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Columbus:
Tyler Holt had 2 more hits and over his past 32 games, is hitting .322 with 16 BB and 23 R

Erik Gonzalez extended his hit streak to 9 in a row (10-37).

Jesus Aguilar has now hit in 6 games in a row and is hitting .400 in the last 9 games.

Zach Walters had a 2 RBI (42) and 2 SB (3) night

James Ramsay (.236) had a 2 hit night, driving in run #40.

Michael Choice doubled for the 5th time in 10 games as a Clipper and is hitting .306 with his new club.

Will Roberts tossed 7 innings of 1 run ball, allowing just 3 hits while walking 2 and striking out 7. He now has a 3.36 ERA in 11 starts as a Clipper and has allowed 3 or less runs in 9 of those starts.

Joseph Colon struck out 2 in his scoreless inning of work and has K'd 19 in 13.1 IP in Columbus.

Akron:
Yhoxian Medina went 2-4 and is 4-8 in his 1st 2 games in Akron.

Yandy Diaz (.315) with another 3 hit night, with his 5th triple and 55th RBI.

Bryson Myles doubled (21) to extend his hit streak to 6 and stole home (21) and had RBI #51.

Jordan Smith tripled (4) and now has a hit in 8 of his last 9 games.

Eric Stamets has now hit in 5 in a row (6-20).

Jake Lowery, in his 1st game since 8/15, homered (2), with 2 RBI (16).

Shawn Morimando threw 6 innings of shutout ball, lowering his ERA to 3.22

Louis Head with another goose-egg in an inning of work and has allowed 1 ER in his past 13.2 IP (12 H, 4 BB, 18 K)

Enosil Tejeda tossed a scoreless inning and has not allowed a run since 7/16 (spanning 7 G & 6.2 IP).

Lynchburg:
Paul Hendrix (.253) delivered his 3rd straight 2-hit game, including his 23rd double. He is now 8-20 in the last 5 games.

Mike Papi crushed his 3rd HR, driving in his 43rd.

Trevor Frank struck out 2 in 2 perfect innings of work and has thrown 10 straight scoreless innings (6 H, 1 BB, 7 K).

Lake County:
Ordomar Valdez (.251) had a pair of hits and stole his 24th base (29 attempts).

Anthony Santander doubled (16th at LC) and is batting .270 since his promotion.

Yu-Cheng Chang went 3-3 with a double (16) and 2 RBI (51).

Mahoning Valley:
Willi Castro (.262) extended his hit streak to 5 with a 2 hit night, getting RBI #23.

Mark Mathias tripled (3), homered (2), and had 6 RBI (31) as part of his 4 hit night. He's now hitting .282

Juan De La Cruz (.320) has now hit in 6 straight games (11-26) with his double (6) tonight.

Austin Fisher (.250) also had a 4 hit game with 2 RBI (16) and is 12-24 with 3 doubles and 5 RBI in the past 7 games.

Gabriel Mejia had another 2 hit game, with his 4th SB (0 CS) as a Scrapper. He is now batting .351 (13-37) in those 11 games (12-26 in the last 7).

(The aforementioned by @AZ_) Matt Esparza started and tossed 5.2 scoreless innings, allowing just 4 hits with 7 K's. He hasn't allowed a run in 19+ IP (10 H, 4 BB, 24 K) and has allowed 3 ER in his last 34 IP (29 H, 8 BB, 44 K).

Erick Algarin walked 1 and K'd 1 in his 0.2 IP. He's tossed 7.2 scoreless innings for the Scrappers.
 
AZ_ said:
Don't remember who is was that had a history with Matt Esparza, but Mahoning Valley is converting him to a starter and the results have been promising.

42K in 32 IP overall, 17K in 13.1 IP over his first three starts.
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That was me. He played youth baseball with my younger brother before his family moved back to California.

I had been tracking his stats periodically but didn't realize he had been given the opportunity to start. That's awesome.
 
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Can someone explain how Michael Choice fell off the map so quickly? He was a top 100 prospect going into 2014 and one bad year (and only 300 at bats) later we were able to acquire him for cash?

Is there any reason to be excited about him? Seems crazy they gave up on him so quickly. Even his AAA numbers from last year aren't bad.
 
