yep he did; 2 innings, 1 run, unearned on 3 hits, 1 walk no strikeouts on Sunday. 24 year old is the right age for Akron. Expect he'll return soon enough

How did Columbus forfeit?

Other team saw Yandy Diaz's biceps and lodged a complaint.

forfeit score 9-0. not an actual forfeit. my humor often is not obvious; ask my wife

I like dorky humor.

Non-candidate to replace Tomlin Shawn Morimando not pitching well again tonight in Columbus. Only 2 runs in 3 2/3 innings, on a yield of 6 hits and a walk. He's got 6 strikeouts. Eric Haase is developing a new skill: hitting singles, he's had 11 singles among his 16 hits this season. Most years a majority of his hits are for extra bases. Yandy diaz with a walk but caught stealing.

Strangely Michael Peoples is pitching well this season for Akron. Tonight 4 shutout innings with 5 K. ERA is at 1.64.
Last season he was 2-5 5.58 for Akron; 1-4 7/.15 in his AAA debut. This is his 4th season in Akron, so maybe he's figured out how to pitch to AA hitters with plenty of experience behind him.

Mark Mathias has been hot of late; 2 hits in 2 trips tonight, he's now batting 278 and 2 doubles give him 5 for the month, also his 4th steal. OPS at 829. Fellow middle IF prospect Tyler Krieger with his second homer and a single, is up to 207 and is no longer a middle IF, spending most of his time in the outfield.

Rain out in Lynchburg. Indians should have tried that tonight too: home team decides if the game is going to start, right? If it's moist and Tomlin's scheduled they should put the tarp on the field and refuse to remove it.

Rain out in Eastlake, too.

If there's too much rain to play in Eastlake, how can claim the weather's good enough to play in downtown Cleveland?

One mistake on your part, Doc. My humor is not dorky. It's sophisticated.

BA on yesterday's 2 games:

CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 2 2 0 0 .100 2 BB (6)
CLE AA Castro, Willi SS 5 1 2 1 .180 2B (3) [it's a start]
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler LF 5 2 2 1 .200 2B (2), HR (2)
CLE AA Mathias, Mark 2B 4 0 3 2 .286 2 2B (5), SB (4)
CLE AAA Allen, Greg LF-CF 3 0 0 0 .200 BB (7)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu SS 3 0 2 2 .264 2B (6), BB (5) [on a hot streak; let's try him out at 2nd; Indians could use a 2nd baseman who can hit]
CLE AAA Haase, Eric DH 3 1 1 0 .288 BB (5), SB (1)
CLE AAA Mejia, Francisco C 5 0 1 0 .214
CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik SS 1 0 1 1 .222
No pitchers

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Clippers 3 RailRiders 2
Ramirez 2(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 4SO (SV)
Barnes 2-4 2R HR RBI
Chang 2-3 2B 2RBI BB
Haase 1-3 R BB SB

RubberDucks 7 Fightin Phils 1
Peoples 5(IP) 5H 0R 0ER 1BB 6SO
Krieger 2-5 2R 2B HR RBI
Mathias 3-4 2(2B) 2RBI SB
Sever1-4 2R HR RBI BB

Lake County #Captains RHP Gregori Vasquez is off to a fantastic start in 2018 over his first 4 outings:
- 17(IP) 9H 2R 2ER 3BB 17SO 1.06 ERA
In 2017 in Mahoning Valley Vasquez had a 2.38 ERA over 75.2 (IP) with 57 (SO)

Akron RubberDucks RHP Michael Peoples over his last three starts:
- 17(IP) 9H 1R 1ER 5BB 14SO 0.53 ERA (Season 1.54 ERA)
Peoples healthy after an injury plagued 2017 season looks like he's back to being the pitcher that earned him organizations pitcher of year award in 2016.

