Juan Diaz in action on Tuesday night.
(Photo: AP)
This is starting to look too easy.
On Tuesday night the Columbus Clippers defeated the Pacific Coast League champion Omaha Storm Chasers by a final score of 8-3 for their second straight Triple-A National Championship.
With the win Clippers manager Mike Sarbaugh is a perfect two-for-two not only in winning the International...
Trey Haley (Photo: IPI)The “Instructs Spotlight” will be a feature piece once or twice a week featuring one player from the Cleveland Indians farm system that is participating in the Fall Instructional League out in Goodyear, Arizona from September 14th to October 14th.
Week two of the four-week Fall Instructional League program out in Goodyear, Arizona kicks off today. Some players taking...
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.
The season is winding down as the Indians have just 12 games remaining, and along with that Smoke Signals is coming to a close as well. Tonight is one of three final shows that will air before going in mothballs for the winter...
Sailing with the Clippers is a weekly Monday morning installment that explores the week that was for Triple-A Columbus.
After a first-round sweep of the Durham Bulls, your Columbus Clippers advanced to the Governors' Cup Championship Series for a second consecutive season. Their opponent, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. In the regular season, Lehigh Valley took five of eight contests between...
Paolo Espino
(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.
Paolo Espino: SP, Columbus: W (1-0), 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
Has there been a better pitcher in the Indians' organization...
Clippers win the International League title (Photo: MiLB)Clippers repeat as champions
Columbus knocked off Lehigh Valley in Game 4 on Friday night by a score of 4-1 to win the best-of-five series three games to one. Right-handed pitcher Chen-Chang Lee struck out Lehigh Valley's Brandon Moss for the final out in the ninth and then pandemonium ensued as the Clippers rushed to the field for an...
Joe Martinez (Photo: IPI)Clippers on verge of a repeat
Another big performance from Joe Martinez has the Clippers one win away from reclaiming the Governors' Cup.
Martinez and two relievers shut down the IronPigs with a combined four-hitter as Columbus took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-5 International League Finals with a 6-2 win over Lehigh Valley on Thursday in Allentown, Pa.
A...
Nick Weglarz (Photo: Lianna Holub)"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.
Mitch Talbot (Photo: MiLB.com)Clippers take Game 2, Series tied 1-1
A four-run eighth inning and a tremendous pitching performance by Mitch Talbot lifted the Clippers to a 4-1 victory, evening the 2011 Governors' Cup Final at 1-1.
After four innings of scoreless baseball, Lehigh Valley put the first run of the contest on the scoreboard on a Tagg Bozied solo homer to lead off the top...
LeVon Washington (Photo: IPI)The “Instructs Spotlight” will be a feature piece once or twice a week featuring one player from the Cleveland Indians farm system that is participating in the Fall Instructional League out in Goodyear, Arizona from September 14th to October 14th.
The 2011 Fall Instructional League gets underway today out in Goodyear, Arizona. For some of the 50-some players...
Preston Guilmet (Photo: IPI)Kinston wins Mills Cup Series opener
Kinston won game one of the Carolina League Mills Cup Championship Series 3-1 on Tuesday Night at Harry Grove Stadium. Jesus Aguilar hit a go-ahead home run and Preston Guilmet slammed the door with a four out save solidifying the K-Tribe win. Kinston now leads the best-of-five series one game to none.
Both teams left...
Goodyear Fields (Photo: IPI)The 2011 Fall Instructional League gets underway tomorrow September 14th out in Goodyear, Arizona. Over a span of a month around 50 players will participate in weight training and conditioning drills, on-field instruction, and play in 13 games until it wraps up on Friday October 14th.
This is really the first time a lot of the 2011 Draft class and some key Latin...
Here is a quick rundown on the schedule and probable pitchers for Triple-A Columbus and High-A Kinston for their championship series best-of-five series' which begin tonight.
Columbus
Game 1: Tuesday September 13 at Columbus, 7:05 PM ET
Starting pitcher: RHP Zach McAllister
Game 2: Wednesday September 14 at Columbus, 7:05 PM ET
Starting pitcher: RHP Mitch Talbot
Sailing with the Clippers is a weekly Monday morning installment that explores the week that was for Triple-A Columbus.
This week featured the last regular season game of the year, and a journey into another postseason. A loss in that last regular season game put the Clippers at 88-56. Impressive in any scenario, it is all the more so when you consider that a number of the team's best players...
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.
After having their playoff hopes dashed last week when the Tigers came into town and swept them, the focus now is finishing out these last 20 games or so of the season and to continue to create momentum going into next season....
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!