Nom said:
Can someone explain how Michael Choice fell off the map so quickly? He was a top 100 prospect going into 2014 and one bad year (and only 300 at bats) later we were able to acquire him for cash?

Is there any reason to be excited about him? Seems crazy they gave up on him so quickly. Even his AAA numbers from last year aren't bad.
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Classic mix of looks like a AAAA player and was out of options. It was either keep him on roster and hope he finds his form, or try to improve the roster with a sure thing and make a playoff push, which is what they chose to do. He was DFA'd and traded instead of placed on waivers so they could get something back for him, even if it was just cash, which is why we got him for cheap.

Could be a huge reward move if he regains his top 100 prospect form and it finally translates to the bigs...has happened before in the MLB.
 
Deleted some posts.

It's time to start holding the Indians board to the same standards we hold the rest of the board, so let's knock off the bickering.
 
Rumor has it Gio Soto and Michael Martinez will be joining the MLB club tomorrow. Greg Allen was also sent up to Lynchburg.
 
Columbus:
Tyler Holt (.298) doubled (16) as part of his 2nd straight 2 hit night. He's hit in 11 of the past 12 (19-50, 4 doubles, 1 triple)

Erik Gonzalez has now hit in 10 straight (11-42), adding RBI #23 as a Clipper.

Jesus Aguilar had RBI #87 as part of another 2 hit night. He has hit in 7 in a row (.429, 3 doubles, 3 HR, 8 RBI)

Akron:
Bryson Myles extended his hit streak to 7 (7-26) and is hitting .313 over his last 40 games with 10 doubles, 1 triple, 6 HR, 28 R, 20 RBI, and 11 SB

Nellie Rodriguez doubled (2nd for Akron) to snap an 0-11 skid.

Carlos Moncrieff smashed 3 hits to improve his average to .261. He has a slash line of .290/.408/.495 since the beginning of August.

Jordan Smith doubled (22) and has hit in 9 of the last 10. He's 11-38 (.289) over that span.

Jeremy Lucas extended his hit streak to 9 (10-30) with a double (11).

Mike Clevinger tossed 4 hit ball over 7 innings (1 R, 1 BB, 7 K). Last 3 starts: 20 IP, 2 ER (0.90), 12 H, 2 BB, 20 K. Last 6 starts: 38.2 IP, 6 ER (1.40), 23 H, 5 BB, 40 K

Jeff Johnson recorded save #25 with a scoreless inning (9.2 IP straight). Over his last 27 G, he's allowed 1 ER over 26 IP (0.35 ERA), allowing 10 H & 10 BB with 28 K.

Lynchburg:
Mike Papi homered for the 2nd straight game (4 HR, 44 RBI) as part of his 2 hit night.

Michael Peoples allowed 1 ER in 6 innings, lowering his ERA to 3.42. He has allowed less than 3 ER in each of his past 8 games (6 ER in 50 IP, 1.08 ERA).

J.P Feyereisen tossed a perfect inning, making it 10 scoreless appearances (9 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 9 K)

David Speer retired the only batter he faced and hasn't allowed an ER since 7/2. That covers 18 G & 23 IP.

Mahoning Valley:
Gabriel Mejia stole 2 bases (6) and drove in a run (3) as part of his 3 hit game (5th multi-hit game in the last 8). He is 15-31 over those 8 games, with 4 SB & 8 R.

Mark Mathias added a base knock and is 14-36 (.389) with 12 RBI in the past 11 games.

Juan De La Cruz doubled (7) in his 4th consecutive game, extending his hit streak to 7 (12-29).
 
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Columbus:
Tyler Holt reached base 3 times and scored 3 runs (61, 13 in past 11 games), while stealing his 25th base. Over the past 13 games, he's hitting .377 (20-53).

Erik Gonzalez doubled (6) to extend his hit streak to 11 (12-45, 11 R, 3 D, 3 T, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 5/4 BB/K, 3 SB).

Jesus Aguilar extended his hit streak to 8 (15-31) with a monster game. He homered (19) and doubled (29) as part of his 3 hit, 6 RBI (93) night.

Yandy Diaz doubled (1-4) in his Clipper debut.

Ryan Merritt has now gone exactly 6 innings in all 5 of his starts for Columbus (4 of them were QS). He allowed 2 runs on 5 hits tonight, with a walk and 3 strikeouts.

