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High-A Kinston third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall won the home run derby last night that occurred before the Carolina League California League All Star Game. He beat out five other players, and is the first Kinston player to win the home run derby since Chris Gimenez did it two years ago in 2007. More on this and the other all star game results later this week in Minor Happenings.

strong>Columbus: Ken Ray at Rochester @ 7:05 pm
Akron: Jeanmar Gomez vs. Trenton @ 7:05 pm
Kinston: All-Star break (Next game is Thursday vs. Salem @ 7:00 pm)
Lake County: All-Star break (Next game is Thursday vs. Hagerstown @ 7:00 pm)
Mahoning Valley: Ryan Anthony vs. State College @ 7:05 pm
AZL Indians: Kirk Wetmore vs. AZL Mariners @ 7:00 pm MS

Okay, in trying to keep current, you can now get updates as they are reported through the Indians Prospect Insider page on Twitter. To follow, go to this link:
http://twitter.com/tlastoria
I noted the medical concern with left-hander Elvis Araujo in a "tweet" last night and will continue to drop quick notes in that fashion until Minor Happenings posts each week to recap everything and...

Kinston and Lake County were both off for the All-Star break.
Clippers snap losing streak
The Clippers beat Rochester 8-7 in ten innings in the first of a four-game series. The Clippers scored a run in the first inning, but after that early success, it looked like it was going to be a re-run of the last six games. Red Wings starter Anthony Swarzak shut out Columbus for the next six...

COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (AAA)
Yesterday: The Clippers were held to three hits in the 3-0 shutout by Syracuse…Columbus led off the night with a single from SS ANDY CANNIZARO, but Chiefs’ righty Garrett Mock retired the next 21 batters en route to a complete game…Cannizaro, LF JORDAN BROWN and 3B NIUMAN ROMERO had the only Columbus hits…RHP JACK CASSEL allowed three runs (2ER) on nine hits...

The Indians today announced they have activated OF Grady Sizemore from the 15-day disabled list and recalled LHP Tony Sipp from AAA Columbus. To make room on the 25-man roster for Sizemore & Sipp, they optioned out OF Trevor Crowe to Columbus and designated RHP Luis Vizcaino for assignment. Sizemore had been on the disabled list since May 31 with left elbow synovitis (inflammation).

UPDATE (06/23/2009 1:09 pm EST):
Folgia has in fact signed with the Indians, and should report to Mahoning Valley or the Arizona League team soon. He is listed as a shortstop by the Indians. The actual signing amount was $100K and not the $150K rumored in the linked article. An official press release from the Indians should be coming soon on the signing.
Update (06/23/2009 11:00 am ST):

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strong>Columbus: Zach Jackson at Syracuse @ 7:05 pm
Akron: Aaron Laffey vs. Trenton @ 7:05 pm
Kinston: All-Star break (Next game is Thursday vs. Salem @ 7:00 pm)
Lake County: All-Star break (Next game is Thursday vs. Hagerstown @ 7:00 pm)
Mahoning Valley: Marty Popham vs. State College @ 7:05 pm
AZL Indians: Francisco Jimenez at AZL Royals @ 7:00 pm MS

Kinston and Lake County are off for their All Star break, and Akron had a scheduled off day.
Mock blanks Clippers for Syracuse sweep
The Clippers were shutout 3-0 in the series finale at Syracuse.
Chiefs' righty Garrett Mock fired a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits. Columbus led off the night with a single from Andy Cannizaro, but Mock retired the next 21 batters....

The Indians have signed another minor league free agent, infielder Dan DeGeorge out of Princeton University. He has been assigned to the Indians short season Single-A Mahoning Valley Scrappers team.
Here is the official press release from the Princeton Athletics website:
Recent Princeton baseball graduate Dan DeGeorge recently came to terms with the Cleveland Indians as an undrafted...

Indians 7th round pick OF Jordan Henry (Ole Miss) and 18th round pick C Dwight Childs (Arizona) have been signed and assigned to Mahoning Valley. An official press release should be forthcoming soon. 17 of their top 19 picks have signed (Casey Frawley at #17 should be made official soon too). The only unsigned in the top 19 are 1st rounder RHP Alex White and 2nd rounder OF Jason Kipnis, though talks...

The Indians recently signed minor league free agent LHP Ryan Anthony out of Emporia State University (KS). He has been assigned to short-season Single-A Mahoning Valley and will be making his professional debut tomorrow as the starting pitcher.
Here is an official press release from his former school on the signing:
June 19, 2009 -- Former Hornet pitcher Ryan Anthony signed with the...

Going to try and post these often....these are from the Indians:
COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (AAA)
Yesterday: Game 1 – Columbus dropped the first half of the twin bill, 4-3, to Syracuse…The Clippers took a 2-0 lead with a 2B TONY GRAFFANINO 2-run single in the fifth but gave up four unearned runs in the bottom half…Columbus got to within one as RF ROB MACKOWIAK drove in a run with a grounder...

Today the Indians officially released the signing of their 13th round selection from the 2009 First Year Player Draft, RHP Jeremy Johnson out of Washington State University. The Indians have now now signed 18 of their 50 selections and 13 of their top 16 choices.

I don't know if many fans know this, but you can vote for your favorite Triple-A players to be a part of the 2009 Triple-A All Star Game on July 15th in Portland, OR this year. You can vote up to 25 times for your favorite players in the International League and Pacific Coast League, and voting ends at at 11:59 pm on June 26th. Here is the link to vote:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/events/asg/y2009/ballot/ballot_pop.html

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strong>Columbus: Jack Cassel at Syracuse @ 7:05 pm
Akron: Off Day
Kinston: All-Star break
Lake County: All-Star break
Mahoning Valley: Preston Guilmet vs. State College @ 7:05 pm
AZL Indians: Alexander Morales vs. AZL Padres @ 7:00 pm MD