This week featured eight games in seven days for the Clippers, and perhaps the traveling and lack of time off got to them. For the most part, it was a team-wide lack of execution, offensively, defensively and pitching-wise. Overall, the staff allowed 48 runs, but only 30 of them were earned, because of 11 errors. On the other side, the offense went 10-56 on the week with runners in scoring position....
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Due to Paul being unable to do the show tonight, we have rescheduled it for 11:00 p.m. EST tomorrow (Tuesday 8/23).
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.
Paul and I will talk about what turned out to be a disaster of a weekend for the Indians...
Jesus Aguilar (Photo: IPI) Kinston wins long, wild one
The Kinston Indians worked from behind and leaned on the bullpen to turn the tide in Myrtle Beach for an 8-7 Sunday victory.
A 5-1 advantage came crumbling down in the third inning as the Pelicans scored five runs on four hits, taking advantage of two walks to take the lead and chase Kinston starter Clayton Cook. Chris Jones came...
Ronny Rodriguez
(photo: Lake County
Captains)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.
Ronny Rodriguez: SS, Lake County: 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K:
What more does Ronny Rodriguez have to do to get on everyone's radar?...
Ronny Rodriguez (Photo: IPI) R-Rod's two homers not enough for Captains
Conner Powers hit two home runs and drove in five runs as the Fort Wayne Tin Caps took game one of the four game series from the Lake County Captains 9-4 on Saturday night. The Captains Ronny Rodriguez also delivered two home runs and drove in four.
The Tin Caps jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first...
This will be a slightly different version of The Scrapperbook, as this will be the exclusive All-Star edition. It will return to normal next week!
Where We Stand in Week Nine:
Overall Record: 33-26 (1-3 this week) Third place, 3 game behind Auburn.
Week Nine Games:
13 vs. Brooklyn, L 1-2 (WP: S. Winnick; LP: R. Cespedes; SV: T. Weldon)
14 vs. Brooklyn,...
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.
Jesus Aguilar: 1B, Kinston: 3-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI:
Welcome back, Jesus Aguilar. The big first baseman made his Kinston debut nearly a month ago with the spotlight on him after hitting .292,...
Matt Packer (Photo: IPI) Packer Shuts Out Squirrels
Aeros left-hander Matt Packer pitched eight strong innings, as Akron beat Richmond 4-0 on Friday night at The Diamond. Chun Chen and John Drennen provided the offense as the Aeros (65-60) took game one of a three-game series against the Flying Squirrels.
In his eight innings of work, Packer scattered five hits, while striking out...
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 - 1B, Columbus: 2-3, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, BB.
While not quite hitting as hot as he was in Akron, he's still been a force to recon with in the Clipper lineup. After coming off...
Record:
20-32 (Overall Record: 48-73)
Game Results:
August 12th - Great Lakes @ Lake County (Win: Allen)
August 13th - Lake County @ Dayton (Loss: Petter)
August 14th (Game 1) - Lake County @ Dayton (Loss: Sterling)
August 14th (Game 2) - Lake County @ Dayton (Loss: Sterling)
August 15th - Lake County @ Dayton (Win: Allen)
August 16th - Off
The season is winding down, and with that players in the Cleveland Indians minor league system have gone through the ups and downs of the regular season. This is the time to reflect on who improved and raised their stock, or who struggled and saw their stock plummet.
What better way than to grade out all the risers and fallers than to use the 2011 Cleveland Indians Top 100 Prospects and More...
"Indians Minor League Magazine" is a half hour program on the Cleveland Indians cable network SportsTime Ohio (STO) which airs weekly on Tuesday nights from 6:00-6:30 PM EST. The show recaps all of the highlights from the week that was in the Cleveland Indians farm system with lots of video, interviews, and in-studio guests.
The show recaps the week that was in the system and also features...
Beau Mills (Photo: IPI) Mills slam leads Clippers to victory
Beau Mills' eighth inning grand slam lifted the Clippers to a 7-5 victory over Pawtucket.
After putting two men on with nobody out, Pawtucket reliever Scott Atchison almost escaped the inning without damage. However, Mills jumped on a 1-1 Atchison offering and snuck one over the fence in left.
Zach McAllister gave...
Francisco Jimenez (Photo: IPI)"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.
For...
Preston Guilmet
(photo: Kinston
Indians)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.
Preston Guilmet: Closer, Kinston: 1 1/3 IP, 2 K, S (32):
When it's all said and done, Preston Guilmet just might be in the midst of the...
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!