Akron:
Bryson Myles has now hit in 8 straight (9-30), delivering a 2 hit night. He doubled (22) and stole a pair of bases (23).

Jordan Smith added a pair of hits (.254), including his 23rd double. He also drove in his 46th run.

Nellie Rodriguez went 1-4 with 2 RBI (14 with Akron, including 7 in the past 9 games).

Jeremy Lucas drilled his 2nd HR of the year (22 RBI) to extend his hitting streak to 10 in a row (11-34).

Lynchburg:
Dorssys Paulino stole his 5th nase and has now hit in 10 of the past 11 games.

Yhoxian Mendoza had a hit and, over his past 14 games (regardless of the level he's been at), is hitting .404 with 9 RBI.

Jayson Aquino tossed 6 innings of 1 run ball and has a 2.93 in his last 7 starts.

Antonio Romero threw 2 scoreless innings and hasn't allowed a run in his last 10.1 IP.

Lake County:
Anthony Santander stole his 2nd base in as many games (3rd overall) and is now hitting .271 for LC.

Bobby Bradley went 0-2, but walked twice (56) and has now reached base in 26 straight and 39 of the past 40 games. In those 40 games, he's hitting .313 (46-147) with 13 HR, 45 RBI, 28 R, and 9 doubles.

Justus Sheffield threw 3 hit ball through 5.2 innings (1 R, 0 ER), walking 1 and striking out 7. The 19 year old in his last 7 starts: 39.2 IP, 0.91 ERA, 37 K. He has not allowed more than 1 ER in a game in that span.

Mahoning Valley:
Mark Mathias doubled (17) and drove in his 32nd run.

Juan De La Cruz extended his hit streak to 8 (13-33, 5 doubles).

Austin Fisher with 2 more hits (including his 8th double), his 5th multi-hit game in the past 9 games. He's 14-31 over that span, with 4 doubles, 5 RBI, and 6 R.
 
Columbus:
Erik Gonzalez singled to extend his hit streak to 12 (13-49, 12 R, ) and scored a run to extend his run scored streak to 7 in a row.

James Ramsey tripled (2) and drove in his 41st run as part of his 3 hit night. He's 7-15 in his last 4 games, with 1 double, 1 triple, 3 RBI, and 3 BB.

Yandy Diaz drove in his 1st run as a Clipper as part of a 1-5 night.

Zach Walters extended his modest hit streak to 5 (6-20) by smashing a pair of 2r HR (10 HR, 46 RBI).

Akron:
Bryson Myles has now hit in 9 games in a row, with a 1-5 game. He stole his 24th base of the year (3rd in past 2 games).

Jordan Smith singled in 4 trips and has hit in 11 of his past 12 games (including 5 in a row), batting .311 over that span.

Yonathan Mendoza went 2-2 with a pair of walks and is 3-8 since returning to Akron (.294 overall with the Ducks)

Jake Lowery had a pair of hits and a HR (3) for the 2nd straight night. The 3 run blast gives Lowery 19 RBI on the season.

D.J Brown allowed 1 run on 5 hits over 7 innings of work, with 1 walk and 7 strikeouts. He's allowed just that 1 ER in 13 IP in his last 2 starts and has a 2.49 ERA in his last 4 starts with Akron.

Jeff Johnson earned save #26, with yet another scoreless inning of work, striking out 2. He's lowered his ERA to 1.07.

Lynchburg:
Greg Allen wasted no time, doubling and stealing a base in his Lynchburg debut.

Clint Frazier doubled (35) and scored twice (87) as part of his 3 hit night.

Joe Sever went 3-5 with 2 R (40), a double (16), and 3 RBI (39).

Mike Papi delivered a base knock and walked 3 times (81) while driving in run #45.

Luis Lugo gave up 4 R (only 1 ER) on 6 hits in 4.1 IP and now has a 2.59 ERA over his last 9 starts.

David Speer K'd 2 in 2 scoreless innings of work. He's tossed 5.1 shutout innings since being promoted to Lynchburg and has thrown 25 consecutive scoreless innings overall, dating back to July 2. He's given up 20 hits, 7 BB, and 22 K's.

