(Photo: Kinston Indians) From the Reservation:
I can't help but revel in the Indians and all of their glory.
Yes, I'm talking about the senior Tribe, who just handed Brandon Phillips and the Cincinnati Reds a beating of mammoth proportions.
First it was Zeke Carrera's game-winning, improbable drag bunt on Friday. One singular play, and a bunt no-less, seemed to wash away every...
M. RaylAround 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.
Luis Valbuena-DH, Columbus: 2-4, 3 RBI, BB, K
Others produced, but Valbuena knocked in the most runs in Columbus' win. Valbuena knocked in and collected his first hit since returning...
How many more injuries can the Indians
withstand? (Photo: AP)
Some news, notes, and thoughts from my Indians notebook…
Injuries starting to pile up
Just when it appeared the Indians were starting to get healthy again with the return of right-handed pitcher Carlos Carrasco last week and right-handed pitcher Mitch Talbot about ready to be activated in the next day or so,...
T. FedroffAround 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.
Chad Huffman-RF, Columbus: 3-3, 2 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB
Huffman's five RBI game wasn't even his season-high. No stranger to the heroic performances, Huffman went off again, nearly...
Tim Fedroff (photo: Tony Lastoria) Fedroff Extends Hitting Streak as Aeros Split Twinbill
The Akron Aeros split a doubleheader with the Altoona Curve Saturday at Blair County Ballpark losing game one 2-0 and winning game two 8-1.
Aeros outfielder Tim Fedroff collected hits in each game of the doubleheader to extend his team-best hitting streak to 15 games.
The Curve (21-20...
The Indians today have placed right-handed pitcher Alex White on the 15-day disabled list with right middle finger soreness and is expected to miss 8-12 weeks. To take his spot on the roster they have recalled Triple-A Columbus right-handed reliever Josh Judy.
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Z. McAllisterAround 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 goes out to former and future tribehand Ezequiel Carrera. Carrera, who was acquired for Russell "the muscle" Branyan last summer, has had a phenomenal year in Columbus....
Giovanni Soto (Photo: Lianna Holub)Kinston wins fourth straight
Kinston tied a season high with their fourth straight victory, a 2-1 win over Frederick on Friday night in Maryland. All four wins have been by one run in Kinston’s latest streak.
Kinston starting pitcher Giovanni Soto gave up a lead-off home run to Frederick’s Bobby Stevens in the bottom of the first inning. Soto would...
The Indians placed designated hitter Travis Hafner on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with a right oblique strain, and replaced him on the roster with Triple-A Columbus outfielder Ezequiel Carrera. The Indians also optioned out infielder Luis Valbuena and added right-handed Frank Herrmann to the roster from Columbus.
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Ezequiel Carrera (Photo: Lianna Holub)This technically is the second part of Minor Happenings that I mentioned yesterday would post today. I decided with all of the Columbus news to make this a Columbus only piece to bring everyone up to speed with most of the Major League options in waiting at Columbus.
Carrera is next in line
With outfielder Grady Sizemore out with a knee injury...
Northeast Ohio has seen A LOT of rain over the course of the last week. Quite frankly, I am sick of wondering if my street is going to flood with every falling rain drop (at one point, the street flooded three days in a row). That being said, the Captains were rained out three times and played a double header Thursday night (one of the rainouts was made up).
Record: 18-20
Game Results:
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.
Tim Fedroff - LF, Akron: 5-7, R, RBI.
Fedroff's bat is simply on fire. In his past ten games, he's hitting a staggering .488 (20-41), with 4 doubles and a triple, and driving in 10 runs. On...
Joe Gardner (Photo: T. Lastoria)Aeros Split Doubleheader with Curve
The Akron Aeros split a doubleheader with the Altoona Curve Thursday at Canal Park winning game one 6-1 and dropping game two 2-1.
The Aeros (20-20 following the doubleheader) won game one behind a solid outing from right-handed pitcher Joe Gardner.
Gardner earned the win tossing six innings, giving up one earned...
The Indians designated right-handed pitcher Justin Germano for assignment today and recalled infielder Luis Valbuena from Triple-A Columbus. With Travis Hafner out of the lineup again tonight and second baseman Orlando Cabrera in South Carolina for his U.S. citizenship ceremony, the Indians were short an infielder and recalled Valbuena to fill that need.
The fact they called up Valbuena and...
Steven Wright (Photo: Tony Lastoria)"Minor Happenings" is a weekly column which recaps 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.
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