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Would be nice if Naylor could stick at catcher with a bat like that.

The writeups I've read have all suggested he move to 3rd base. They suggest he'll never be more than avg as a catcher and he'd be able to progress much faster if he doesn't have to develop his catching skills. The bat is so good that we'd be better off getting to the majors sooner, "experts" say

Kieran Lovegrove @Lovegrove19
Triston McKenzie ready to make his AA debut here in New Hampshire. Looks like he has put on some weight down there in AZ

that's his Aussie humor.

Clip Show win 7-4 tonight. ... Yandy 2-4 with a walk. ... Guyer 0-4. ... Mejia 2-4. He has definitely heated up of late.

Ducks opened up a can tonight, 13-3. ... Castro 2-5, both doubles. ... Bradley 3-6, all singles.

Hillcats lost 9-2 as Justin Garza was absolutely decimated. 8 earned in 1.1 IP. ... Longo 3-4, all singles.

Captains score 3 in bottom of 9th to win 10-9. ... Jones 0-3. ... OscarG 1-5. ... Benson 0-4.

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DSL #Indians 13 Pirates 6

Rodriguez 4-5 R 3B 2RBI BB
Palacio 2-3 2R 2B RBI 2BB
Aguilar 2-3 2R RBI 2BB
L. Garcia 4(IP) 5H 1R 1ER 0BB 4SO

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DSL #Indians/Brewers 15 Rays 13

Maestre 2-5 R 3B 4RBI
Made 1-3 2R RBI 2BB
Peralta 0-2 3R 3BB
De La Cruz 1-4 R BB

I don't know if there's more to Loopstok than a great name. He hit his 9th homer, tied with Bradley for team lead; drew his 29th walk, almost even with his 35 strikeouts. OPS is now 874.

In Akron relief, veteran Jon Edwards 1 2/3 perfect innings; Jordan Milbrath 1 1/3 perfect innings; Mitch Brown 1 perfect inning

Lake County posts 3 all stars:

Kyle Nelson — LHP, Lake County
Tommy DeJuneas — RHP, Lake County
Will Benson OF

Which is an interesting assortment. Nelson's a 21 year old lefty, with an ERA of 0.44, [finally allowed a run], WHIP o.84. 26 K in 21 IP.
DeJuneas is a righty reliever with an ordinary ERA of 3.76 and WHIP 1.22; but also plenty of strikeouts: 34 in 26 innings. 22 year old in Low A.
Benson is of course our 1st pick in 2016, He has 9 homers, he's drawn 38 walks, and all his other stats are terrible. AVG 193; 64K; 3/7 stealing bases.

Ducks played early today, gave up 2 in the 9th to lose 7-6.

Chiang 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Castro 1-5 R
Bradley 1-4 2B, BB, 2 RBI

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DSL Indians 4 DSL Pirates 2

Munoz 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Rocchio 1-3 RBI R
Idrogo 2-4 2 2B RBI R

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DSL Indians/Brewers 9 DSL Rays 2

Vergara 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (do we have any pitchers who walk people anymore???)
Cruz 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K (oops, spoke too soon. Yes we do. This freakin guy)
Celesten 1-4 2 RBI

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Bieber pitches for Columbus tonight. Zimmer, Naquin, Guyer, Yandy, and Mejia are all in the lineup.

Guyer is struggling to hit .100. Tito tells us that he comes off rehab by the end of the week, but he's circumspect enough not to say that Guyer returns to the Tribe. He certainly seems to have earned himself a release

I'm watching game till Cavs start. Zimmer is 0-2 with 2 K. Just struck out in 2nd with a couple guys on to end threat. Bieber has 4 K thru 2 but has allowed a couple hits and a run. Though one of the hits was because Guyer lost the ball in the tough sun in LF at Huntington Park this time of evening.

Holy crap, he just walked a guy in 3rd.

Carl Yastrzemski's grandson just singled in another run against Bieber.

Well almost time for Cavs so going to leave it. Bieber pitched 4 innings. 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K. Announcers say Bieber is a creature of habit and when he gets out of his ruitine it screws him up a bit. That may explain why he always seems a bit wild any time he is first promoted. (a bit wild for him is a walk or two) But then becomes crazy good from then on out. I dunno. But he wasn't all that bad tonight.

Zimmer 0-3 with 3 K

Yandy 3-3 with a double.

Mejia hit a liner into left that dropped but Chang had to hold up cause he wasn't sure if it would be caught, and he got thrown out at 2nd. So Mejia is 0-2, but he had a hit.

Mejia lined a single to center with bases loaded in the 10th to give Clippers a 3-2 win over Tide.

Zimmer 0-4 3 K BB
Guyer 0-5
Yandy 3-3 2B BB
Mejia 1-5 2 RBI

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Blue Rocks 4 Hillcats 1

Ice 1-3 RBI
Carter 1-1 R BB SB
Capel 1-2 BB
Hentges 5.1(IP) 6H 4R 3ER 4BB 4SO

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Captains 8 Dragons 5

Benson 2-4 2R 2HR 5RBI
Clement 1-4 2R HR RBI
Gonzalez 1-4 R RBI
Vasquez 7(IP) 5H 5R 3ER 1BB 5SO

Benson, still age 19, now tied for lead for homers in the Midwest League.

BA lines for our top 31, this must be for Tuesday:

CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 6 1 3 0 .194
CLE AA Castro, Willi SS 5 1 2 0 .254 2 2B (15)
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler DH 3 2 2 3 .201 2B (6), 2 BB (16)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu SS 4 0 1 0 .279 CS (1)
CLE AAA Haase, Eric C 4 1 0 0 .210
CLE AAA Mejia, Francisco RF 4 0 2 1 .211
CLE HiA Capel, Conner CF 4 0 1 1 .274 2B (10)
CLE LoA Benson, Will RF 4 1 0 0 .196 BB (37)
CLE LoA Clement, Ernie SS 5 1 1 1 .271
CLE LoA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 5 0 1 0 .266
CLE LoA Jones, Nolan 3B 3 0 0 0 .227 2 BB (30)
CLE MAJ Allen, Greg CF 3 0 0 0 .253