2013 Minor League Thread

[shoes22]

Congratulations to Lindor on being promoted. I'm sure he's incredibly excited.

 

[Bkerr02]

Going to the game in Harrisburg next weekend to check him out I can't wait

 

[kidduck]

LIndor, at #5, is the only Cleveland player listed in Baseball Americas' mid-season top 50 minor league prospects.

 

[MoFlo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23lindor&amp;src=hash">#lindor</a> finishes 0-for-2 with 2 bb in Class AA debut. No errors. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23aeros&amp;src=hash">#aeros</a> lose, 5-2.</p>&mdash; Dennis Manoloff (@dmansworld474) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmansworld474/statuses/357321176483237889">July 17, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[MoFlo]

Lindor raking AA pitching thus far:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This Francisco Lindor kid? He's good. That's now seven walks and eight hits in first six Double-A games. Woah. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23indians&amp;src=hash">#indians</a></p>&mdash; Jacob Rosen (@udjrosen) <a href="https://twitter.com/udjrosen/statuses/359064682688024576">July 21, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Went 0-2 in his debut, so 8 hits in his last 5 games now.

Obviously the pitching isn't used to him, so we'll see how he does going forward, facing some of these guys for the 2nd, 3rd times..

 

[EdMonix11]

Lindor raking AA pitching thus far:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This Francisco Lindor kid? He's good. That's now seven walks and eight hits in first six Double-A games. Woah. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23indians&src=hash">#indians</a></p>— Jacob Rosen (@udjrosen) <a href="https://twitter.com/udjrosen/statuses/359064682688024576">July 21, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Went 0-2 in his debut, so 8 hits in his last 5 games now.

Obviously the pitching isn't used to him, so we'll see how he does going forward, facing some of these guys for the 2nd, 3rd times..

....Pitching always has the advantage in the first at-bats. That's why relievers are relievers; they don't have the repertoire to turn over a line-up. Lindor has a special approach at the plate, has alway been a sabermetric's wet dream, though I don't believe his .400 BA is exactly sustainable but he's probably the only Indian whose actually untouchable, and that's including MLBers too.

Also, the Tribe are close to signing a 19 year old RHP from Cuba named Leandro Linares. Not a ton of info out there about him (go figure, it's Cuba) but he's getting around 1M so he could be a quick riser. He's not the pitching version of Puig, Soler, or Cespedes (whose bid the Indians almost won) and can't get the same bonuses as those guys since he's bound by the Amateur International Player Pool because of his age and hasn't played professionally for more than three years. I'd expect this kid to be pretty good.....

 

[MoFlo]

....Pitching always has the advantage in the first at-bats. That's why relievers are relievers; they don't have the repertoire to turn over a line-up. Lindor has a special approach at the plate, has alway been a sabermetric's wet dream, though I don't believe his .400 BA is exactly sustainable but he's probably the only Indian whose actually untouchable, and that's including MLBers too.

Also, the Tribe are close to signing a 19 year old RHP from Cuba named Leandro Linares. Not a ton of info out there about him (go figure, it's Cuba) but he's getting around 1M so he could be a quick riser. He's not the pitching version of Puig, Soler, or Cespedes (whose bid the Indians almost won) and can't get the same bonuses as those guys since he's bound by the Amateur International Player Pool because of his age and hasn't played professionally for more than three years. I'd expect this kid to be pretty good.....

True, but it'll be interesting to see how he does if the pitchers adjust to him.

I posted the Linares info in the 2013 Indians thread & tried to search him more thoroughly, but couldn't come across any other info.

 

[Derek]

I don't pretend to know at what rate a player should be moved up through the minors, but does Frazier have a chance at playing for Mahoning Valley or Lake County at some point this season?

I honestly thought it was kind of strange that he started in the AZL since I remember Lindor, another guy we drafted straight out of HS, starting in low A.

 

[BMAN]

If he keeps up the pace he's going he would probably moved up to Mahoning Valley. They did that with Paulino last year when he was tearing up the Rookie League.

 

[Bkerr02]

I went and saw lindor yesterday in Harrisburg. His plate approach is awesome. His swing is very fluid. I was talking to a scout that was at the game and he said he would be very surprised if lindor didn't get a late September call up.

 

[sjeppe]

Lindor also has no strikeouts yet in AA

 

[MoFlo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Lindor has now reached base in 17 of his 29 AA plate appearances. He'll be old enough to legally buy a beer in November 2014.</p>&mdash; Al Ciammaichella (@Gotribe31) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gotribe31/statuses/359466293155467266">July 23, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Small sample size. Nevertheless, couldn't have asked for a better start at the next level.

 

[MoFlo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Trevor Bauer pitches his first complete game of the season: 9IP, 6H, 3R, 2ER, 4BB, 4K, season-high 116 pitches (65 strikes).</p>&mdash; Scott Leo (@Scott_Leo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scott_Leo/statuses/359495873044037632">July 23, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Huber.]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Trevor Bauer pitches his first complete game of the season: 9IP, 6H, 3R, 2ER, 4BB, 4K, season-high 116 pitches (65 strikes).</p>— Scott Leo (@Scott_Leo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scott_Leo/statuses/359495873044037632">July 23, 2013</a></blockquote>
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still not a very good strike to ball ratio.

 

[CornerThree]

I'll probably go see the Ginger if he goes to Mahoning Valley.

Lindor wouldn't likely get called up much before mid June 2014 I'd think. Avoiding super 2 is generally pretty important.