Cleveland Sports Forum

Hillbilly wrote:Whew, that's close. One would beat the other by a neck.

But that's OK, no sweat off their back.

At least one of them could shoulder the load.

Adam Scott at various levels 22 innings 19 hits 4 earned runs 3 walks 29 strikeouts
Shane McCarthy at various levels 23 innings 20 hits 3 earned runs 2 walks 22 strikeouts

the two Arizona teams lost, rare occurrence


Marcos Gonzalez 2 walks steal
Rocchio 2 singles
Naylor triple and walk,
Delgado 1 single

Itty bitty LH Raymond Burgos 5-5 170 5 inning 4 hits 2 runs 9 strikeouts no walks.

I somehow missed that. We have a pitcher 5’5”?

I don’t like pigeon-holing guys but damn, I don’t think we’ve had a pitcher that small ... in my life maybe?

I just looked it up. Shortest pitcher in Cleveland history was George Krapp, who ironically played for the Naps.

1912 and ‘13.

The shortest in modern day MLB history was a guy in the 1920’s who was 5’4”

History is not behind our little guy but I’ll be rooting for him.

Oh, if only I was around in 1912 with a keyboard. Dude had a bad game I can read my headlines now. George took a Krapp on the mound.

George took a Krapp for the Naps.

Bradley settled in to his new digs. 4 hits last night including walk off 2 rbi single. ... Allen had 2 hits.

Draper with another good outing for Scrappers. Freeman got over his illness, 2 more hits. I think that is 17 straight now.

Jones is finding Lynchburg a nice home. 2 hits and a homer in game 2 of DH’er.

Video of Bradley’s walk off hit last night. It’s ruled a single but it would have been a double or triple off the tall wall in right.

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Jones did evidence his defensive limitations with his first Lynchburg error. Since he's now our No. 1 position player prospect it's time to make an honest judgment on his future position, or at least to start experimenting with options: Is he a LF or a RF or a 3B, I hope he's more than a first baseman. Some instructional league trial in the outfield would be wise, or some serious defensive coaching if he's the 3B of the future.

I'd be surprised if Bradley has ever had 4 singles in a game. it's very un-Bobby.
Meanwhile Nellie Rodriguez is fitting in very well back in Akron. He has a great future ahead of him as an Eastern League lifer.

I’d put Jones at 1B but some reps in the corner OF wouldn’t be a bad idea either. We have so many talented middle infielders in lower minors I have a feeling we will be OK at 3rd base when Jose is gone. 1st and corner OF is a whole ‘nuther story tho.

I thought I remembered Fred Beene was tiny, but it turns out he stood 5-9.

The Cavs had someone that little at backup point guard once? I checked Footsie Walker [6-0] and Bobby Washington [5-11].
I had to look it up and tiniest was Earl Boykins 5-5, local kid, who played for 10 teams total.
Next comes the short career of Isaiah Thomas, 5-9, although they should be discounted a couple inches for the short duration of his stay with the Cavs

Eli Morgan has either run out of steam or the secret of his success has been unmasked. Not being looking great lately; he was about as effective today as the Angels starter. He retired 2 batter, walked one, allowed 5 hits, and all 6 scored. His ERA is now 3.93
Last 5 starts: 21 innings, 20 earned runs, 32 hits.

Here's an unusual partial score; Lake County is up 4-0 although it is only the 4th. I guess it doesn't hurt that Benson is out of the lineup and his average stays at .160. A 1B-OF-DH who we never talk about, Jose Medina, has a pair to hits, now battin 293; OPS 781. 23 year is too old for this level to be taken seriously.
Oscar Gonzalez with his 18th double, is hitting 279. He has 12 homers, but OPS is merely 716 since he has only11 walks to his 95 strikeouts. He had 11 homers through June; 1 since, in 114 at bats.

Kirk McCarty has got hot while Eli Morgan has gone cold. 3 shutout innings by McCarthy with 5 strikeouts. Speaking of short pitchers, he's a 5-10 lefty. [Morgan a 5-10 righty] he came into today's gamed with this record over his last 10 starts:
54 innings 44 hits 11 runs 9 strikeouts 65 strikeouts. He's not appearing on any top 30 prospect lists, which is a mistake

in today's later games, McKenzie on the mound for Akron. Adam Wilk for Columbus, Juan Mota for Mahoning Valley

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Mahoning Valley Scrappers transaction
LHP Yeffersson Yannuzzi promoted from AZL Indians (1)

Akron RubberDucks transaction
(C) Gian Paul Gonzalez promoted from Lynchburg