Some good early work in Arizona by Marcos Gonzalez and Richard Palacios and Johnathan Rodriguez on AZ1 all hitting over 300.
and Raynald Delgado, Jonathan Englemann and Valera all over 300 for AZ2.
A lot of those guys can be promising bats to watch develop.

Cooly named Yefferson Yannuzzi might be a good lefty? He's 21 so he should be in full season but can't complain about 15 K in 9 1/3 innings

Luis Oviedo by comparison has similar early stats: 15 K in 10 Innings WHIP 0.50 1 ER allowed. And he's 2 years younger than YY

Yet another 2 hit game for Mejia, that's 8 multi hit games in his last 11. He's inched ahead of Chang 256-255

Competitors to join the bullpen as 2nd lefties had 2 losers today:
Merritt 4 1/3 5 3 3 1 4 6.00
Rpcznksi 2/3 1 0 0 2 1

Aaron Civale is not on the fast track to Cleveland; today 4 2/3 9 4 4 2 2
Bradley had a better day, only 1 strikeout.
2 hits in the game for the RDucks

Lynchburg lost the first of 2. Newcomer Clement 1-3. Jodd Carter 2 hits.
Not a good day by Justin Garza either 3 4 3 3 3 4

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Clippers 7 Braves 5 (10 Innings)

Rosales 1-3 R 2B 2RBI 2BB
Haase 1-4 2RBI BB
Papi 2-4 2R 2B BB
Merritt 4.1(IP) 5H 3R 3ER 1BB 4SO

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Senators 6 RubberDucks 0

Civale 4.2(IP) 9H 4R 4ER 2BB 2SO
Milbrath 2.1(IP) 1H 1R 1ER 1BB 2SO
Loopstok 1-3
Sever 1-4

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Pelicans 5 Hillcats 3 (Game 1)

Chu 1-3 R HR 3RBI
Clement 2-4 R
Carter 2-3 2B
Linares 1(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO

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Lynchburg 8 Pelicans 0 (Game 2)

Polanco 4(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 2BB 3SO
Krauth 3(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 5SO
Carter 1-2 R HR 3RBI BB
Clement 3-3 2R 2RBI BB

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Hot Rods 8 Captains 3

Jimenez 2(IP) 2H 0R 0ER 2BB 1SO
Berardi 1-2 R RBI BB
Isaacs 1-5 2B RBI SB
Cantu 2-4 R

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Crosscutters 8 Scrappers 1

Valladares 3(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 4SO
Mejia 1-4 RBI
Freeman 2-4
Perez 1-4

Mahoning Valley Scrappers transaction:
INF Richard Palacios promoted from AZL Indians

#Indians are favorites to sign top 12th best international prospect ranked by @MLBPipeline 16yr old 6'0 180lbs switch hitting (SS) Junior Sanquintin out of Bani Dominican Republic on July 2nd. Has tremendous bat speed w/ developing power.

as a college player drafted in the 3rd round, you'd expect Palacios to be with the Scrappers. Got his feet wet and hit like mad in 5 games in Arizona:

7 for 16, including a double and two homers, and stole a pair. 438/591/875 as his career mark in the AZL. Now onward and upward

"Baseball America correspondents take stock of all 30 organizations at the midway point of the 2018 season. Listed below are both the best performers from the first half in each system and a player from each organization who took the biggest leap forward this year."

So would should be the winners for the Indians?
I could see Bieber as both the best and the biggest leaper, from Akron to Columbus to Cleveland rotation stalwart in less than three months.
If we need two names, Shane gets the "best performer" designation and Eli Morgan could get the "biggest leaper" prize.

IF they wanted to include a biggest letdown, I think Bobby Bradley would take that one in a walk.

BA report is:

BEST PLAYER

Righthander Shane Bieber was on Indians manager Terry Francona’s radar going all the way back to spring training.

