Wedge And Entire Staff Let Go

The Indians today announced that the organization will not retain manager Eric Wedge for the 2010 season, which was to be the final year of his contract. In addition to this announcement, all seven members of his coaching staff have also been informed that they, as of now, will not return next year. It is possible that some of the coaches could return in some capacity depending on who the new manager is, but it looks likely that they will start completely from scratch with the entire coaching staff.

For now, Wedge and the rest of his coaching staff will remain in their present positions for the final six games of the season. The Indians will hold a press conference today with General Manager Mark Shapiro at 1:30PM, and followed by Wedge at 2:00PM.

The Indians had some last minute meetings among all members of the front office staff last night, and it was then that they came to the conclusion to make the move today to announce that Wedge will not return.

So where do the Indians go from here? There is a lot of buzz that Boston Red Sox Pitching Coach John Farrell is the leading candidate for the job. At this point, he is the clear frontrunner for the job. It was reported by FoxSports' Ken Rosenthal a few days ago that Farrell has a clause in his contract which would prevent him from seeking another job opportunity this offseason, but it is very possible that the clause could be waived in light of an opportunity for a promotional move from pitching coach to manager. If Farrell is interested in seeking the opening as the Indians' manager, at this point there appears to be no reason why the Red Sox would not let him pursue the job opportunity.

Farrell would be a very good choice. The Indians idealy do not want a complete outsider to be added to the coaching mix since they would want someone to come on board who is familiar with their philosophy. This is not a requirement as at this point they will likely explore all manager options available to them, but it is something they prefer. Farrell is a former player in the organization and was the Farm Director from 2001 to 2006, joining the front office when Shapiro was promoted to General Manager. With Farrell coming from a very successful Red Sox organization, he can also help give the Indians some new insight and views based on his experiences working in Boston.

There has also been some talk of Mike Hargrove coming back as he expressed interest in a recent radio interview of wanting to manage again. Whether or not the interest is mutual from the Indians perspective is unknown at this point, but while becoming the manager again may not be likely for Hargrove it is a possibility he could be named a bench coach for Farrell or whoever assumes the manager role.

Once the manager is named, look for Triple-A Columbus Manager Torey Lovullo to be added as a coach in some capacity, likely the third base coach. Lovullo also will receive strong consideration for the manager opening, though he would seem to be down a little on the Indians' priority list at this point.

Also, Triple-A Columbus Pitching Coach Scott Radinsky looks to be almost a given to assume the pitching coach duties no matter who the manager ends up being. Radinsky is well received in the system and one of the better pitching coaches in the minors. He also has an excellent rapport with his players, and is very familiar with every pitcher who should make up a very young staff in Cleveland in 2010 and beyond.

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Instructional League Recap: 9/25-9/28

I have several box scores from the Instructional League and Parallel Fall League that I have accrued over the past few days. Here are the box scores for all games from Friday through Monday:

September 28, 2009	R	H	E
Cleveland	14	18	2
Seattle	1	5	1

Player Name	POS	INN	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
1. Webb, Donnie	CF	9	5	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2. Phelps, Cord	2B	9	5	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
3. Rodriguez, Josh	DH	9	5	3		1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
4. Recknagel, Nate	1B	9	5	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
5. Kipnis, Jason	RF	9	5	5	2	2	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-
6. Greenwell, Bo	LF	9	5	4	2	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
7. Rivas, Ronald	SS	5	2	2	1	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Sanchez, Karexon	SS	4	3	2	1	1	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-
8. Tice, Jeremie	3B	5	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Brito, Jesus	3B	4	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
9. Perez, Roberto	CA	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Sub Chen, Chun	CA	4	3	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
10. Folgia, Greg	DH	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Sub Picken, Doug	DH	4	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Totals	--	90	49	38	14	18	3	0	3	9	10	5	0	0	0

Pitchers	TP	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TBF	FPS	Hi	Avg	REL
1. Popham, Marty	59	-	-	-	4.0	2	-	-	1	4	14	6	90	89	1.25
2. Frias, Santo	38	-	-	-	2.1	1	-	-	2	4	9	4	94	93	1.35
3. Turek, Travis	26	-	-	-	2.2	2	1	-	-	3	9	6	91	90	1.40

September 26, 2009	R	H	E
Indians	2	7	1
Reds	0	4	0

Player Name	POS	INN	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
1. Cid, Delvi	CF	9	4	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
2. Phelps, Cord	DH	9	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
3. Webb, Donnie	RF	9	4	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
4. Tice, Jeremie	1B	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
5. Kipnis, Jason	LF	9	4	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
6. Sanchez, Karexon	2B	9	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
7. Rivas, Ronald	SS	9	4	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
8. Brito, Jesus	3B	9	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
9. Pickens, Doug	CA	5	2	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Perez, Roberto	CA	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
10. Chen, Chun	DH	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Sub Greenwell	DH	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Totals	--	90	37	30	2	7	1	0	0	2	5	6	2	0	1

