Minor League Week 12 Games Thread

[MadThinker88]

Ok, its time for another week of games to begin. The CLE affiliates had an interesting Week 11 going 12-12 with a run diff of -11. Onto the Week 13 games (and some home cooking)..

AAA: Columbus (28-36) hosts Iowa (26-37, ChiCubs affiliate)
AA: Akron (38-26) hosts Richmond (37-29, San Fran affiliate)
High A: Lake County (36-230) hosts Great Lakes (36-30, LA Dodgers affiliate)
Low A: Lynchburg (31-33) at Delmarva (39-25, Baltimore affiliate)
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Info from various twitter sources (Indians Prospective/ Justin Lada/ TribeInsider/ Team Accounts/ etc):

Starters for Tuesday games:
#Indians minor league probable starters for Tuesday

Columbus - RHP Zack Godley Akron - RHP Cody Morris RHP Juan Hillman Lake County - RHP Alex Royalty RHP Kevin Coulter Lynchburg - LHP Jaime Arias

ACL Indians - RHP Reny Artiles DSL Indians Blue - RHP Victor Garcia DSL Indians Red - RHP Yorman Gomez

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AAA Columbus Lineup:

Notes:
Finally Andres Gimenez is back after a two week absence!
#Indians 23yr old Oscar Gonzalez is in CF tonight for Triple-A Columbus. Gonzalez has played CF (8) times in his career out of 464 minor league games dating back to 2015. The most was in 2018 he was in CF (6) times for Lake County.

AA Akron Lineup:

High A Lake County Lineup:

Low A Lynchburg Lineup (if posted)


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Other notes:
#Indians have sent OF Jordan Luplow on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Columbus. Luplow had been playing games in the Arizona Complex League.

Micah Pries at 1B for the ACL team on Monday night...

#Indians 24ye old RHP relief prospect Serafino Brito set to begin rehab appearances in the Arizona Complex League. Brito was a 28th round pick out of Rutgers in 2019.

RHP Tanner Burns placed on 7-day IL at Lake County (Right Elbow Soreness)
RHP Alex Royalty placed on the 7-day IL at Lake County (Right Elbow Soreness)

#Indians former C/1B prospect Josh Rolette has signed on with the Kane County Cougars of the American Association.

Roster Movement:
The Indians optioned RHP DJ Johnson to Triple-A to make room for J.C. Mejia on Monday 7/19/21

LHP Anthony Gose inactive list at Columbus (U.S. Olympic team)
(C) Ryan Lavarnway inactive at Columbus (Israel Olympic Team)

INF Jhonkensey Noel activated today off the 7-day IL for Lynchburg

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As a personal request: please keep this thread focused on the week 12 games!

 

[DerekG123]

Anybody notice catcher Richard Paz at Arizona? He is 20, a little old, but is 8 for 15 with three homers and a 5/0 BB/K. Any word on his defense?

 

[sportscoach]

Anybody notice catcher Richard Paz at Arizona? He is 20, a little old, but is 8 for 15 with three homers and a 5/0 BB/K. Any word on his defense?

From what I can tell, Range factor wise, he doesn't look bad at all that way... His size, says low probability since he is tiny.... I also don't think he has a strong arm/arm talent as a catcher, but that's just guessing via stats...

 

[MadThinker88]

Tuesday Game Updates:

Jhonkensey Noel is making a loud return to Lynchburg tonight. RBI single in the 1st inning & 2 run blast in the 2nd inning.

Edit:
The ball is flying across Ohio tonight..

AAA Columbus trails 8-6 entering the 5th inning (4 homers for Cbus, 2 for Iowa already)....

AA Akron tied 5-5 in top of the 7th inning (1 homer by Richmond Flying Squirrels)....

High A Lake County leads 4-2 in the bottom of the 5th (2 homers for Captains, 2 more for Great Lakes Loons).....

Low A Lynchburg leads 9-1 in the top of the 5th (1 homer by each team already)...

