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I'm still looking for the "official" word for the Tribe affiliates in 2021 (invites sent out today 12/9/20).

That said Indians Prospective twitter account posted the following...

Indians Prospective @indiansPro

#Indians expected MiLB affiliates for 2021
AAA Columbus
AA Akron
A+ Lake County
A- Lynchburg
AZL Indians

DSL Indians (1)
DSL Indians (2)
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Edit: Here is the full season listing for all 29 clubs & 3 of the 4 for Colorado (per BA)

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Now to start transferring all the prospect lists for 2021 over to this thread...
 
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This is free/ open source info. Enjoy.

Source: Prospects Worldwide
Indians 2020 Top 20 Prospects • Prospects Worldwide
Right below is the Indians Top 20 list simplified. Scroll further down for FULL Present/Future Grades, FV, ETA, and summaries on EACH PLAYER ranked in the

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Posted: 11-13-20
Source: Prospect361 (Free/ open source)
Top 15 listed out with writeups.

Cleveland Indians
The more I researched the Indians' farm system, the more I liked the depth they have created. Granted, it's not stacked with famous guys, but instead, there are a lot of interesting young pl
prospect361.com
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Source: ProspectsLive
A total of 53 players listed/ ranked, including recently acquired Jordan Humphrey
Enjoy..
https://www.prospectslive.com/lists/2020/11/28/cleveland-indians-2021-prospect-rankings
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Source: Baseball Prospectus
Posted 11/30/20
Majority of the info is behind a paywall, but another poster on a different board provided names & rankings. I am sharing that post here for discussion..

Baseball Prospectus released its Top 10 (+1) Prospects for the Indians. The link is below, but it's behind a paywall. I'll provide a few details.

2021 Prospects: Cleveland Indians Top 10 Prospects - Baseball Prospectus

Here's the list, including future projection grade, and variance risk -
1. George Valera OF, 60, Extreme
2. Nolan Jones 3B, 60, High
3. Triston McKenzie RHP, 60, High
4. Gabriel Arias SS, 60, High
5. Daniel Espino RHP, 60, High
6. Brayan Rocchio SS, 55, Extreme
7. Ethan Hankins RHP, 55, High
8. Tyler Freeman 2B/SS, 55, High
9. Aaron Bracho 2B, 55, High
10. Carson Tucker SS, 50, Extreme
11. Tanner Burns RHP
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Source: Baseball America
Posted: 12/9/20
(Mostly behind a paywall)

2021 Cleveland Indians Top MLB Prospects
Ranking the 10 best prospects in the Cleveland Indians farm system entering 2021.
www.baseballamerica.com
 
I wanted to add this tweet from Indians Prospective on 12/6/20...
An interesting list of pitching depth...
I really like the projected rotations for A+ Lake County & AA Akron....

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Just FYI in case anyone is interested tonight (12/9/20)...

Prospects Live
@ProspectsLive
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14m
The Minor League Baseball restructuring news has lots of ramifications and lots to digest.

@ProspectJesus & @C_Blessing will try to navigate it all during a live video stream tonight at 9:30 ET.

Fan engagement is encouraged! We hope to see you tonight.
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Additionally, BA dropped another podcast related to the minor league changes & the invites this afternoon in case anyone is interested..

https://twitter.com/KyleAGlaser/status/ ... 2679199744
 
What's going on with names in the Dominican?
 
What's going on with names in the Dominican?

They sign a lot of young guys in the international market. It's worked out really well for them since JRam was signed that way (from what I heard he wasn't even the player they came to watch, he was the fill in for that player lol, so you never know when you will find someone).
 
They sign a lot of young guys in the international market. It's worked out really well for them since JRam was signed that way (from what I heard he wasn't even the player they came to watch, he was the fill in for that player lol, so you never know when you will find someone).

I feel like you completely misunderstood his question.

those names are fucky. Yefferson being the fuckiest.

just start replacing the first letter o regular names with a random letter. Taniel; Welly; Cavid. Lichard
 
ICYMI via Indians Prospective Twitter (posted 12/12/20)

Indians Prospective @indiansPro
https://twitter.com/indiansPro
Former #Indiansprospect news. Best of luck to Giljegiljaw in his new endeavor. He was well liked by both his teammates & coaches throughout the organization in his time w/ Cleveland.



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Wei Chuan Dragons have signed Giljegiljaw Kungkuan to a developmental contract and he is very likely to enter the 2021 #CPBL draft. The 26-year-old former Cleveland Indians prospect had a brief cup of coffee in Triple-A (2018), but spent spent most of his 2019 season in Double-A
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MT88 comment: Departure of Giljegiljaw Kungkuan goes to deepen the need for upper level catching in the Tribe minor league system in 2021 (AAA & AA)..
 
Eric Cross, the lead MLB/ Fantasy Baseball writer for FantraxHQ has tweeted out his top 15 CLE dynasty prospects today (12/15/20)...


Eric Cross @EricCross04

A follow up tweet listed out 3 who just missed: Just missed: Cantillo, Naylor, D. Johnson

Additional tweets explained why Bo Naylor & Lenny Torres were not on the listing.
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MT88 comments:
Not sure how I feel about this listing, Fantrax has gone 25 deep plus honorable mentions in the past & I am interested to see if that continues.
The inclusion of J Noel at #11 has me baffled & I am wondering where other more common prospect names might appear (like Moss/ Vargas/ Morgan/ Morris)..
 
Eric Cross, the lead MLB/ Fantasy Baseball writer for FantraxHQ has tweeted out his top 15 CLE dynasty prospects today (12/15/20)...


Eric Cross @EricCross04

A follow up tweet listed out 3 who just missed: Just missed: Cantillo, Naylor, D. Johnson

Additional tweets explained why Bo Naylor & Lenny Torres were not on the listing.
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MT88 comments:
Not sure how I feel about this listing, Fantrax has gone 25 deep plus honorable mentions in the past & I am interested to see if that continues.
The inclusion of J Noel at #11 has me baffled & I am wondering where other more common prospect names might appear (like Moss/ Vargas/ Morgan/ Morris)..
I assume Valera will be playing at high A Lake County this year. I can't wait to see this guy. I've heard plenty about his tools.
 
Eric Cross, the lead MLB/ Fantasy Baseball writer for FantraxHQ has tweeted out his top 15 CLE dynasty prospects today (12/15/20)...


Eric Cross @EricCross04

A follow up tweet listed out 3 who just missed: Just missed: Cantillo, Naylor, D. Johnson

Additional tweets explained why Bo Naylor & Lenny Torres were not on the listing.
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MT88 comments:
Not sure how I feel about this listing, Fantrax has gone 25 deep plus honorable mentions in the past & I am interested to see if that continues.
The inclusion of J Noel at #11 has me baffled & I am wondering where other more common prospect names might appear (like Moss/ Vargas/ Morgan/ Morris)..

Any top 10 list without Naylor? Yikes.

And this dude had a top 15 and still didn't have him. That's just wrong.
 
Any top 10 list without Naylor? Yikes.

And this dude had a top 15 and still didn't have him. That's just wrong.
What are the parameters for a fantasy "dynasty prospect"? Maybe that is the missing ingredient....seems odd in any case.
 
Valera should be HIGH A this year. Already lost a year due to a hamate bone, no reason for him to spend more than a moment in Low A. I think he is High A without a doubt.

A lot of guys will be pushed this year.. Palacios for example should do most his work in AA this season, might start in high A but I would be mildly surprised if he does.
 

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