Pitchers	TP	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TBF	FPS	Hi	Avg	REL
1. White, Alex	13	-	-	-	1.0	2	-	-	-	1	5	3	92	91	1.25
2. De La Cruz, Kelvin	48	-	-	-	3.2	2	-	-	1	2	14	9	90	88	1.35
3. Salazar, Danny	20	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	91	89	1.20
4. Stowell, Bryce	20	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	1	3	5	3	91	90	-

September 25, 2009	R	H	E
San Diego	9	11	1
Cleveland	5	8	1

Player Name	POS	INN	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
1. Cid, Delvi	CF	9	5	5	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1
2. Phelps, Cord	2B	5	3	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Rivas, Ronald	SS	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. Webb, Donnie	RF	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
4. Pickens, Doug	1B	9	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
5. Kipnis, Jason	DH	9	4	4	-	1		-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
6. Sanchez, Karexon	SS/2B	9	4	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7. Greenwell, Bo	LF	9	4	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8. Brito, Jesus	3B	5	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Tice, Jeremie	3B	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
9. Chen, Chun	CA	5	2	2	1	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Perez, Roberto	CA	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10. Folgia, Greg	DH	9	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	--	90	38	33	5	8	2	0	1	3	3	6	0	0	1

Pitchers	TP	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TBF	FPS	Hi	Avg	REL
1. Rosario, Gregorio	34	-	-	-	1+	3	5	5	3	1	9	4	92	89	1.1 - 1.6
2. Frias, Santo	37	-	-	-	2+	6	4	3	0	1	12	8	95	93	1.36
3. Jimenez, Francisco	37	-	-	-	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	11	6	88	88	1.40
4. Turek, Travis	29	-	-	-	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	6	1	93	91	-

Parallel Fall League:

September 28, 2009	R	H	E
SURPRISE	6	14	0
GOODYEAR	3	8	1

Player Name	POS	INN	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
1. Fedroff, Tim	DH	5	5	4	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
2. Brown, Matt	RF	9	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. David, Adam	LF	5	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-
4. Castillo, Alex	C	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Totals	--	-	17	14	0	5	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0

Pitchers	TP	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TBF	FPS	Hi	Avg	REL
1. Jones, Chris	61	-	-	-	4.0	5	2	2	0	2	16	9	91	88	-
2. Pontius, Michael	16	-	-	-	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	93	91	-

September 25, 2009	R	H	E
GOODYEAR	7	10	1
GLENDALE	14	21	2

Player Name	POS	INN	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
1. Fedroff, Tim	LF	9	5	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
2. Mills, Beau	1B	9	5	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	2		-	-	-
3. Brown, Matt	RF	9	5	4	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
4. Castillo, Alex	DH/CA	9	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
5. Davis, Adam	DH/3b	9	4	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-
Totals	--	-	23	15	3	5	0	0	0	4	4	2	2	0	0

Pitchers	TP	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TBF	FPS	Hi	Avg	REL
1. Roberts, David	48	-	-	-	2.0	4	4	0	0	2	12	5	-	-	-
2. Bryson, Rob	27	-	-	-	0.0	4	3	3	1	0	6	2	-	-	-

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2009 Playoff Stats

Akron Aeros (AA)

Hitting
	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Arnal, Cristo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Chisenhall, Lonnie	30	7	14	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	.467	.500	.533	1.033
Constanza, Jose	31	6	10	2	0	0	6	1	7	1	.323	.353	.387	.740
Drennen, John	29	6	11	1	0	2	5	1	2	0	.379	.400	.621	1.021
Goedert, Jared	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Head, Jerad	29	7	10	6	2	0	9	2	6	0	.345	.375	.690	1.065
McBride, Matt	28	5	9	2	0	1	1	3	7	0	.321	.424	.500	.924
Mills, Beau	30	6	8	3	0	2	8	2	7	0	.267	.333	.567	.900
Rivero, Carlos	27	6	8	1	0	0	5	4	5	0	.296	.387	.333	.720
Rodriguez, Josh	32	5	12	4	0	1	8	2	5	2	.375	.429	.630	1.022
Santana, Carlos	27	7	8	0	0	3	7	5	4	0	.296	.424	.630	1.054

Pitching
	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	BAA
Barnes, Scott	1	1	0	0	0.00	5.0	2	2	0	0	3	7	1.00	.118
Berger, Eric	2	1	1	0	6.75	8.0	9	8	6	0	4	10	1.63	.281
Gomez, Jeanmar	2	1	0	0	2.45	11.0	12	3	3	1	4	8	1.45	.273
Judy, Josh	3	0	0	2	10.80	3.1	6	4	4	0	0	4	1.80	.375
Putnam, Zach	3	1	0	0	0.00	4.1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.46	.143
Smith, Carlton	3	0	0	0	4.76	5.2	8	5	3	0	3	3	1.94	.320
Stiller, Erik	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0.82	.231
Tomlin, Josh	2	2	0	0	1.93	14.0	8	4	3	1	0	15	0.57	.160
Wagner, Neil	4	0	0	0	4.50	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	3	1.25	.250
Wright, Steven	3	0	0	0	4.50	4.0	3	2	2	0	3	2	1.50	.200

