Indians Prospect Insider

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...

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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

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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...

Daniel Jimenez (Photo: Lianna Holub) Late surge lifts Scrappers over Lake Monsters
The Scrappers scored five runs over the final four innings to erase a 1-0 deficit and defeat the Vermont Lake Monsters, 5-1.
Vermont scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the third inning. Dusty Robinson walked and stole second, and when Alex Lavisky

Corey Kluber
(Photo: MiLB) 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.
Corey Kluber

Francisco Lindor (Photo: AP) The 2011 Draft season is officially over with the August 15th signing deadline coming and going on Monday night.
Over the course of a little over two months the Indians signed 29 of their 50 draft picks. As for the other 21 players they drafted they no longer have the option to sign them as all of those players will either enroll to school as college freshman...

Corey Kluber (Photo: IPI) Kluber, Clippers shut down Paw Sox
Corey Kluber struck out a season high 11 batters and didn't allow a hit in his 6.2 innings to lead the Clippers to a 5-2 victory over the Patwucket Red Sox.
Kluber (7-8) also walked five and was pulled from the game in the seventh after throwing 113 pitches. Chen-Chang Lee retired the final batter of the seventh but allowed...