400 2B (1), CS (1)
CLE HiA Allen, Greg CF 5 2 4 0 .800 BB (1), 2 SB (2)
CLE HiA Bradley, Bobby 1B 4 1 1 1 .250 BB (1)
CLE HiA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 6 0 0 0 .000
CLE HiA Mathias, Mark 2B 6 1 1 1 .167 2B (1), BB (1)
CLE HiA Papi, Mike RF-1B 6 1 1 1 .167 BB (1)
CLE HiA Paulino, Dorssys LF 6 0 1 1 .167 BB (1)
CLE LoA Castro, Willi SS 5 2 3 2 .600 3B (1)
CLE LoA Krieger, Tyler 2B 4 2 1 1 .250 BB (1)
CLE LoA Mejia, Francisco C 4 0 2 1 .500

CLE AA Plutko, Adam 5.2 2 1 0 2 8 0.00 W (1-0)
CLE HiA Sheffield, Justus 3 4 2 2 1 4 6.00 [MILB shows only 1 run was earned]

Hillcats 5 Dash 4

Papi 2-2 2R 2(2B) RBI 2BB

Indians In Depth ‏@tpaquette_IID · 2 hours ago
Outstanding 1st start of the year for Captains RHP Casey Shane tonight!
Line: 5(IP) 3H 0R 0ER 3BB 7SO #Indians

MiLB.com ‏@MiLB · 1 hour ago
#Indians No. 2 prospect Clint Frazier has three hits in second game with @AkronRubberDuck.
http://atmilb.com/1VbNa0o

Nellie was 2-5 with a dbl and homer tonight.

Indians In Depth ‏@tpaquette_IID · 8 hours ago
Big night for Lynchburg Hillcats Bobby Bradley one night after injury scare.
Bradley: 2-3 R 2B 3RBI 2BB #Indians

Columbus finally got a game in today, and take it 1-0 behind 5 innings by Mike Clevinger [that's 3 AAA starts, no runs allowed in his career], 6K; Armstrong fans the side in the 6th, Austin Adams 2 more in the 7th. Aguilar homer for the only run.

RubberDucks ahead 4-0 behind Michael Peoples in his AAA debut in the 5th innings. Big hit a 3 run homer by Todd Hankins.
Akron is undefeated in 2 completed games.

Lynchburg is 2-1 and has a 2-0 lead in the 4th. Greg Allen has drawn 2 walks, and has stolen 3 bases: that makes 6 for him already. Julian Merryweather another starter who has a shutout going; 4 2/3 innings, 3 hits, no walks, 6 strikeouts.
Bradley is hitless, but with no strikeouts today he only has 3 K in his first 12 plate appearances.

Lake County also with a 2-1 start scores 3 runs in the top of the first. Matt Esparza with the start. In MHV last summer he fanned 54 in 43 innings, only 3 starts.

Here are highlights from yesterday's games:

CLE HiA Allen, Greg CF 4 2 1 0 .385 BB (2), SB (3)
CLE HiA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 1 2 3 .429 2B (1), 2 BB (3)
CLE HiA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 5 0 1 2 .091
CLE LoA Castro, Willi SS 5 1 2 1 .500 SB (1)
CLE HiA Lugo, Luis 5.2 3 1 0 1 5 0.00 W (1-0) [nearly every starter has had a good outing, although not Matt Brown]

highlights from Sunday games:

CLE AA Diaz, Yandy 3B 5 0 1 0 .143
CLE AA Frazier, Clint RF 4 0 1 0 .385 BB (1)
CLE AA Zimmer, Bradley CF 5 0 1 0 .214 CS (2)
CLE AAA Gonzalez, Erik SS 3 0 2 0 .400
CLE LoA Krieger, Tyler 2B 4 1 2 0 .333 2B (2), BB (3)
CLE LoA Mejia, Francisco C 4 1 2 1 .333 BB (1)
CLE AAA Armstrong, Shawn 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
CLE AAA Clevinger, Mike 5 3 0 0 1 6 0.00 W (1-0) [adds to the starting pitch depth]

Not surprisingly Greg Allen's 6 steals leads the Carolina League-- the runner up has 4.

Also Silento Sayles' 4 steals leads the Midwest League -- runner up has 2. Sayles was a baserunning superstar in Mississippi as a high schooler, had not until now perfected his pro running game; he totaled 25 in three seasons principally in short season ball including 6 in 10 tries in 2015.