Akron RubberDucks INF Mark Mathias is currently riding a 7 game hitting streak:
10-25 3R 3(2B) 1(3B) 4RBI 1BB 3SB .400 AVG

Bob Feller award winners over the years as our Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Kind of surprised that Most of them had pretty decent major league careers. Some of the failtures were due to injuries [Miller, White, e.g.] Cody Allen has already probably achieved as much as anyone of them with the probable exception of Nagy.

•1990 Charles Nagy
•1991 Mike Soper
•1992 Chad Ogea
•1993 John Carter
•1994 Steve Kline
•1995 Danny Graves
•1996 Danny Graves
•1997 Marc Deschenes
•1998 David Riske
•1999 Robert Pugmire
•2000 Jason Stanford NOW COACHING EASTERN GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
•2001 Mike Bacsik
•2002 Billy Traber
•2003 Fausto Carmona AKA
•2004 Adam Miller
•2005 Jeremy Sowers
•2006 Adam Miller
•2007 Aaron Laffey
•2008 David Huff
•2009 Hector Rondon
•2010 Alex White
•2011 Chen-Chang Lee
•2012 Cody Allen
•2013 Cody Anderson
•2014 Ryan Merritt
•2015 Mike Clevenger

If he says Peoples won the award in 2016 I have to believe it, but I cannot find confirmation online. He was 12-6 in Akron and 1-0 in Columbus with a combined ERA of 3.65 87 strikeouts in 165 innings and a WHIP of 1.36. I would have hoped someone had a better 2016 than Peoples. He has never rated on the BA Top 30 prospect list or with much regard from anyone else that I recall.

Looking at 2016 stats, I would have voted for Morimando [15-5 3.25 1.300 WHIP 119/152IP] or more likely Merryweather [13-6 2.60 1.141 119K/135IP] over Peoples. And Clevinger would have been a fine choice too to repeat at 11-1 3.00 1.215 WHIP about 1 k per inning

But I find Akron preseason writeup for 2017 that does indeed confirm Peoples was so honored although I am not quite sure why. "Michael Peoples lacks top-prospect pedigree, but was given the Bob Feller award last season, as the Indians’ top minor league pitcher. "

Wednesday BA highlights:

CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 5 0 1 0 .108 2B (3)
CLE AA Castro, Willi SS 4 2 3 2 .215 2B (4), HR (1), BB (7), CS (1)
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler LF 5 1 1 0 .200
CLE AA Mathias, Mark 2B 4 1 1 1 .283 HR (1)
CLE AAA Allen, Greg CF 4 2 3 0 .250 2 2B (6), BB (8)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 3B 4 0 2 1 .281
CLE AAA Haase, Eric C 3 0 0 0 .274 BB (6)
CLE AAA Mejia, Francisco LF 4 0 0 0 .203 BB (4)
CLE HiA Capel, Conner CF 3 1 1 1 .328 2B (7), SB (8)
CLE HiA Collins, Gavin 3B 2 0 0 0 .240
CLE HiA Ice, Logan C 2 0 1 1 .220 2B (2), BB (5)
CLE LoA Benson, Will RF 4 0 0 0 .212
CLE LoA Clement, Ernie SS 3 1 1 0 .328 BB (6), 2 SB (3)
CLE LoA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 4 0 1 0 .281
CLE LoA Jones, Nolan 3B 4 1 1 2 .176 HR (2)
NO PITCHERS

For reasons unknown, when a team plays a doubleheader, BA only lists stats for one game. Posted above are the 2nd game stats; these are from opener
CLE HiA Capel, Conner CF 2 1 1 1 .328 BB [9]
CLE HiA Collins, Gavin 3B 4 1 2 1 2B [2]
CLE HiA Ice, Logan C 3 0 0 0
CLE LoA Benson, Will RF 3 2 2 2 2HR [4]
CLE LoA Clement, Ernie SS 2 1 0 0 BB [6] [He walked 6 times last summer in his short season]
CLE LoA Jones, Nolan 3B 3 0 0 0