Indians Prospect Insider

? (Photo Credit: Lianna Holub) ? The Wilmington Blue Rocks came back to beat the K-Tribe 7-6 Tuesday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. The game was a wild one, featuring 23 hits and five errors. With the loss, Kinston drops to 1-4 on the season.
The K-Tribe bats unloaded on the Blue Rocks early as Adam Abraham hit a two-run home run to give Kinston a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second inning....

Cory Burns - Photo Credit: Lianna HolubThe Akron Aeros began their season in the friendly confines of Canal Park last Thursday. They ushered in a new purple polka-doted pigeon as a new mascot via helicopter and debuted an new menu of outrageous foods. But on the field, where it was cold, the Aeros gave a sneak peak of what their season may be like. Low-scoring games involving an Akron team that may...

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 was playing in yesterday's game.
Congratulations to Trey Haley, Francisco Jimenez and Clayton Ehlert, for the first no hitter of the young professional season.
Trey Haley - SP, Lake County: 3 IP, 0 H, 1ER/R, 2 BB, 4 K....

(Photo: Lianna Holub)Captains No-Hit Dragons in Home Opener
Lake County pitchers combined to toss nine innings of no-hit baseball defeating Dayton 3-1 on Monday night at Classic Park in the home opener. Trey Haley, Francisco Jimenez and Clayton Elhert made history in northeast Ohio and now share something special with the late great Bob Feller; throwing a no-hitter in a home opener.
The...

(Photo: Kinston Indians)I'd like to tell you that the first three games of the season gave some sort of tell as to what kind of year that the Kinston Indians would put together in 2011. Unfortunately, this weekend's play during the first pseudo-week of baseball more resembled the thunderstorms that visited North Carolina on Friday and Saturday than any sort of consistency.
Friday Night's home...

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 was playing in yesterday's game.
Austin Adams - SP, Akron: 6 IP, 2 H, 0ER/R, 1 BB, 6 K, W (1-0). Many think that Austin Adams is a sleeper in the organization. I absolutely thing the folks saying sleeper are insane. Austin Adams is...

(Photo: Tony Lastoria)Clippers sweep through Indianapolis
The Clippers used two home runs from Cord Phelps and four hits from Bubba Bell to complete a four game sweep of the Indianapolis Indians on Sunday afternoon. Columbus is off to its' best start since 1980.
Zach McAllister hurled five innings as the starting pitcher, allowing four runs (all in his final inning) and picking up a...

The baseball season has just gotten underway, which is one of the most exciting times of the year for me.
But I was thrown a curveball on Friday which completely changes things going forward, at least in the short term. Needless to say, I have an interesting week ahead of me as my life has been flipped upside down the past 48 hours.
Long story short, I went to the doctor on Friday to...

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 was playing in yesterday's game.
T.J. McFarland - SP, Kinston: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 7 K, 1 HR.
Even though he was tagged with the loss, McFarland got his season off to a solid start. He gave up a big 2-run homer with...

(Photo: Tony Lastoria)Columbus rallies twice in 8-7 win
Mike Sarbaugh's young team is making a habit of playing one run games and so far, they've been pretty good at winning them. The Clippers rallied from a four run deficit to defeat Indianapolis 8-7, the third straight win to start the season.
The Clippers are 3-0 for the first time since 1997. Columbus scored three times in the eighth...

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 was playing in yesterday's game.
Drew Pomeranz - SP, Kinston: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K.
As far as pro debuts go, you can't get any better than the one Pomeranz had on Friday night. He was a strike machine all night and...

Kinston Walks Off With 7-6 Win in Extra Innings
Ronald Rivas hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the tenth inning, as Kinston beat Winston-Salem 7-6 on opening night at Historic Grainger Stadium.
In front of a sold out crowd of 4,102, Kinston starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz was brilliant in his professional debut. Pomeranz, Cleveland

(Photo: Kinston Indians)The 2011 season will be the last that the K-Tribe calls Historic Grainger Stadium and Kinston home. In 2012, the Advanced A Indians will be moving 60 miles northwest to one of the most unique stadiums in all of the minor leagues, just outside Raleigh. While there will be a lot of press throughout the year on the Indians move to Five County Stadium, the 2011 Kinston Indians will...

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 was playing in yesterday's game.
Cord Phelps - DH, Columbus: 3-for-3, R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB.
A perfect night at the plate for Phelps with two walks and three hits to reach base in all five of his plate appearances. He fell...

(Photo: Tony Lastoria)Captains open season with impressive win
On opening day Lake County put together an all-around team performance for a big 13-3 win over Great Lakes. The offense spotted Mike Goodnight four runs and that is all he needed as the Captains never took their foot off the pedal.
Nick Bartolone kicked the season off with a lead off base hit. A Carlos Moncrief single put...

(Photo: Tony Lastoria)The 2011 minor league season starts tonight.
At 7:00 PM EST tonight three of the Indians' minor league affiliates get things going as Triple-A Columbus, Double-A Akron, and Low-A Lake County are all in action. High-A Kinston gets things started up tomorrow night.
Now that the 2011 season is officially here, I'd like to take the time to mention all of the coverage...