Cleveland Indians Minor League Update: August 3-9

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Your weekly Tribe minor-league update and discussion thread.

By Ryan Aug 6, 2013, 1:43pm EDT

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Previous Minor-League Updates

April 6-12 • April 13-19 • April 20-26 (PTM) • April 27-May 3

May 4-10 • May 11-17 • May 18-24 • May 25-31

June 1-7 • June 8-14 • June 15-21 • June 22-28

June 29-July 5 (PTM) • July 6-12 • July 13-19 • July 20-26 • July 27-August 2

Permanent Prospect That Matters post

PTM Update

Stats are either major-league stats (if the player is presently in the majors) or overall minor-league stats (if the player is presently in the minors).

Position Players

Age	Position/Player	Level	PA	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	2B	HR	SO	BB
24	SS Juan Diaz	AAA	405	.237/.310/.350	.660	17	8	109	37
23	1B Jesus Aguilar	AA	462	.267/.348/.427	.776	26	13	88	50
22	C Jake Lowery	AA/A+	209	.285/.359/.473	.832	18	5	54	22
21	SS Ronny Rodriguez	AA	401	.268/.290/.382	.671	19	4	63	11
21	3B Giovanny Urshela	AA	383	.268/.295/.403	.697	21	8	39	13
20	2B Jose Ramirez	AA	419	.270/.326/.354	.681	13	3	31	33
19	SS Francisco Lindor	AA/A+	457	.308/.386/.414	.800	22	2	45	49
21	C Tony Wolters	A+	243	.275/.350/.360	.710	9	3	46	24
20	CF Luigi Rodriguez (DL)	A+/A-	222	.275/.368/.370	.739	13	1	61	28
18	SS Dorssys Paulino	A-	421	.242/.296/.344	.640	21	4	73	26

There's just a month left in the season for most of these players, so for the most, this year has been a successful one for the position players. The headlines rightfully should go to Francisco Lindor, but a lot of his current teammates in Akron have also had successful season. Jesus Aguilar, for instance, is ending the season strong, hitting .271/.347/.506 over the past month. It seems that Tony Wolters has made a smooth transition to catching, having thrown out 30% of potential base stealers in his first season behind the plate.

Age	Role/Player	Level	IP	G	ERA	H/9	SO/9	BB/9
25	RP Preston Guilmet	AAA	55.1	42	1.95	6.7	10.4	2.1
25	RP Scott Barnes*(DL)	AAA	27.2	23	7.81	9.8	11.4	6.5
23	SP TJ House*	AAA/AA	131.1	23	4.45	9.9	7.5	3.4
22	SP Trevor Bauer	AAA	96.2	17	3.82	8.8	7.4	4.9
22	RP Giovanni Soto* (DL)	AAA	8.2	9	5.19	8.3	8.3	9.3
23	RP Trey Haley	AA	31.1	28	4.31	8.0	8.3	8.3
23	SP Danny Salazar	AAA/AA	93.0	21	2.71	6.9	12.5	2.3
22	RP Shawn Armstrong	AA	18.2	19	5.79	9.6	11.6	6.3
20	SP Shawn Morimando	A+	114.1	22	2.91	7.2	6.5	4.3

There haven't been as many success stories here. Danny Salazar has rocketed up the system, and will make his second major-league start on Wednesday, but Trevor Bauer has spent 2013 trying to figure out his mechanics, Scott Barnes has had a season to forget, and Giovanni Soto has spent most of the year on the DL.

Too Accomplished Update

Here are players who are in the minors or majors, meet the age/level requirements, but no longer have rookie status.

Cleveland (25 and younger)

RHSP Zach McAllister (Age 25) 83.0 IP, 3.47 ERA
C Yan Gomes (Age 25) 168 PA, .310/.345/.529
RHRP Bryan Shaw (Age 25) 48.0 IP, 3.75 ERA
RHRP Cody Allen (Age 24) 46.1 IP, 2.53 ERA
3B Lonnie Chisenhall (Age 24) 214 PA, .234/.277/.383

Baltimore (Rule 5)

LHP T.J. McFarland (Age 24) 56.0 IP, 4.18 ERA

Chicago Cubs (Rule 5)

RHP Hector Rondon (Age 25) 36.0 IP, 6.00 ERA

Prospects That Might Matter Update

As the Prospects That Matter mid-season update will post this Tuesday, the statistics below are the ones I'll be using to evaluate the players.

