Farm Fresh— May 21

Another Farm Fresh look at minor leaguers in the Indians system as the season turns the Quarter Pole, the numbers settle and more meaningful assessments emerge.

Columbus.

At 21-22, the Clippers do not resemble the defending IL champs from the last two seasons. As usual, the team ranks high in batting (2nd in avg. at .270 and 4th in runs scored) but the pitching sits squarely in the lower half.

OF Jared Goedert               .429      0 HR       1 RBI                   Recent call up, former 3B now an OF (.395/5/17 at AA)

INF Jason Donald                .350      0             3                        Flubbed utility role with Tribe

3B Lonnie Chisenhall           .337       4           13                       Missed 20 g with calf injury

OF Matt LaPorta                  .321      13          28                        The usual tease

OF Russ Canzler                 .281        3           13                         Hot after a poor start but 48k in153 AB

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SP Kevin Slowey                 3-3          5.14                                    Not promising

SP Corey Kluber                 3-3           3.38                                    21 BB in 43 IP

SP David Huff                    2-1           2.66                                  The usual tease, part II

RP Scott Barnes                  0-2           4.10                                    Converted to RP

RP Chris Ray                      0-3            2.33         6 Sv                    Next if Accardo stumbles

RP Matt Langwell               0-0            1.69                                    Dominated at AA

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Akron

Off to a solid 26-14 start, good for 1st place in the Division.

OF Tim Fedroff               .314              1              12                        Leads team with 5 SBs.

OF Thomas Neal              .292              0             13                       All that’s left of Ryan Garko

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SP TJ McFarland             8-1             1.79                                      Starting to click in 2d AA season
SP Steven Wright           3-2              1.87                                      Knuckleballer

RP Loek Van Mil             0-0             1.50                                      7’1″ recent acquisition

RP Rob Bryson                3-0             2.70                                     23 Ks in 20 IP

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Carolina

21-21 record, 3.5 games out of first.

1B Jesus Aguilar           .302                 5                20                    Steady and solid prospect

DH Jeremie Tice           .301                 8               33                      Good power #s, decent 13/24 BB/K ratio

OF Tyler Holt                .309                  0               13                      Leadoff man with 10 SBs

SP Mike Rayl                 3-5                3.83                                         Nice 1.09 WHIP

RP Jose Flores                0-1               1.47            7 Sv                     22 Ks in 18 IP

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Lake County

21-22 record, 10 games out of first.

SS Francisco Lindor       .307              4                  19                       11 SBs, 15 XBH in 38 g

C Alex Lavisky               .242              2                   14                      Hasn’t found his stroke

SP Felix Sterling                2-2          2.85                                           1.08 WHIP

SP Cody Anderson           4-2             2.05                                          9 BBs and 39 Ks in 44 IP