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Mejia hitting an even .500 in his new home.

BA highlights from Wednesday:

Newsmakers from Wednesday's action:

Mike Clevinger, rhp, Indians. The last thing the Indians need is another starting pitcher, but Clevinger is certainly giving them food for thought. The righthander, acquired from the Angels for reliever Vinnie Pestano in August 2014, improved to 8-0, 2.70 with six sterling innings Wednesday for Triple-A Columbus at Lehigh Valley (Phillies). After he joined the Cleveland organization, the Indians got Clevinger back to throwing the way he did as an amateur—to great success. Clevinger's fastball sits in the low to mid-90s and his hard slider is his best secondary offering.

CLE AAA Diaz, Yandy LF 5 1 2 0 .311 2B (10), SB (4)
CLE AAA Gonzalez, Erik SS 5 1 1 0 .296 2B (20)
CLE HiA Allen, Greg CF 4 1 3 0 .302 3B (3), BB (48), SB (36)
CLE HiA Chang, Yu-Cheng SS 4 0 1 0 .269 BB (27)
CLE HiA Mejia, Francisco C 4 1 2 0 .500 CS (1)
CLE LoA Castro, Willi SS 4 0 1 0 .265
CLE MAJ Naquin, Tyler CF 4 0 2 0 .331
CLE AA Kaminsky, Rob 7 2 2 2 1 7 4.43 L (2-5)
CLE AAA Clevinger, Mike 6 6 1 1 1 6 2.70 W (8-0)
CLE SS Hillman, Juan 4 3 0 0 2 3 1.80

Indians almost shutout of the Hot Prospect List this week, but not quite:


19. Mike Clevinger, rhp, Indians Triple-A Columbus (International) Age: 25

Why He’s Here: 2-0, 3.75, 12 IP, 14 H, 5 R, 14 SO, 1 BB

The Scoop: The righthander, acquired from the Angels for reliever Vinnie Pestano in August 2014, has gone 8-0, 2.70 overall. The Indians got Clevinger back to throwing the way he did as an amateur, and they have achieved great success. Clevinger’s fastball sits in the low to mid-90s and his hard slider is his best secondary offering. (VLC)

BA weekly Q&A:
Elliot (Youngstown OH): Welcome Kyle! Francisco Mejia gets a week off from the Hot Prospect list but being selected to the Futures Game and earning a promotion to the Carolina League nearly compensates. How high does he rate among catching prospects now?

Kyle Glaser: Thanks Elliot. You'll get the exact spot we have Mejia ranked among catching prospects when our midseason top prospect list comes out (spoiler: He's one of our top 5)

And we're getting mostly good news on the minor league front too.

Recent draft pick ...

MV Scrappers @mvscrappers
Civale:
2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

26th round pick from Ohio State ...

MV Scarppers @mvscrappers
Tully:
2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3K

CLE AA Frazier, Clint CF 4 1 1 0 .284 2B (22)
CLE AA Rodriguez, Nellie 1B 4 1 3 2 .256 HR (16)
CLE AA Zimmer, Bradley DH 5 2 2 2 .237 2B (17), HR (13)
CLE AAA Gonzalez, Erik 3B 5 0 1 1 .296 2B (21)
CLE HiA Allen, Greg CF 5 1 1 0 .301
CLE HiA Bradley, Bobby 1B 3 2 1 0 .253 2B (17), 2 BB (43)
CLE HiA Krieger, Tyler 2B 3 2 2 1 .333 HR (2), 2 BB (3), SB (1)
CLE HiA Mathias, Mark SS 3 0 1 2 .247 BB (27)
CLE HiA Mejia, Francisco C 4 0 1 1 .308 2B (2)
CLE MAJ Naquin, Tyler CF 7 0 1 0 .319 BB (13)
CLE SS Wakamatsu, Luke SS 5 0 1 1 .246 2B (5)
CLE AAA Armstrong, Shawn 1 3 3 3 1 2 3.10 W (2-1)
CLE HiA Brown, Mitch 4 1 1 1 7 7 5.20 [he's done]

Done? That's a little harsh. Is 7 walks in 4 innings bad?

Ok, not all bad report on Brown: in his second season at Lynchburg he's cut way back on the home runs, hits allowed and is striking out 10/9 IP. Still only 22. He's got time but has a long way to go.

2015: 136 IP 140 H 74 BB 107 K 15HR 5.24 ERA
2016: 71 IP 67 H 51 BB 80 K 2HR 5.20 ERA

also on Friday:

Gabriel Mejia 3 singles;

Looks like my man Todd got kicked off Twitter again. This is crazy. He only tweets about the Indians, and nothing inflammatory at all. I don't get it.

Before he was kicked off last time he told me the Indians brass were complaining about him. I don't know if Twitter is giving him the boot because of the teams complaints or what. But I can't see any other reason why they continue to delete his account.

What's there to complain about?

He announces signings and roster moves before the team does, and they sent him a Direct Message on Twitter asking him to stop. He didn't. Every since then he's had his Twitter deleted twice.

One thing might not have to do with the other, I dunno. But I know for a fact he never tweets anything that would get him in trouble with Twitter. No bad language, no racial stuff, no raunchy stuff. Just baseball. So I don't get it.

Last night was a great night for our minor league guys. Sheffield probably had his best pro start. Allen and Mejia extended hitting streaks. Zimmer, Frazier, and Papi all had good days at the plate. Was great.

Haven't looked at today's boxes yet.

By the way, in previous post when I said "they" asked him to stop I was referring to Indians. A guy from front office sent him a message. He showed it to me.

Just makes me wonder if Indians complained to Twitter and got him booted, but I dunno.