and walked twice and scored 4 runs. Those were his first xb hits, and his strikeout total is high for a leadoff man. So he's not perfect but he's darned good.

Lots of impressive lines from Monday games:

CLE AA Diaz, Yandy 3B 3 1 2 0 .229 SB (2)
CLE AA Frazier, Clint DH 3 0 1 1 .326 2B (5) [OPS 956]
CLE AA Zimmer, Bradley RF 4 0 1 1 .225 2B (2)
CLE AAA Gonzalez, Erik SS 3 0 2 0 .375 BB (1) [his first walk of the year; and only one double]
CLE HiA Paulino, Dorssys DH 4 1 2 1 .220 2B (3), BB (5)
CLE HiA Allen, Greg CF 3 4 2 1 .325 2 2B (2), 2 BB (13), 3 SB (12)
CLE HiA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 5 0 2 3 .225 2B (3) [7 for his last 20; for season: 16K 2 BB]
CLE HiA Mathias, Mark 2B 5 2 3 0 .220 2 2B (5)
CLE LoA Castro, Willi SS 4 1 2 0 .364 2B (1)
CLE LoA Mejia, Francisco C 4 0 1 1 .412

CLE AA Plutko, Adam 6.2 3 1 1 1 4 4.05 [bounce back from 1 inning, 5 run start last time out]
CLE AAA Merritt, Ryan 6 2 1 1 1 5 4.22 L (0-2)
CLE HiA Brown, Mitch 4 4 3 3 6 2 7.43 [this kid stinks; he rarely throw the ball over the plate]

Ben Heller hit 100 on the gun last night in relief of Plutko.

He is the Akron closer and records a lot more strikeouts than Feyereisen so I have to assume Heller is the bigger prospect for the big league bullpen.

BA was nice enough not to post Bradley's 0-3, all strikeouts. He's striking out at a prodigious pace. 19 of his 28 outs; it sounds better perhaps as 19 of his 43 total plate appearances.

Papi on the mlb.com prospect team of the week:

OF: Mike Papi, Indians (No. 18 prospect)
10 G, .314/.457/.800, 9 R, 5 2B, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 9 BB, 7 SO

The top hitter on a Virginia team that finished runner-up at the 2014 College World Series, Papi was a supplemental first-round pick that June but batted a disappointing .221/.346/.334 in his first two years in pro ball. So far this season, he looks more like the guy the Indians thought they were getting. He's repeating high Class A and his four homers already match his total from 2015.

The thing about Bradley, even though he's been in a terrible slump he has still reached base in 6 straight games, and has a .333 OBP. Not great, but in the midst of a terrible stretch for him, not bad at all.

My man, Hentges, had a big night.

All our teams won last night.

Columbus now 5-6 wins 1-0. Will Roberts put 8 men on base in 5 innings. Josh Martin 2 shutout innings, Armstrong 1, Adams 1. Ronny Rodriguez singled and walk 310/OPS 747. Jordan Smith at last reaches AAA.

Akron 9-3 after 7-2 win. Shawn Morimando 5 1/3-2-2-2-2-4 [3-0; 2.08].
Zimmer 3 hits, a triple, a steal. 273/892
Frazier double, steal. Diaz single, double, walk, steal.
Lonnie is ready for Cleveland? 0-4 with a walk, hitting 133 in Akron after 0-8 in Columbus and 2-26 in the spring.

Lynchburg 10-3, rallies to win 8-6 in 12 innings.
Santander double, 2 singles. Allen double, single, 2 walks, caught stealing. 2 hits each for Mathias, Chang and Salters. Papi singled and drew a couple walks: 462 On-base pct.]

Lake County 9-4, won 6-3. Hentges: 5-3-0-0-3-5.
Nathan Lukes a 2015 draftee CF who was injured after a few games last summer is hitting 302 with 761 OPS after going 2-3 with a walk, and his 4th steal.
Mejia keeps at it: 4th double, 10th and 11th RBI, 5th walk [K total is 4]
LF Silento Sayles singled, doubled, caught stealing.

