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Here is some exciting numbers on Daniel Johnson. (It's a small sample size as of now but so far so good)

In 48 plate appearances against left handed pitching he is hitting .291./431/.610 with four of his nine homers, just eight strikeouts and seven walks.

Last year in 97 PA’s against LHP, Johnson’s line was .163/.250/.239 with 26 strikeouts, five walks and just one homer.

That's great. I'd like to see the split vs RH, is he striking out more often against them?

So vs RH he's walked 9 and struck out 25.

last year his split difference was profound, OPS vs RH 822, vs LH 491; in 2017 less stark 915 and 717. K/BB was always better against RH although not markedly. Better coaching with the Ducks than the Nats provided?

Tuesday lines:

CLE AA Clement, Ernie SS 5 1 2 0 .240 much improved since he returned from an early injury
CLE AA Johnson, Daniel CF 4 0 0 0 .261
CLE AAA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 1 0 0 .273 BB (17)
CLE AAA Haase, Eric C 3 0 0 0 .245
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 4 0 1 0 .361 rarely goes hitless
CLE HiA Jones, Nolan 3B 2 0 0 0 .291 2 BB (31), SB (4) a top level walker
CLE LoA Benson, Will DH 3 0 1 1 .266 2B (9)
CLE LoA Freeman, Tyler SS 3 0 0 0 .318 hitless! rare event
CLE LoA Holmes, Quentin CF 3 1 2 1 .172 slow sort of steady improvement
CLE LoA Naylor, Bo C 3 0 0 0 .214
CLE MAJ Mercado, Oscar RF-LF 4 0 1 1 .294 2B (3)
[we talked about him yesterday: STL LoA Torres, Jhon RF 2 0 0 0 .057 BB (6), CS (1) If I were the Cardinals I'd shut him down until the short season teams start up, but what do I know]
CLE AA Hentges, Sam 3.0 5 3 2 4 2 4.78 Had been on the upswing
CLE AA Sandlin, Nick 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0.66 Sv (2) On to Columbus please

Is Karinchak back?

No, Karinchak not back yet

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Speaking of Oscar G rarely going hitless ...

Indians Prospective @indiansPro
8 hours ago

Lynchburg Hillcats OF Oscar Gonzalez amazingly has hit in 36 of his 40 games played in 2019. 17 of those 36 games have been multi-hit affairs. He leads organization in AVG .361, Hits 60 & RBI 32.

2 Hits) 11x
3 Hits) 5x
4 Hits) 1x

Oscar has had 4 different hitting streaks this year.

April 4th - April 11th (8)
April 13th - April 23rd (8)
April 29th - May 13th (11)
May 15th - Current (7)

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This guy has been doing much better too.

Since the beginning of the 2018 season spanning over 162 games played the dual threat #Indians 20yr old OF prospect Will Benson now has 32 (HR's) & 26 (SB's) over that time.

Lake County Captains 20yr old OF Will Benson is only one of two players in minor league baseball that already have double digit (HR's) & (SB's) this current 2019 MiLB season.
Will Benson (Indians) 10 (HR) 14 (SB)
Luis Robert (White Soxs) 10 (HR) 13 (SB)

Lynchburg started early today. Leading 3-0 going into the 2nd. Gavin Collins with a bases clearing double. Hillman on the bump.

Hillman has been pitching the best since we got him. He's still young [22nd birthday last week] and he's a lefty. Put him back on the prospect radar.

[His last start: Juan Hillman allowed just five hits over 6 2/3 innings, leading the Lynchburg Hillcats over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in a 2-0 win on Friday.
Hillman struck out seven and walked one.]

Speaking of birthdays, Tyler Freeman turned 20 today.

By the way, Ruben Cardenas homered AGAIN yesterday. 5 games in a row now.

The Cardenas homer may actually have occurred in April. The first game yesterday was conclusion of a rain shortened game from early in the season and it was hard for me to tell if the stats were from April or May, but in any case Ruben is doing really well

Oscar with his 4th homer for the Hillcats.

Hillman has completed 6 innings, shutout again in earned runs; one run scored was unearned as a result of Nolan Jones' second E of the day and 12th of the season. I'm ready whenever they are to see him convert to a corner outfield spot. I cannot see him staying at third for long.

despite a 5 run 9th the Hillcats hang on for a 7-6 win. Jones finishes with his 13th error. Hillman has not given up an earned run in his last 3 starts and in 5 of 9 outings in 2019. 7 of the 22 runs he's been charged with are unearned. If Juan pitched with a real defense behind him he could be having an even better year. As it is his ERA is now 2.61. WHIP is 1.26 which is not all that exciting. Nor are 34 K in 52 IP.

Rain is about to start, and when it does it will be here for a long while. We better score 6 now.

wrong folder, Hillbilly. Most of our minor league teams could score 6 but not likely the major leaguers.