J.P Feyereisen tossed a scoreless inning of work, making it 10 straight scoreless innings for him.

Trevor Frank struck out the only 2 men he faced. He also has a consecutive innings scoreless streak going - at 10.2 IP (6 H, 1 BB, 9 K).

Lake County:
Anthony Santander stole a base for the 3rd consecutive game (4).

Yu Cheng-Chang had 2 hits, his 2nd multi-hit game in the past 3 games. He also stole his 5th bag of the year and nabbed RBI #52.

Casey Shane allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 innings (1 walk, 6 K's) in his 2nd start for the Captains.

Cameron Hill recorded save #10, tossing a scoreless 9th. He's thrown 8.2 scoreless innings in a row, striking out 12.

Mahoning Valley
Mark Mathias doubled (18) for the 2nd straight game and is 7-14 in the last 4 games.
 
Columbus:
Tyler Holt with another multi-hit game (3rd in the past 4 games, 6th in the last 10). He scored a run (5 straight games, 62 overall) and doubled for the 17th time. In his last 14 games, he's hitting .386 with 15 R, 5 doubles, 11 BB / 8 K

Erik Gonzalez had a 2 hit night of his own to extend his hit streak to 13 in a row (15-52 [.288]) and added his 8th SB as a Clipper.

Zach Walters hit his 21st double to give himself a 6 game hit streak (7-23, 8 RBI).

Yandy Diaz doubled (2) for the 2nd time in 3 games and has hit safely in each of his 1st 3 games as a Clipper.

James Ramsey has now hit in 5 straight (9-18, 4 RBI), driving in his 42nd run of the year.

Akron:
Jordan Smith doubled for the 3rd time in 4 games (24th overall) and has now hit in 6 straight games.

Adam Plutko threw 7 one-hit shutout innings, lowering his ERA to 2.86 in 19 starts at Akron. He's allowed 3 ER in 18.2 IP in his last 3 starts. He's 6-1 with a 2.15 ERA on the road with Akron (54.1 IP, 36 H, 11 BB, 47 K).

Louis Head K'd 2 in his scoreless inning and has allowed just 1 ER in his last 14.2 IP, striking out 20.

Jeff Johnson notched save #27 with another scoreless 9th inning. He's allowed 1 ER (2 R total, both in the same game) since June 12.

Lynchburg:
Yhoxian Medina doubled (11) to go with 2 RBI (27). In his last 9 games at Lynchburg, he's 15-36.

Clint Frazier crushed his 36th double.

Bobby Bradley went 0-3 with a BB in his Lynchburg debut.

Dorssys Paulino doubled (10) and tripled (6, 2nd in as many games) as part of his 3 hit night.

Joe Sever also doubled (17) while driving in a pair of runs (41) as part of his 2nd consecutive multi-hit night.

LeVon Washington was part of the doubles party, hitting his 12th while getting RBI #32.

Justin Brantley tossed 3 shutout innings, allowing just 1 hit, lowering his ERA to 2.84.

Lake County:
Silento Sayles delivered his 6th RBI as part of his 2-2 night.

Anthony Santander blasted 2 solo HR (10 HR, 42 RBI as a Captain).

Yu-Cheng Chang had a 2 hit night, his 3rd multi-hit night in the past 4 games, raising his BA from .219 to .232

Thomas Pannone threw 6 shutout innings, K'ing 6 and has allowed 3 runs in his past 16 IP.

Mahoning Valley:
Willi Castro had 2 hits, including his 3rd triple. He had RBI #27 & SB #20.

Ka'ai Tom homered (3, 29 RBI) as part of his 2 hit night.

Mark Mathias doubled for the 3rd straight game (19) and now has hit in 5 straight (9-19, 5 R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 7 RBI).

Juan De La Cruz went just 1-5, but extended his hit streak to 9 (14-38).

Nathan Winfrey went a perfect 3-3 with a double (9), 2 R (22), and an RBI (20). He's 12-33 (.364) in his last 9 games.

Jodd Carter double twice (8) with 2 RBI (16). He had been 0-27 in his last 7 games prior to tonight.
 
Today is the last day of the regular season...means a combined stats rundown is going to be coming relatively soon. Going to order it differently and go by the top 30 prospects according to MLB.com instead of by level, while entering some other notable players not on that list.
 
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