On Monday night, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers played game one of the New York Penn League finals and lost to the Staten Island Yankees 3-0. With the loss the Scrappers are now 1-3 all-time against the Yankees in the postseason.
Scrappers starter Brett Brach went the first four innings and gave up two runs on five hits while walking one and striking out three. Vidal Nuno the pitched the next...
The minor league season is all about progress. The hope is a player when he goes to camp in early March is a much better, different player by the time the season ends six months later in early September.
One player who showed vast improvement this year in sort of a breakout season is Low-A Lake County outfielder Bo Greenwell.
Greenwell, 20, just put the finishing touches on a solid...
First off, congrats to both the Akron Aeros and Mahoning Valley Scrappers for making it to the Championship Series for their league. With that in mind, here is the game schedule for each series:
Mahoning Valley Schedule (Best-of-Three):
Game 1: Monday September 14th @ Staten Island (7:05 pm)
Probable Pitcher: RHP Brett Brach
Game 2: Tuesday September 15th @ Mahoning Valley...
I wrote earlier in the week about the Indians decision to not roster Triple-A Columbus outfielder/first baseman Jordan Brown. The piece was more focused on providing the Indians point of view and some of the reasoning behind the callup, and I purposely left my opinion and some of my rationalization on the decision out in order not to take away from the information presented.
The non-callup...
Beau Mills homered and drove in three runs and also made a key play in the field as the Aeros claimed the Southern Division pennant for the fifth straight year, defeating Reading 9-3 and sweeping the Phillies three games to none in this best-of-five SDCS. Akron now awaits the winner of the Northern Division finals between Connecticut and New Britain, which Connecticut leads two games to one.
Mills...
"Minor Happenings" covers the important developments and news in the Indians farm system. While most of the information in this report is from my own research and through interviews I have conducted with organizational personnel, some information in this report is collected and summarized from the various news outlets that cover each team.
Two teams are left playing in the Indians minor league...
It seems that Mother Nature is the only thing that can stop the Akron Aeros right now.
The Aeros, winners of 10 in a row dating to the regular season and on the verge of clinching a fourth straight trip to the Eastern League Championship Series, will have to wait at least one more day as tonight’s contest against the Reading Phillies has been rained out. The game will be made up tomorrow...
Jeanmar Gomez carried a shutout into the seventh and Jerad Head drove in three more runs as Akron claimed a 6-2 victory over Reading in game two of the Southern Division Championship Series before 3,450 fans at Canal Park Thursday night. The Aeros now lead the best-of-five series two games to none, with game three set for Friday night at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading.
Gomez and Phillies starter...
Instructional League opens up in Goodyear, AZ next week as players will report on Wednesday September 16th. Games will begin on Tuesday September 22 and last for a little over three weeks until Thursday October 15th.
GAME SCHEDULE
All games are at 12:30PM unless noted
Monday21-SepTuesday22-SepTEX12:30 PMWednesday23-Sep@TEX12:30 PMThursday24-SepFriday25-SepSD12:30 PMSaturday26-Sep@CIN12:30...
Tomlin Rolls Again as Aeros Take Game 1
Akron Leads Best-of-Five SDCS 1-0; Game 2 Thursday
Josh Tomlin dominated Reading for seven magnificent inning and the Aeros got huge contributions from the bottom third of the lineup, taking game one of the Southern Division Championship Series 9-4 in front of 2,646 fans at Canal Park Wednesday. Akron now leads the best-of-five series one game...
The Indians short-season Single-A affiliate Mahoning Valley Scrappers took a commanding 1-0 series lead last night with a 3-1 victory over Brooklyn. It was a big road win where they now return home tonight for Game 2 and possible series clincher of the best-of-three series. Game time is at 7:05 p.m. EST at Eastwood Field with left-hander Vidal Nuno getting the start for the Scrappers.
The hero...
Triple-A Columbus wrapped up their regular season yesterday, and most of the players have now gone home for the season. It was expected that a player or two would go north and play in Cleveland for the remainder of the season, and this happened when catcher Lou Marson was recalled yesterday; however, it was a surprise to learn that not only was first baseman/outfielder Jordan Brown not coming north...
Kinston Indian’s first baseman Ole Sheldon is the Carolina League Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season. Sheldon put the K-Tribe on his broad shoulders as he kept the Indians in the playoff hunt through the final day of the regular season Sheldon hit .355, driving in eight runs with a .581 slugging percentage over the final week of the regular season. Sheldon finished the 2009...
The Cleveland Indians and the Lake County Captains today agreed to a four year extension to their player development contract. The new extension is effective for the 2011 season and carries all the way through the 2014 season.
Next year the Captains will move to the Midwest League after seven seasons in the South Atlantic League. The Captains and Indians have been affiliated since 2003, and...
As noted with the earlier update, Triple-A Columbus first baseman/outfielder Jordan Brown will not be called up to Cleveland and instead Triple-A Columbus infielder Niuman Romero has been called up. In addition to that news, here are two other noteworthy nuggets that affect Double-A Akron:
- Triple-A Columbus infielder Jason Donald is expected to play for Akron in the playoffs. Nothing official...
Mahoning Valley was off on Monday as they were getting ready for the start of the NY-Penn League playoffs which start for them tonight at 7:05 p.m. in Brooklyn.
Barnes, Drennen lead Aeros in Finale
The Aeros closed the regular-season on a high note, clobbering Erie 9-3 to polish off a four-game sweep of the SeaWolves before 8,815 fans at Canal Park Monday afternoon. Akron (89-53) now...
The 2013 Cleveland Indians Baseball Insider book featuring the Indians' Top 100 Prospects and more is now available. Also, previous editions from 2008-2012 are also available at a discounted rate. Just click on the book image for more information. Thanks again for all the support!