BA highlights these:

CLE AA Diaz, Yandy 3B 3 0 2 2 .263 BB (10)
CLE AA Frazier, Clint LF 5 1 1 0 .313 2B (6), SB (2)
CLE AA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 4 0 1 1 .214 2B (3)
CLE AA Zimmer, Bradley RF 4 2 3 1 .273 3B (2)
CLE HiA Allen, Greg CF 5 2 2 0 .333 2B (3), 2 BB (15), CS (1)
CLE HiA Bradley, Bobby 1B 6 0 1 2 .214 2B (3), BB (6)
CLE HiA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 6 3 2 1 .239 3B (1), BB (3)
CLE HiA Mathias, Mark 2B 6 0 2 0 .234
CLE HiA Papi, Mike RF 4 1 1 0 .308 2 BB (11)
CLE HiA Paulino, Dorssys LF 6 1 1 0 .213 BB (6)
CLE LoA Castro, Willi SS 5 0 1 0 .347
CLE LoA Krieger, Tyler 2B 4 0 1 0 .318 2B (3), BB (7)
CLE LoA Mejia, Francisco C 3 1 1 2 .405 2B (4), BB (5)
CLE AA Morimando, Shawn 5.1 2 2 2 2 4 2.08 W (3-0)
CLE AAA Armstrong, Shawn 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.80
CLE HiA Lugo, Luis 5 7 4 3 0 6 4.02

No Hentges? What the hell is wrong with them?

He pitched 5 shutout innings, and had 7 or 8 K's.

BA only lists the guys who were on the Top 30 preseason. Hentges was No. 31 in their "special supplement". I've complained to them before but I don't think they ever adjust the lists other than maybe to add the top draftees after this summer's draft.

Day time baseball today:

Clevinger, Gorzelanny, Paulino and Crockett combine to allow 10 runs in the 5th inning. Clippers trail 11-5 in the 7th now.

Louisville Bottom of the 5th

vs: Clevinger 1] strikes out swinging. 2] singles 3] singles 4] walks. 5] doubles all 3 score, batter advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by shortstop Erik Gonzalez.

Pitching Change: Tom Gorzelanny replaces Mike Clevinger.
6] singles 7] doubles 8] singles 9] singles

Pitching Change: Felipe Paulino replaces Tom Gorzelanny.
10] force out run scores. wild pitch by Felipe Paulino, 11] walks.

Pitching Change: Kyle Crockett replaces Felipe Paulino.
12] doubles 13] singles 14] flies out

Lynchburg first pitch was 10:37 a.m. Justin Merryweather who I don't think is supposed to considered a prospect improves to 3-0 and keeps his ERA at a nifty 0.00. Hillcats win 7-0.

17 2/3 15 0 0 2 14 stats for the 24 year old who at that age should at least be in AA. Maybe he will be soon?
He came in to the season with a 2-year career record of 3-5.

Meanwhile the deep Lynchburg lineup got its strength today from:

Bradley 3 run homer, his 3rd; and he walked; and struck out only once
Chang double and his 3rd homer; and 2 K
Mathias single and double.

Captains pouring it on in the middle innings, now up 8-1 in the seventh. The irrepressible Francisco Mejia has doubled and singled twice, his average is now 439 [but also gidp]. The top 4 in the lineup are:

Nathan Lukes 319, 2 singles today 21 year old CF
Willie Castro 336, single and walk today 18 year old SS
Tyler Krieger 319, single and walk today 22 year old 2B
Mejia 20 year old C

Solid pitching from Matt Esparza 6-2-1-1-1-7 coming in he had an ERA of 9.72

Catcher Anthony Recker finished up on the mound for Columbus, the last 4 runs of 16 and 5 hits of 20 were his doing.