Indians Prospect Insider

Arizona League Indians Report
Record: 9-8, 2nd place, 0.5 GB
Last Seven Games: 4-3
Team Hitting: .274, 9th out of 13 teams
Team Pitching: 3.74 ERA, 2nd out of 13 teams
Game Recap
Sun. July 3 - L Mariners 5-6 (L - Felix Sterling)
Manuel Carmona struck out eight batters in 3.0 innings of relief. Shorstop Jorge Martinez went 2-3 with his first home...

Jeanmar Gomez (Photo: IPI)Scrappers defeat Tigers in final at bat
KC Serna singled in Evan Frazar in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Scrappers beat the Tigers 2-1 on Wednesday night. The two teams received great pitching performances, with Brennan Smith throwing seven innings of one-run ball for Connecticut and Jeanmar Gomez and Joseph Colon combining for nine innings of one-run ball...

Tony Wolters (Photo: Lianna Holub)Things are finally getting back to normal for short season Single-A Mahoning Valley shortstop Tony Wolters.
Sidelined in the spring with a broken hamate bone to his right hand, Wolters had surgery to remove it and rehabbed before playing in extended spring training games out in Arizona in May. When Mahoning Valley's season kicked off on June 17th, the Indians...

The Indians have announced today that right-handed pitcher Mitch Talbot has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain retroactive to July 9th. They have recalled outfielder Ezequiel Carrera from Triple-A Columbus and he will be with the team in Baltimore tomorrow.
Right-handed pitcher Jeanmar Gomez will get the start on Sunday, and will be activated prior to the game,...

(Photo: Kinston Indians) From the Reservation:
There's something that you can always count on during a North Carolina summer: a whole lot of heat. It's not normal heat either. It's that heavy, hazy heat that makes you feel like you've gained about 150 pounds from the thick, wet air. You know what I'm talking about. We'd have days like that in Ohio maybe once or twice a year where you'd walk...

It was learned a few days ago that Triple-A Columbus right-handed starter Jeanmar Gomez would not be attending the Triple-A All Star game in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday night. The thought was that the Indians were keeping him out of the game in order to call him up shortly after the start of the second half.
That appears to all but be a formality at this point with the announcement...

(Juan Diaz - Photo Credit: Lianna Holub)The Akron Aeros were finally able to turn the tables on the Erie SeaWolves as the club from the Rubber City took three out of four to head into the All-Star break on a high note. Overall it was a successful week for the Aeros, as they took three of four from both Erie and Altoona.
Unfortunately all that effort did was put distance between themselves...

Beau Mills
(photo:
Akron Aeros)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.
Beau Mills: DH, Akron Aeros: 3-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI:
There isn't a fan of the Cleveland Indians that isn't hoping that Beau Mills has regained...

Jesus Aguilar (Photo: IPI)Captains Rally Back for 6-4 Win
Down two in the eighth inning on Monday night and the bases loaded, Jesus Aguilar ripped a single up the middle driving in a pair to tie the game at four. Giovanny Urshela completed the comeback with a smash to leftfield scoring Alex Monsalve giving Lake County a 5-4 lead. The Captains avoided the sweep with a 6-4 win over Lansing.

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Sailing with the Clippers is a weekly Monday morning installment that explores the week that was for Triple-A Columbus.
It was a week to forget for the Clippers, as they managed to win just one game. Unfortunately, it was the week leading into the All-Star break, so the struggles will linger until they can get back to work on Thursday. There is no question that this is the most adversity...

Paul Cousineau and I are back on the cyberwaves tonight for some Cleveland Indians baseball talk with another edition of "Smoke Signals" from 11:00 - 11:30 p.m. EST.
We have finally reached the official end to the first half of the Major League Baseball season as teams enjoy a three day break for the All Star game festivities before starting up play again on Thursday. After a hot start their...

J. KipnisAround 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.
Jason Kipnis-2B, United States: 1-for-2, R, RBI, HR: Jason Kipnis participated in the 2011 MLB All-Star Future's Game on Sunday instead of playing for the Clippers. And on the biggest...

Marty Popham (Photo: IPI)Kinston evens things with Frederick
Marty Popham carried the Indians to win number 50 Sunday night, throwing nearly eight innings in Kinston's 3-2 victory over the Keys.
Kinston outfielder Tyler Holt tied Popham to a first inning lead thanks to his leadoff blast off of Ryohei Tanaka to start the game. Adam Abraham scored after his fourth inning single to give...

The Indians have promoted High-A Kinston left-handed pitcher Drew Pomeranz to Double-A Akron. In 15 starts for Kinston he went 3-2 with a 1.87 ERA, and in 77.0 innings allowed 56 hits, 32 walks, and had 95 strikeouts. He is currently in Arizona to take part in the Futures Game on Sunday, and then after that will travel to Akron and join up with them on Wednesday when they leave for a road trip to...

Phelps dropped the ball at an opportunity
which may not come again. (Photo: AP).
Some news, notes, and thoughts from my Indians notebook…
Struggling Phelps gets demoted
The Indians optioned infielder Cord Phelps to Triple-A Columbus on Thursday, almost exactly one month to the day when he was called up to Cleveland back on June 8th. It was a rough four week stint in...

Ezequiel Carrera
(Photo:
Columbus Clippers)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.
Ezequiel Carrera: RF, Columbus: 3-4, 2 R: Carrera continues to make a case for a call-up with his outstanding offense so far this season....