Indians Prospective‏ @indiansPro 2 hours ago
#Indians RHP @grant_hockin makes start tonight for the @mvscrappers Hockin hasn't pitched in a game since 8/27/14 rehabbing from TJ surgery.

Akron loses to Reading 6-4. ... Mejia proves he's human by going 0-4 with 3 K's. ... Bradley 0-3 with a walk.

The Carolina League North All-Stars, the team with the Hillcats on it, beat the south 2-0. Chiang got the start, pitched a scoreless inning, and was given the win. Hartson pitched a scoreless inning as well. Castro was only Hillcat who managed a hit.

Midwest League East team, with the Captains, lost to the west 5-2. Siri pitched a scoreless 2/3 of an inning, and Ryan pitched a scoreless 1/3.

Scrappers beat the Black Bears 3-1. ... Hockin's first taste of action in a while tasted like chicken. 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K. ... Cantu 2-4 with double. ... Laureano 2-4 with double too. ... Elvis was in the building. Elvis Perez that is. And he went 3-4 with a double. Thank you, thank you very much.

DSL Indians beat the Rays 12-4. ... Lopez had 3 walks. I'm going to love this kid. ... Santiago 2-3 with triple. ... Henderson 2-5 with double.

BA lines for Tuesday games:

CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 0 0 0 .247 BB (30)
CLE AA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 4 0 1 0 .219 SB (6)
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler 2B 4 1 1 0 .235
CLE AA Mejia, Francisco C 4 0 0 0 .366 [slump]
CLE AAA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 4 0 0 0 .131
CLE MAJ Zimmer, Bradley CF 3 1 1 0 .294 2B (6), BB (10)
CLE SS Benson, Will RF 4 0 0 0 .125
CLE SS Gonzalez, Oscar LF 4 0 1 1 .375
CLE SS Jones, Nolan 3B 3 0 0 0 .143 BB (1) [omitting his 3 errors]

Indians Prospective‏ @indiansPro

Akron #RubberDucks transactions
RHP Michael Peoples assigned from Columbus

#Hillcats transactions
Silento Sayles assigned to Mahoning Valley
Leandro Linares assigned from Akron
Justin Garcia placed 7-day DL

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#Indians 2017 9th Round Pick Jr. RHP James Karinchak of Bryant University has signed & will report to Mahoning Valley to begin his career.

Jim Callis‏ @jimcallisMLB
9th-rder James Karinchak signs w/@Indians for $138,300 (pick 282 value). Bryant RHP, up to 96 & plus brk ball when at his best. @MLBDraft

Jim Callis‏ @jimcallisMLB Jun 16
20th-rder Jon Teaney inks w/@Indians for $125k. San Diego RHP, three solid pitches, needs strikes, caught my eye in Jupiter in '13 @MLBDraft

Clippers beat the Bats 9-7 tonight. ... Naquin 1-5 with homer. ... Guyer 0-4. ... Papi 2-4 with 2 doubles. ... Veteran catcher Erik Kratz was 3-3 with 2 homers. Has 3 homers last 2 games.

Akron lost to Reading 11-2. ... Lugo was pounded. ... Mejia 1-3 with a walk a stolen base and another passed ball. His BA dropped to .366 after going 1-3. ... Bradley 1-3.

Scrappers lost 3-2 to Auburn. ... Taylor 2-5 with double and stolen base. ... Elvis 1-5. ... Oscar G 2-5. ... Cantu 3-5 with 2 doubles. ... Lucas 2-4.

DSL Indians beat the Rays 3-0. ... Catcher Diaz 2-3 with a homer. ... The winning pitcher is a name that sounds familiar to Tribe fans. Mike Garcia. I think Civ saw him pitch when Civ was 30 or so. Garcia has to be like 90 now. He still pitched 5 innings, allowed 5 hits, no runs, and 3 K.

Pannone is pitching for the Ducks tomorrow.

30th Round Draft Pick LHP Zack Draper out of College of Idaho has signed & will report tomorrow to Arizona Rookie League.

Michael Peoples has been sent back to Akron from Columbus.

Silento Sayles assigned to Mahoning Valley from Lynchburg.

Leandro Linares assigned from Akron to Lynchburg.

Justin Garcia placed 7-day DL

Civ isn't quite the old. He saw Mike Garcia pitch when Civ was about 8 years old. Too young for Feller; remember Lemon as a pinch-hitter but not as a pitcher. Was around when Early Wynn was brought back to earn his 300th win.

Will Benson's first 3 games have not been good, 1 hit in 11 at bats with 7 strikeouts.

Oh, I was only 22 years off. Hell, that's close enough for Angel Hernandez to call it a strike.



Great memories, man!

You would make me 88 years old. I'm old enough as it is!

As noted by BA:

CLE AA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 0 1 0 .248
CLE AA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 4 1 1 2 .220 HR (15)
CLE AA Krieger, Tyler 2B 4 0 0 0 .231
CLE AA Mejia, Francisco C 3 0 1 0 .366 BB (15), SB (5)
CLE AAA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 3 1 1 3 .134 HR (8), BB (26)
CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik 2B 0 0 0 0 .313
CLE MAJ Zimmer, Bradley CF 4 2 2 0 .303 SB (7)
CLE SS Benson, Will RF 4 0 0 0 .083
CLE SS Gonzalez, Oscar LF 5 0 2 1 .385 [he won the MVP in the AZL in 2016]
CLE AAA Morimando, Shawn 6 6 6 4 5 3 4.11 W (6-5) [terrible start, settled in some as the game went along]

Luke Wakumatsu is coming off DL today. And Santiago being shipped from DSL to AZL.

Santiago isn't the kid you've been raving about is he? What position does he play? ... why ask, I'll look him up.

OK, it's Wilbis Santiago [first name backwards is Bisliw, which is no more likely] 21 year old 2nd baseman, hitting 308 and 856 OPS. 320/805 last year.

I assume if they actually thought much of him he would have been in Lake County, or at worst Mahoning Valley.