Cleveland Sports Forum

can you tweet him back and ask if just became a father? won the Tribe's first base job? was traded to the Dbacks?

Sorry, Civ, I didn't want to tweet him cause didn't want to be like the fan boys who are always bothering people on social media. I have been following him hoping he might spill the beans but not yet.

we'll find out in good time I'm sure.

Whatever happened to Abner Abreu?

For that matter what is going on with Edward Salcedo?

Looks like abreu batted 250 in 2014 for a Japanese team.

BA highlighting performances by prospects in spring games:

CLE MAJ Aguilar, Jesus 1B 3 1 1 0 .333 [running out of options but 2 1B/DH ahead of him]
CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik SS 2 1 1 0 .500 SB (1)
CLE MAJ Naquin, Tyler CF 2 0 1 0 .500 3B (1) [CF is his job to lose, I assume]
CLE MAJ Ramsey, James RF 2 0 0 0 .000 [in competition to be DFA'd this spring]
CLE MAJ Rodriguez, Nellie PH 1 0 0 0 .000
CLE MAJ Stamets, Eric SS 2 1 1 1 .500 HR (1)
CLE MAJ Urshela, Giovanny 3B 1 0 0 0 .000 BB (1) [not officially a prospect any more, but whatever]
CLE MAJ Adams, Austin 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
CLE MAJ Plutko, Adam 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00

Lines from Game 2:

CLE MAJ Aguilar, Jesus DH 3 1 1 1 .333 2B (1)
CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik 2B 1 0 0 0 .333
CLE MAJ Lindor, Francisco SS 3 0 1 0 .333 [a graduated prospect]
CLE MAJ Naquin, Tyler PH-DH 1 0 0 0 .333
CLE MAJ Perez, Roberto C 2 0 0 0 .000 [also no longer a rookie]
CLE MAJ Ramsey, James LF 2 0 0 0 .000
CLE MAJ Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 1 0 0 0 .000
CLE MAJ Stamets, Eric SS 1 0 1 0 .667 [bat on fire; maybe he'll beat out Lindor? maybe not]
CLE MAJ Anderson, Cody 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 [their definition of prospect in very broad this spring]
CLE MAJ Merritt, Ryan 1 3 1 1 0 1 9.00 [your classic soft-tossing lefty who has some minor league success]

Sunday lines by "prospects"

CLE MAJ Aguilar, Jesus 1B 0 0 0 0 .222 BB (3)
CLE MAJ Naquin, Tyler CF 1 0 0 0 .364
CLE MAJ Perez, Roberto C 3 0 0 0 .286
CLE MAJ Ramsey, James DH 3 0 0 0 .000
CLE MAJ Stamets, Eric SS 1 0 0 0 .429
CLE MAJ Urshela, Giovanny 3B 1 0 0 0 .286

CLE MAJ Anderson, Cody 2 3 2 2 1 3 4.50
CLE MAJ Merritt, Ryan 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.00 L (0-1)

Ramsay holds narrow lead over Walters in spring training competition.

Zach is 0-10 with 5 strikeouts
Ramsay 0-11 with 5 strikeouts but he drew a walk, so his OPS is 083 points higher

Monday:

CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik SS 4 0 1 0 .250
CLE MAJ Naquin, Tyler CF 4 2 3 0 .467 [opening day CF, most likely]
CLE MAJ Paulino, Dorssys LF 0 0 0 0 -- [spring debut uneventful]
omitted by BA, the equally dramatic 2016 premiere by SS Yu-Chiang Chang: 0 0 0 0 ---

Tuesday:

CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik 3B 1 0 0 0 .231
CLE MAJ Ramsey, James RF 3 1 1 0 .071 [on fire!]
CLE MAJ Clevinger, Mike 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 [Watch out Trevor Bauer, your job is not safe in '17 at the latest]

prospects on display Saturday:

CLE MAJ Gonzalez, Erik SS 3 0 0 0 .250
CLE MAJ Ramsey, James DH 4 1 1 1 .105 2B (1) [he's sure getting a lot of playing time]
CLE MAJ Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 0 0 0 0 .000
CLE MAJ Morimando, Shawn 1.1 1 2 2 1 1 8.31 L (0-1) [not quite ready]

Tony's working his way through a long of list of "prospects". He's beginning to reach the fringe of those who really may be prospects. Here are some excerpts of his comments on 6-7 RHP Micah Minard. [the excerpted content was about 3 times as long and says pretty much the same thing but repeatedly so.]

Miniard was selected by the Indians in the 8th round of the 2014 Draft and signed for $350,000. Miniard features a solid average fastball that sits comfortably at 89-92 MPH and has touched 94 MPH. He does not get a lot of movement with his fastball, but because of his height he does a nice job of getting it on a good downward angle to the plate. His best pitch is an average curveball that has some good depth and 12-6 action to the bottom of the zone and has a chance to be a plus offering for him. His below average changeup is a work in progress He shows some advanced maturity for his age with a lot of intelligence and work ethic to focus in on what he needs to do to get better. [This would not be a Tony analysis if it didn't say this.] He will likely open in extended spring training and then go to short season Single-A Mahoning Valley when their season begins in June, but there is a chance he could go right to Low-A Lake County