 

[NorthCoastBias]

 

[sportscoach]

Tuesday Game Updates:

Jhonkensey Noel is making a loud return to Lynchburg tonight. RBI single in the 1st inning & 2 run blast in the 2nd inning.

Edit:
The ball is flying across Ohio tonight..

AAA Columbus trails 8-6 entering the 5th inning (4 homers for Cbus, 2 for Iowa already)....

AA Akron tied 5-5 in top of the 7th inning (1 homer by Richmond Flying Squirrels)....

High A Lake County leads 4-2 in the bottom of the 5th (2 homers for Captains, 2 more for Great Lakes Loons).....

Low A Lynchburg leads 9-1 in the top of the 5th (1 homer by each team already)...

What is Lynchburg's record when Noel starts?

 

[MadThinker88]

What is Lynchburg's record when Noel starts?

Don't know.. I think its pretty good.. Will see if I can locate that stat..

EDIT: Could not locate as a stat, but I did locate the game logs for him & was able to match against the team scores for those games.
Across the 17 Low A games this season coming into action today, Hillcats/ Jhonkensey are 13-4.
Yeah, he is the straw stirring the drink down there this season
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Tuesday game updates/ finals:

AA Akron loses 9-5

AAA Columbus is losing 14-7 in the top of the 8th

High A Lake County leads 7-5 in the bottom of the 8th

Low A Lynchburg is leading 10-3 in the top of the 9th..

 

[MadThinker88]

More Tuesday game updates/ finals:

High A Lake County wins 7-5

Low A Lynchburg wins 10-3

AAA Columbus is losing 15-7 entering the bottom of the 9th...
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Edit:
Columbus loses 15-7

On the night CLE affiliates go 2-2 with a run diff of -3

 

[MadThinker88]

Info from various twitter sources (Indians Prospective/ Justin Lada/ TribeInsider/ Team Accounts/ etc):

Starters for Wednesday games:
#Indians minor league probable starters for Wednesday

Columbus - RHP Kevin Herget Akron - RHP Cody Morris Lake County - RHP Xzavion Curry Lynchburg - RHP Brauny Munoz (Game 1) Lynchburg - RHP Liam Jenkins (Game 2)

ACL Indians - off DSL Indians Blue - off DSL Indians Red - off

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AAA Columbus Lineup:

AA Akron Lineup:

High A Lake County Lineup:

Low A Lynchburg Lineup (if posted)


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Other notes:
The Indians have recalled Yu Chang and optioned RHP Justin Garza.

Roster Movement:
LHP Zach Draper assigned to Lake County from Akron

RHP Hugo Villalobos promoted from ACL Indians to Lynchburg
INF Landy Pena assigned to ACL Indians from Lynchburg

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

The Clippers' numbers so far reveal how much of the value of the Tribe's system is at AA and below. The Clippers rank 14th of 20 AAA East teams in scoring; 13th in batting average and OPS. Their best hitter has been Owen Miller at .310/.876. Yu Chang is hitting .310/.920 in only 42 AB's. When you look at the numbers for Miller and Chang in Cleveland you can see how big the gap is between AAA and the majors. The fact that we only have two decent hitters in Columbus and neither could make a dent in major league pitching is discouraging.

Andres Gimenez, another guy sent down because he couldn't hit, is at .263/.820, so at least he's showing some power. Ernie Clement has a decent average but no power (.289/743).

The pitching has been a disaster as the Clippers rank 19th of 20 in ERA and WHIP. Their team ERA is 5.61. Part of that is due to the injuries to the Indians starters resulting in guys like Mejia, Hentges, and Morgan being poached from the Clippers. The best Clippers pitchers this year are with the Indians now; McKenzie (2.95 ERA in Columbus), Garza (20 innings, 6 hits, 28 K's), and Parker (11 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs). What's left in Columbus are the dregs. Last night the Clippers gave up 15 runs.

There are so many non-prospects on the team it's hard to get interested in whether they win or lose. AFAIC, the only reasons to pay any attention to the Clippers are Nolan Jones, Oscar Gonzalez, Andres Gimenez, Gabriel Arias, Sam Hentges and Francisco Perez.

