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Aeros Opening lineup! Holt-CF, Ramirez-2B, Moncrief-RF, Aguilar-1B, Chen-DH, Perez-C, Urshela-3B, Latimore-LF, Rodriguez-SS, Salazar-RHP
Bill (Madison WI)
Is your top 10 ranking of Lindor mostly about the glove or do you see his bat developing in a big way.He's having a good year so far only 9 Ks in 68 ABs and batting over 300. Can he also develop power? His speed is good too. I'm thinking he might be as good of a hitter as Starlin Castro. What do you think?
Keith Law
(1:47 PM)
I think a guy who projects as a plus-plus glove at short who might post .380+ OBPs is a star. Replacement-level at shortstop right now is just slightly above my arthritic cat.
He should be in Double A before the year's over, right?
LeVon Washington update: Kid goes 5 for 5 (4 singles, 9th inning double) for Lake County on Saturday in a 13-7 loss to Clinton. One of the few bright spots for the Captains as the 9th inning was highlighted by a 6 run ninth by Clinton including the Captains' shortstop and 2nd baseman running into each other with 2 outs, causing the SS to drop the ball. That extended the inning, and led to 4 runs scoring.
I still love Eastlake's park. Great little park to watch a game.
28.2 IP, 2.83 ERA, 22 hits, 9 BB, 43 SO so far in Akron this year. Anyone know what kind of stuff he has?Ben Badler @BenBadler 1h
I wrote about the rise of Indians RHP Danny Salazar on Monday. Struck out 12 in 6 scoreless today; 43 SO in 28.2 IP tied for tops in minors.
Danny Salazar, rhp, Indians: Salazar was a pleasant surprise last year in and Indians farm system in need of pitching. After several nondescript years since signing out of the Dominican Republic in 2006, Salazar’s fastball jumped to the mid-to-high 90s last season, and the jump in stuff has carried over to 2013. He struck out nine in five shutout innings for the second straight start on Friday for Double-A Akron, lowering his ERA to 3.57 with 12.3 strikeouts per nine innings and 2.8 walks per nine through five starts. Durability is still a question mark for Salazar, but he could be in line to make his big league debut later this season.