Weekend Update: 9/27

A quick update today:

• Left-hander David Huff ended up ranked #6 in Baseball America's International League Top 20. He was also ranked #11 in their Eastern League rankings. These rankings are not on their website yet, but will be soon.

• For comments from the Baseball America chat transcripts for each league pertaining only to Indians prospects, check out the site message board thread on the BA Top 20s.

• Martin Rozenman of the Columbus Dispatch makes a suggestion that in light of Columbus' new affiliation with Cleveland and their new ballpark set to open this spring that the time is right for a name change.

• In another article in the Columbus Dispatch from earlier in the week, Baseball America's Ben Bradley talked about the status of the Indians system and who some of the top prospects are. One excerpt:

Miller opened 2008 as the No. 1 prospect in the Indians system for the fourth consecutive year but had another season derailed by injury. He was 0-1 with a 1.88 ERA in six starts for triple-A Buffalo before undergoing surgery to reattach a tendon to the middle finger of his right hand.

"You can't really talk about him without mentioning all the injuries," Badler said. "When he's healthy, he still probably has the best arm in the system. He just hasn't had a lot of time when he's been healthy. He could end up in the bullpen. But I don't think he is their No. 1 prospect anymore."

• Jonathan Mayo of MiLB.com provides a short piece giving an update on how the team and players are adapting to the new Goodyear Complex out in Arizona.

• I will have a listing of the Indians minor league free agents up on the site sometime in the next few days. I am just awaiting confirmation on the status of one player’s eligibility for free agency.

• Rule 5 eligibles will also be available soon, but I don’t have a list yet. Likely sometime at the end of this coming week or the beginning-middle of the following week. Will post as soon as I have it.

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