 

[MadThinker88]

Weds game results:

All games are completed.

AAA Columbus wins 7-4
AA Akron wins 3-0 in a weekday afternoon game.
High A Lake County loses 5-0.
Low A Lynchburg sweeps its doubleheader winning Gm1 7-4 and Gm2 4-2.

Jhonkensey Noel is on fire!!! He has hit 3 absolute bombs since returning.. IIRC the shortest distance traveled was @ 450 ft.. Both today were 485 or further..

On the night CLE affiliates go 4-1 with a run diff of +6
On the week CLE affiliates are 6-3 with a run diff of +3

 

[sportscoach]

Weds game results:

All games are completed.

AAA Columbus wins 7-4
AA Akron wins 3-0 in a weekday afternoon game.
High A Lake County loses 5-0.
Low A Lynchburg sweeps its doubleheader winning Gm1 7-4 and Gm2 4-2.

Jhonkensey Noel is on fire!!! He has hit 3 absolute bombs since returning.. IIRC the shortest distance traveled was @ 450 ft.. Both today were 485 or further..

On the night CLE affiliates go 4-1 with a run diff of +6
On the week CLE affiliates are 6-3 with a run diff of +3

I think we need to get Noel to LC... I wouldn't even be against getting him to Akron and just seeing what he could do against the pitchers there, but LC I think should happen.

 

[CDAV45]

The Clippers' numbers so far reveal how much of the value of the Tribe's system is at AA and below. The Clippers rank 14th of 20 AAA East teams in scoring; 13th in batting average and OPS. Their best hitter has been Owen Miller at .310/.876. Yu Chang is hitting .310/.920 in only 42 AB's. When you look at the numbers for Miller and Chang in Cleveland you can see how big the gap is between AAA and the majors. The fact that we only have two decent hitters in Columbus and neither could make a dent in major league pitching is discouraging.

Andres Gimenez, another guy sent down because he couldn't hit, is at .263/.820, so at least he's showing some power. Ernie Clement has a decent average but no power (.289/743).

The pitching has been a disaster as the Clippers rank 19th of 20 in ERA and WHIP. Their team ERA is 5.61. Part of that is due to the injuries to the Indians starters resulting in guys like Mejia, Hentges, and Morgan being poached from the Clippers. The best Clippers pitchers this year are with the Indians now; McKenzie (2.95 ERA in Columbus), Garza (20 innings, 6 hits, 28 K's), and Parker (11 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs). What's left in Columbus are the dregs. Last night the Clippers gave up 15 runs.

There are so many non-prospects on the team it's hard to get interested in whether they win or lose. AFAIC, the only reasons to pay any attention to the Clippers are Nolan Jones, Oscar Gonzalez, Andres Gimenez, Gabriel Arias, Sam Hentges and Francisco Perez.

......and Owen Miller.

 

[MadThinker88]

Info from various twitter sources (Indians Prospective/ Justin Lada/ TribeInsider/ Team Accounts/ etc):

Starters for Thursday games:
#Indians minor league probable starters for Thursday

Columbus - LHP Logan S. Allen Akron - LHP Adam Scott Lake County - LHP Zach Draper Lynchburg - RHP Jordan Jones

ACL Indians - RHP Elmson Candelario DSL Indians Blue - RHP Jose Contreras DSL Indians Red - RHP Austin Aldeano

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AAA Columbus Lineup:

AA Akron Lineup:

High A Lake County Lineup:

Low A Lynchburg Lineup (if posted)


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Other notes:
LHP Sam Hentges, who has been working out of the pen exclusively in Columbus, has been recalled with Eli Morgan being optioned back to Columbus. Note: Cleveland has two off days next week (Monday and Thursday) so 1 less starter is needed.

Roster Movement:

 

[Derek]

I think we need to get Noel to LC... I wouldn't even be against getting him to Akron and just seeing what he could do against the pitchers there, but LC I think should happen.

Slow down, brotha. What’s with everyone trying to rush these kids up three levels every time they have a hot stretch?