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Clement was one of my Minor League picks to replace Kipnis when he is through. It would help if he learned to play other positions and become a super utility guy.

Tito liked him in ST which bodes well for Clement. Chang is already playing all over the infield and has power that Clement lacks. IF Kipnis were to be gone in 2020 Chang would be in line for the job immediately. But since Jason's around a little longer either one of them may get a chance before Freeman arrives in the majors.

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

Congrats to #Indians 17yr old SS Angel Martinez & 19yr old RHP Logan Franco on being named to the Dominican Summer League All-Star team.
Martinez signed 7/2/18 out of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Franco signed 1/18/18 out of Azua, Dominican Republic

Indians 2019 OF prospect Julian Escobedo Arizona Rookie League ranks:
1) SwStr% 3.5%
2) wRC+ 212
2) OBP .537
3) OPS 1.201
3) BB/SO 3.00
3) SO% 5.5%
4) AVG .435
5) SLG .674

Logan Franco?? Had not noticed him. I'll take a look.

BA notes for yesterday's few games, which continue to copy vertically and I can't access them any longer with Internet Explorer

CLE
HiA
Benson, Will RF
4
0
0
0
0.156


CLE
HiA
Freeman, Tyler SS
5
0
2
1
0.371
2 2B (7)

CLE
HiA
Gonzalez, Oscar LF
4
0
1
0
0.327

CLE
SS
Delgado, Raynel 2B
5
0
0
0
0.278

CLE
SS
Rocchio, Brayan SS
5
0
1
1
0.239
2B (5), CS (5) [errors by Delgado and Rocchio too]

CLE
SS
Rodriguez, Johnathan LF
2
1
0
0
0.229
2 BB (9), SB (4), CS (1)

CLE
SS
Valera, George RF
2
2
1
0
0.274
2 BB (16), 2 SB (4)

CLE
SS
Hankins, Ethan
4.2
3
3
1
1
6
1.53

Civ, I wouldn't waste much time on Franco. His rookie year was last year and he was pounded. This year he is just doing so so. He's a 19 year old righty reliever. 6'3" 170. Walks too many. Allows too many hits and runs. And given his K total not really over-powering either. They must have been desperate...

Angel Martinez on the other hand is kind of interesting, although very early obviously. 17 year old switch hitter. This is his rookie year. .299/.379/.487. ... 7 doubles, 6 triples, 1 HR, 6 steals in 8 attempts.

Martinez was a "Helium" pick on the BA Hot Prospect watch a few weeks ago; never hurts to have a father who was a major leaguer. Maybe there's some hard thrower getting terrible results in our DSL rotation but statistically everyone looks unimpressive.

Agreed.

The other guy that Indians Pro mentioned, Escobedo, he was our 17th round pick this year out of San Diego State. Same school as Greg Allen. Trying to keep the tradition of Tony Gwynn alive.

He is a speedster too, like Allen. With decent size so maybe power will come along better than Allen. 5’11 190.

Lefty

It is still early but he’s been getting on base like crazy, 9 walks to only 3 Ks, and 6 for 6 in steals.

Lynchburg lost 5-2. ... Freeman 1-4. ... OscarG 1-4, R. ... Benson 2-4, 2B, R

Lake County lost 8-6. ... Naylor 1-4, BB, 2 R. ... Cardenas 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R. ... Engelmann 0-2.

Scrappers got killed 9-0. They’ve been struggling lately after hot start. ... Rocchio 0-4. ... Delgado 1-4. ... Valera 1-4, 2B.

AZL Teams were off again. Odd. Two days straight.

DSL Indians lost 8-6. ... Burgos 2-5, 2B. ... SRod 2-4, 2B, R, RBI. ... Paz 0-4, BB, R.

DSL Coop got smeared again, off course. 11-5. ... No highlights of note.

Eli Morgan pitched a scoreless inning in all star game tonight, striking out 2. ... Nelson faced 1 batter and struck him out.

Aaron Civale placed on 7 day IL as a precaution with “shoulder tightness”.

Well, I guess that means Civale does not get the start instead of Plesac next week. Sorry to see that

Minors now well past their half way point and McKenzie hasn't pitched in a real game. I think we can knock him his perch as our No. 1 prospect. Jones to the top of the list, with Freeman and Valera and Hankins behind him.

I no longer find the BA prospect chats before the fact so can't complain anymore that my questions aren't answered. McKenzie did come up in a chat this week with no info provided but a bit of a teaser:

Hi Kyle, What is going on with Triston McKenzie, back injury occurred in March, no word out of the Indians. Is this a full season scrap? Thanks

Kyle Glaser: I believe the indomitable Teddy Cahill will have a complete update in the Midseason Update. So again, check back next week

Eric Haase was 1-1 with 2 RBI in AAA all star game last night, and won the games MVP.

Indians Prospective @indiansPro
2 hours ago

Columbus Clippers Eric Haase ranks amongst all minor league catchers.

1) HR 23
1) Runs 52
1) OPS .953
1) SLG .600
1) ISO .339
1) HR/FB% 32.4%
7) wRC+ 133
9) BB% 11.7%
11) OBP .353

Mandy Bell @MandyBell02
Jun 16

Injury update from Goodyear: Indians' No. 1 prospect Triston McKenzie (upper back strain) has progressed to throwing live batting practice in Arizona.

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He started throwing about a month ago in Arizona. Have to think he should be making a start soon.

Lucky me, I could get this in more useful form today

CLE HiA Benson, Will RF 4 1 2 0 .176 2B (2)
CLE HiA Freeman, Tyler SS 4 0 1 0 .365
CLE HiA Gonzalez, Oscar LF 4 1 1 0 .326
CLE LoA Holmes, Quentin CF 2 1 1 0 .186
CLE LoA Naylor, Bo C 4 2 1 0 .245 BB (26)
CLE SS Delgado, Raynel 2B 4 0 1 0 .277
CLE SS Rocchio, Brayan SS 4 0 0 0 .228 not quite setting the world on fire like he did last summer
CLE SS Rodriguez, Johnathan RF 4 0 0 00.216 still waiting for him to break out, but still young
CLE SS Valera, George CF 4 0 1 0 .273 2B (5) he's for real