"I think (president of baseball operations) Chris (Antonetti) was afraid to bring him over (to big league camp) because he knew we were going to want to latch on to him,” Francona said. "He’s in the mold of (Corey) Kluber, as far as his routines, work ethic and poise. There’s just so many things to like.”

Bieber lived up to the hype through 12 starts this season at Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus. He went 6-1, 1.29 while striking out 72 in 76.2 innings and allowing a .191 average.

As usual, Bieber's calling card was his impeccable control. The 23-year-old walked just six batters. In fact, he began the season by pitching 26 innings and facing 99 batters before issuing his first walk. Those factors earned him a major league start in May.

BIGGEST LEAP FORWARD

Righthander Eli Morgan wasted little time in kick-starting his climb up the minor league ladder. The 2017 eighth-rounder out of Gonzaga showed little regard for the industry's bias against short righthanders—he is 5-foot-10—by pitching his way to high Class A Lynchburg in May.

Overall, Morgan went 4-2, 2.35 through 13 starts this season between Lynchburg and low Class A Lake County. He had struck out 10.8 and walked 1.6 batter per nine innings, while allowing 52 hits in 72.2 innings.

Morgan’s fastball/changeup mix has served him well in pro ball. The development of a dependable third pitch will dictate his future.


[Those were not hard to guess!]

Bieber, a 2016 fourth-rounder out of UC Santa Barbara, is one of the premier strike-throwers in the minors. His career minor league walk rate was 0.6 per nine innings.

"He’s not the finished product," Francona said. "He throws a ton of strikes—but he’s still developing."

Morgan has given us another good trade piece at the deadline. In my mind, and I guess I’m alone on this, he’s with Plutko as kind of a 2nd tier prospect under Bieber and McKenzie, who I wouldn’t trade.

You are not alone! Morgan would be on a second tier with Civale now. Hentges could draw interest of a slightly lower grade.

BA report for Sunday games:

CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 4 0 0 0 .193
CLE AA Castro, Willi SS 3 0 0 0 .254 CS (3)
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler LF 3 0 0 0 .233 BB (24) his last year on the Tribe Top 30
CLE AA Mathias, Mark 2B 3 0 0 0 .239 ditto
CLE AAA Allen, Greg CF 5 0 1 0 .250 BB (12)
CLE AAA Chang, Yu SS 4 0 0 0 .261 BB (16)
CLE AAA Haase, Eric C 4 0 1 2 .214 BB (19)
CLE AAA Mejia, Francisco LF 6 1 2 0 .255
CLE HiA Capel, Conner CF 3 1 0 0 .265 BB (25)
CLE HiA Clement, Ernie SS 4 1 2 0 .500
CLE LoA Benson, Will RF 3 0 0 0 .194 BB (45) he is patient, but he's not hitting!
CLE LoA Gonzalez, Oscar DH 5 0 0 1 .265 [by contrast almost never walks]
CLE LoA Jones, Nolan 3B 4 0 2 0 .263 2B (10), BB (39) he is patient and he is hitting although not a ton
CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik PH-2B 1 0 0 0 .297
CLE SS Freeman, Tyler SS 4 0 2 0 .441
CLE AA Civale, Aaron 4.2 9 4 4 2 2 2.60 L (4-2)
CLE AAA Merritt, Ryan 4.1 5 3 3 1 4 6.00

I meant Plutko not Morgan. I seem to be a bit higher on Plutko than you other guys. I've seen every pitch he has thrown this year and to me he is a second tier type prospect. Right under the blue chip Mejia & McKenzie types. I think Plutko has potential to be a solid middle of the rotation SP one day soon. I would put Morgan and Sheffield in that same class.

I guess I misunderstood: You're saying you wouldn't tradethose second tier pitchers?
I'd rather not, but don't think there's not extreme value from any other pitchers we can offer.

BA hot sheet. Did Mejia repeat? Did anyone else catch their eye?

No.

No, I wouldn’t trade the top blue chip guys. McKenzie and Bieber. Not for a set up man. Plutko and Morgan and Sheffield types are all fine trade pieces.