Indians Prospect Insider

You know the start of your weekend is off to a great start when the first thing that happens on a gloomy, Friday morning happens to be that your laptop's motherboard burns out. With a hole in my pocket the size of Texas, I come to you from a new laptop. My apologies for this blog coming out a day late, but under the circumstances, my hands were a little tied.
Please note that Friday's game...

Barnes Leads Way, Aeros Finally Win 2-1
Aeros left-hander Scott Barnes dazzled through seven scoreless innings Friday to end Akron

Going back to college for your senior season is a risky proposition for a Major League Baseball draft pick. Not only do you lose almost any signing leverage you have, but you also risk injury as well as a drop in performance which could affect your draft standing the next year.
But for catcher Diego Seastrunk, while he went back to school to hopefully improve his draft stock, he also did so...

Around the Farm takes a look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's games.
Giovanni Soto - LHP, Lake County: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 4 K. Nice home debut for Soto, and he has not skipped a beat since being traded to the Indians last Tuesday. Lots of front office executives...

Captains Use The Long Ball in 6-1 Win
All but one of the Lake County Captains runs came via the long ball as they defeated the Dayton Dragons 6-1 on Thursday. The Captains hit three home runs in the game.
Roberto Perez hit a two run home run in the bottom of the second inning to give the Captains a 2-0 lead. It was Perez's fifth homer of the year and his second in the series. The Dragons...

The Indians today have reclaimed infielder Wes Hodges from the Colorado Rockies and have sent him back to Triple-A Columbus. Hodges was originally designated for assignment by the Indians on July 27th to make room for right-handed pitcher Josh Tomlin as the Indians 40-man roster was full at the time, and then he was claimed by the Rockies on August 3rd. Don't ask me to explain how he is back with...

Around the Farm takes a look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's games.
Cord Phelps-2B, Columbus: 3-5, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R. Phelps just keeps on hitting. The 3rd round pick in 2008 out of Stanford has put up a AAA line of .340/.412/.537. He has more extra base hits in his 43 games...

Paul Cousineau and I are back on the cyberwaves tonight with another edition of "Smoke Signals" from 9:30-10:30 PM EST.
Tonight we will recap what ended up being a very busy last 24 hours leading up to the July 31st trade deadline. We will discuss the three deals for Austin Kearns, Kerry Wood and Jake Westbrook that were made just before the deadline, and talk about the players acquired and...

Clippers avoid sweep, win 9-8
The Columbus Clippers defeated the Louisville Bats in a rain-soaked affair on Wednesday afternoon, 9-8. The game was delayed after the last out of the top of the seventh inning was recorded for one hour and twenty-two minutes, and after the break, Jared Goedert delivered a two-run double in the eighth. The Clippers ended their four game losing streak while handing...

Boy, talk about a complete change in draft success of late.
Now, it is still way too early to really get too excited over how the 2008 and 2009 Draft’s have shaken out for the Indians; however, you have to like what has transpired to date with both, particularly the 2008 Draft which may go down as one of the all time best drafts in Indians’ history. This of course is a huge change from...

Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player played in yesterday's game.
Beau Mills-1B, Akron: 3-5, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, K. Hey, a Beau Mills sighting! Quietly hitting .333 over his last 10 games, Mills is coming off of his best month of the season in which he posted a .950 OPS....

Columbus falls to Louisville in 12, 4-3
The Columbus Clippers returned home to Huntington Park and dropped their second consecutive extra-inning affair to the Louisville Bats on Tuesday night, 4-3 as Chris Dickerson delivered the go-ahead hit in the twelfth inning off of Carlton Smith.
The Bats loaded the bases in the twelfth as Danny Dorn and Corky Miller reached base to begin the...

Today the Cleveland Indians announced they have placed DH Travis Hafner (right shoulder inflammation) and catcher Carlos Santana (left knee sprain) on the 15-day disabled list. Replacing them on the roster are left-handed pitcher David Huff and catcher Lou Marson from Triple-A Columbus.
Huff begins his 2nd stint with the Indians this year after going 2-9 with a 6.04 ERA (70.0IP, 88H, 53R/47ER,...

Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player played in yesterday's game.
Light day yesterday as the Clippers and Aeros were off, and Kinston was rained out in the 3rd. Even the DSL Indians had their game suspended in the 4th inning. So it will be a short update today, and...

The Midwest League announced that the Low-A Lake County infielder Adam Abraham has been named Midwest League Batter of the Week for the week of July 26 through August 1.
For the week, Abraham hit .440 (11-for-25) with two home runs and 13 RBI’s in six games. He added three doubles and had a .533 on base percentage and a .800 slugging percentage. He also scored six runs, had five walks,...

Hawks Beat Captains 8-7, in 10 to Avoid Sweep
South Bend had runners on the corners with one out in the tenth in a 7-7 tie. Victor Estevez hit ground ball to third, the Captains got the an out at second base and Estevez was called safe at first trying to beat the relay throw allowing David Narodowski to score giving the Silver Hawks a 8-7 win over the Lake County.
Keon Broxton led...