Columbus (25 and younger)

1B/DH Chun-Hsiu Chen (Age 24) 297 PA, .225/.293/.330
C Roberto Perez (Age 24) 160 PA, .193/.273/.267

Akron (23 and younger)

C Alex Monsalve (Age 21) 23 PA, .227/.261/.364
RHSP Will Roberts (Age 22) 106.0 IP, 4.25 ERA
RHRP Jeff Johnson (Age 23) 10.0 IP, 4.50 ERA
OF Tyler Holt (Age 24) 479 PA, .277/.349/.371
RHRP Jose Flores (Age 24) 53.2 IP, 2.68 ERA
LHP Mike Rayl (Age 24) - On Disabled List
RHRP Enosil Tejeda (Age 24) 31.2 IP, 0.85 ERA
OF Carlos Moncrief (Age 24) 456 PA, .300/.369/.496
RHSP Jordan Cooper (Age 24) - On Disabled List
LHSP Matt Packer (Age 25) 126.1 IP, 2.64 ERA
OF Cedric Hunter (Age 25) 190 PA, .282/.337/.563
C Chris Wallace (Age 25) 96 PA, .310/.365/.471

Carolina (21 and younger)

LHSP Elvis Araujo (Age 21) - On Disabled List
RHSP Michael Peoples (Age 21) - On Disabled List
RHRP Benny Suarez (Age 21) 5.0 IP, 1.80 ERA
3B/SS Erik Gonzalez (Age 21) 44 PA, .256/.273/.326
CF Tyler Naquin (Age 22) 459 PA, .282/.350/.427
RHSP Cody Anderson (Age 22) 116.1 IP, 2.48 ERA
C Alex Lavisky (Age 22) 80 PA, .260/.313/.397
2B Joseph Wendle (Age 23) 347 PA, .304/.375/.521
OF Bryson Myles (Age 23) 259 PA, .283/.347/.451
RHRP Louis Head (Age 23) 21.2 IP, 3.32 ERA
RHSP Joseph Colon (Age 23) 46.0 IP, 3.52 ERA

Lake County (Age 19 or younger)

RF Anthony Santander (Age 18) - On Disabled List
3B Leonardo Castillo (Age 19) - On Disabled List
C Eric Haase (Age 20) 349 PA, .233/.305/.425
CF LeVon Washington (Age 21) 132 PA, .345/.455/.509
LHSP Ryan Merritt (Age 21) 120.1 IP, 3.52 ERA
LHRP Kyle Crockett (Age 21) 5.0 IP, 1.80 ERA

Mahoning Valley (Age 19 or younger)

2B Claudio Bautista (Age 19) 175 PA, .286/.353/.435
LHP Luis Lugo (Age 19) 41.2 IP, 1.30 ERA
RHP Caleb Hamrick (Age 19) 43.0 IP, 4.60 ERA
1B Nelson Rodriguez (Age 19) 187 PA, .320/.385/.515
LHP Kenny Matthews (Age 19) 15.0 IP, 1.20 ERA
OF Josh McAdams (Age 19) 163 PA, .267/.311/.320
RHP Alexis Paredes (Age 21) 26.2 IP, 3.38 ERA
RHP Breily Puerta (Age 21) 24.2 IP, 1.82 ERA
SS James Roberts (Age 21) 100 PA, .310/.388/.356
RHP Ben Heller (Age 21) 23.0 IP, 1.17 ERA
RHP Dace Kime (Age 21) 15.2 IP, 2.87 ERA

Arizona League (Age 17 or younger)

C Francisco Mejia (Age 17) 73 PA, .254/.306/.418
RHP Casey Shane (Age 17) 14.0 IP, 8.36 ERA
OF Clint Frazier (Age 18) 118 PA, .298/.356/.500
3B Gerald Bautista (Age 18) 87 PA, .306/.425/.417
LHP Sean Brady (Age 19) 16.0 IP, 1.12 ERA
C Juan De La Cruz (Age 19) 26 PA, .300/.423/.450

Dominican Republic League (Age 17 or younger)

RHP Luis Araujo (Age 16) 35.1 IP, 3.57 ERA
RHP Julio Arosemana (Age 17) 30.2 IP, 3.52 ERA
CF Hector Caro (Age 17) 135 PA, .259/.284/.624
RHP Jesus Ramirez (Age 18) 35.2 IP, 3.03 ERA
RHP Jose Rodriguez (Age 18) 18.1 IP, 2.45 ERA
3B Alexis De Los Santos (Age 18) 149 PA, .237/.322/.305
RHP Erick Algarin (Age 18) 26.2 IP, 2.02 ERA
CF Francisco MIguel (Age 18) 154 PA, .210/.288/.355
2B Erlin Cerda (Age 19) 188 PA, .263/.401/.362
RHP Jesus Arias (Age 19) 30.0 IP, 2.40 ERA
RHP Francisco Lopez (Age 19) 27.1 IP, 2.63 ERA

After a poor showing at Lake County, 1B Nelson Rodriguez has been excellent in Mahoning Valley. Because the Indians didn't spend many of their high draft picks on college position players, the Scrappers lineup is one of the youngest in the NYPL. Rodriguez, Josh McAdams, and Claudio Bautista are three of only 21 teenage regulars in the NYPL, so that bodes well for 2014 in Lake County.

The Indians did draft heavily in college arms, and that's shown up in the results. Dace Kime, Ben Heller, Kenny Matthews, and Kyle Crockett have all had excellent pro debuts, and Crockett is now having success in Lake County.

Too Old to Matter but Possible Contributors

Although minor-leaguers older than 25 are excluded from PTM, that doesn't mean older players can't help the Indians. Here are some of those players:

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