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starting in the Dominican today: Wardquelin Vasquez

Pretty good name but not as good as Yefferson.

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

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Charlotte 6 Columbus 2

Zarate 2.1(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 6SO
Merritt 3.1(IP) 6H 3R 3ER 0BB 5SO
Hankins 2-5 R 2B
Stamets 1-4 2B RBI

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RubberDucks 4 Yard Goats 3

Civale 6(IP) 8H 2R 1ER 0BB 4SO
Bradley 1-4 R HR RBI
Tom 1-2 3B 2RBI
Mathias 2-4 2R 2B

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A ball teams are both on all star break.

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Scrapper 7 Spikes 4

Freeman 2-4 R 2B 2RBI BB
Gantt 2-4 R 2B 2RBI
Perez 3-5 R 2RBI
Araujo 2(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO

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AZL off today

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DSL Rays 8 DSL Indians 2

Rocchio 0-3, BB (he is human!)
Tena 1-4
Noel 1-4

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DSL Rangers 5 DSL Indians/Brewers 2

Paulino 1-4, 2B, 2 R

Freeman is having a nice start with the Scrappers; 2nd 2017 pick is only 19 playing against college kids. 5 games is not much of a sample but 33/375/524 looks good. 4 of his 7 hits are doubles and he hasn't struck out yet.

TBD for the Clippers today
Peoples for Akron
Lynchburg and Lake County still on break
Mota for his 2nd start for the undefeated Scrappers
both AZ teams in action; no starter listed, not even good old TBD

All stars in action last night ...

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Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Lake County Captains in Midwest League All-Star action:

Will Benson 1-2
Kyle Nelson 0.2(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 1SO

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Lynchburg Hillcats in Carolina League All-Star League action:

Capel 2-4 2B RBI
Hentges 1(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 0SO
Siri 1(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 1SO

All our Stars did OK!

Noted by BA:

CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 4 1 1 1 .192 HR (11)
CLE AA Castro, Willi SS 3 1 0 0 .244 BB (20)
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler CF 4 0 1 0 .232 2B (9), SB (12)
CLE AA Mathias, Mark DH 4 2 2 0 .240 2B (11)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu 3B 4 0 0 1 .274
CLE AAA Haase, Eric DH 4 0 2 0 .213
CLE AAA Mejia, Francisco C 3 0 1 0 .239
CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik 2B 0 0 0 0 .290
CLE SS Freeman, Tyler SS 4 1 2 2 .333 2B (4), BB (1)
CLE AA Civale, Aaron 6.0 8 2 1 0 4
CLE AAA Merritt, Ryan 3.1 6 3 3 0 5

TBD for today might be this guy --

Akron RubberDucks transaction

RHP Michael Peoples promoted to Columbus

of course if Peoples is TBD, then Akron has a TBD, since he's listed as their starter. For the Ducks when no one's listed it usually turns out to be Dominic DeMasi.

DSL Indians 11 Rays 2

M. Garcia 6(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 2BB 1SO
Rocchio 4-5 3R 2B 2RBI (OK, I take it back, I don't know if this dude is human or not. Jury still out)
Noel 1-5 R HR 4RBI
Idrogo 2-5 R 2B 2RBI

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DSL Rangers 8 Indians/Brewers 2

Vergara 3(IP) 3H 1R 1ER 0BB 2SO
Maestre 2-4 R 2B SB
Planchart 2-4 2B
De La Cruz 1-4 RBI SB

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Uh, hope Uncle Dennis isn't looking ...

Best AAA Ballparks ...

1. Huntington Park (Columbus Clippers; IL)
2. First Tennessee Park (Nashville Sounds; PCL)
3. Victory Field (Indianapolis Indians; IL)
4. BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte Knights; IL)
5. Louisville Slugger Field (Louisville Bats; IL)
6. Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham Bulls; IL)
7. Coca-Cola Park (Lehigh Valley IronPigs; IL)
8. Southwest University Park (El Paso Chihuahuas; PCL)
9. Dell Diamond (Round Rock Express; PCL)
10. AutoZone Park (Memphis Redbirds; PCL)
11. Fifth Third Field (Toledo Mud Hens; IL)
12. Werner Park (Omaha Storm Chasers; PCL)
13. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City Dodgers; PCL)
14. Greater Nevada Field (Reno Aces; PCL)
15. Isotopes Park (Albuquerque Isotopes; PCL)
16. Frontier Field (Rochester Red Wings; IL)
17. Coca-Cola Field (Buffalo Bisons; IL)
18. Smith’s Ballpark (Salt Lake Bees; PCL)
19. Cheney Stadium (Tacoma Rainiers; PCL)
20. PNC Field (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders; IL)
21. Raley Field (Sacramento River Cats; PCL)
22. Chukchansi Park (Fresno Grizzlies; PCL)
23. Principal Park (Iowa Cubs; PCL)
24. Coolray Field (Gwinnett Stripers; IL)
25. Harbor Park (Norfolk Tides; IL)
26. Shrine on Airline (New Orleans Baby Cakes; PCL)
27. NBT Bank Stadium (Syracuse Chiefs; IL)
28. McCoy Stadium (Pawtucket Red Sox; IL)
29. Security Service Field (Colorado Springs Sky Sox; PCL)
30. Cashman Field (Las Vegas 51s; PCL)

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4th place isn't bad, UD. I mean, if this was an olympic event your spot would be first off the medal stand. And you still get to hang out at Olympic Village with all the hot snow bunnies.

Indians Prospective @indiansPro
DSL Indians 11 Rays 2
M. Garcia 6(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 2BB 1SO
Rocchio 4-5 3R 2B 2RBI
Noel 1-5 R HR 4RBI
Idrogo 2-5 R 2B 2RBI

Brian Montgomery @Montana_Monty
Do you know, have they performed a DNA test on Rocchio? Do we know if he is human?

Indians Prospective @indiansPro
Off to a great start. You would have heard about 5-6 more names from last years International signings if it wasn't for Valera & Bracho taking up all the spotlight.

Willie Hood @WillHoo99
BA raved about him a few months back.

And X gets the square, a win for Civ!

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Akron RubberDucks @AkronRubberDuck
15 minutes ago

Wednesday lineup vs. Hartford, 7:05 p.m. 1st pitch:

Calica 8
Krieger 7
Sever 5
Bradley 3
Marabell 9
Castro 6
Mathias 4
Tom DH
Salters 2
DeMasi 1

Dominic just kind of hangs around waiting for someone to get promoted, demoted, or go on the DL. We always a couple of those guys who rotate all over the organization filling in gaps. Matt Whitehouse this year, too. And down in lower levels Cameron Mingo. I'm sure that they pick guys who are resilient and have spring training chats to explain their role as "rover".

Fake Rating HB!