Mahoning Valley Scrappers (SSA)

Hitting
	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Aponte, Juan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Brito, Jesus	19	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	.158	.200	.211	.411
Carlson, Ben	16	1	7	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	.438	.438	.563	1.001
Chen, Chun-Hsiu	14	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	.214	.214	.500	.714
Folgia, Greg	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.083	.154	.083	.237
Frawley, Casey	16	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	.125	.176	.188	.364
Henry, Jordan	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
Kipnis, Jason	17	2	4	0	0	2	3	4	6	1	.235	.381	.588	.969
Martinez, Argenis	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	.222	.333	.222	.556
Montero, Moises	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Palincsar, Tim	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Smit, Jason	14	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286	.375	.357	.732
Vera, Rafael	10	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	.300	.300	.600	.900

Pitching
	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	BAA
Adams, Austin	2	0	1	0	10.80	3.1	2	4	4	0	4	1	1.80	.154
Brach, Brett	1	0	1	0	4.50	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	3	1.50	.333
Burns, Cory	2	1	0	1	0.00	4.1	2	0	0	0	1	5	0.69	.133
Cook, Clayton	2	1	0	0	0.84	10.2	6	1	1	0	1	9	0.66	.167
Fonseca, Guido	2	0	0	1	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.50	.143
Hubbard, Antwonie	2	0	0	0	2.08	4.1	3	1	1	1	0	7	0.69	.188
Johnson, Jeremy	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.00	.333
Kirk, Nick	1	0	0	0	9.00	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	.250
Nuno, Vidal	3	1	0	0	1.13	8.0	6	1	1	0	1	7	0.88	.194
Packer, Matt	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	.333
Popham, Marty	1	0	0	0	3.60	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	5	1.00	.200
Sturdevant, Tyler	3	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	3	1.50	.250

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Recknagel Looking For A Position

When the Cleveland Indians drafted first baseman Nate Recknagel out of the University of Michigan in the 19th round of the 2008 Draft, they knew they were getting a power hitter who lacked a true defensive position.

Recknagel has very good power and strength, which he showcased when he set a Michigan record with 23 home runs in 2008. He spent most of his time this season in Low-A Lake County, and in 117 combined games between High-A Kinston and Lake County he hit .270 with 14 HR, 75 RBI and an .809 OPS.

While Recknagel’s bat has certainly shown potential, the mystery over where he fits in the organization on the defensive side of things is a big question mark. He was a catcher and first baseman at Michigan, but this season he only played 61 of his 117 games in the field as he was the designated hitter almost half the time. In all, he played 59 games at first base and also filled in for two games at third base.

The Indians sent Recknagel out to Instructional League last year to continue to work and improve defensively as a catcher, and he even went to spring training this year and worked almost exclusively at the catching position. Since he is challenged defensively at first base and considered a below average defender there, the thought was he would fit in better behind the plate where his good arm could be better utilized. But, when all was said and done, he did not play a game this past season as a catcher.

With the opening of this year’s Instructional League two weeks ago Recknagel is once again a participant, but this time he is there working on improving defensively at first base. Seeing as how he did not catch any games in Lake County or Kinston this year and his primary defensive position was first base, it appears that this is the position the Indians have settled on developing him at.

Working on his defense at first base is something Recknagel knows full well is a key to furthering his professional baseball career.

"That is definitely one of the things I have to work on,” said Recknagel in a recent interview. “It is something I need to get better at obviously, and is one of the things I will definitely be working on in Instructional League."

Even with the defensive shortcomings at the moment, it is hard not to like what Recknagel does when he hits. He may not be the caliber of hitter former Indians first baseman Ryan Garko is, but he looks very much like Garko when he stands in at the plate not to mention his overall build and lack of a true defensive position.

Recknagel had a solid 2009 campaign, one that was a learning experience for him as he adapted to the professional game, and one where the Indians learned about him more as a player. The successes and failures he went through this season should give him something to build off of going into next season where he should be at High-A Kinston.

"The season [went] well,” said Recknagel. “It was just kind of getting used to playing a long schedule obviously. In your first year you learn the do's and don'ts basically for next year. That's kind of what this year [was] about, to just kind of get my feet wet."

Coming from Michigan, Recknagel was used to a schedule there where they only played maybe three times a week, and when they did the games were often on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. They had several off days and the intensity of the games and preparation was completely different than the professional game where it is a daily grind and all about routine.

"I think the biggest adjustment for me was getting used to playing every day and taking care of my body,” said Recknagel. “Also, the fundamentals and the wood bat. The pitching is better, so it is a little bit of everything."

Recknagel seemed to feel his way through the first half of the season where he hit just .256 with 5 HR and 28 RBI in 56 games, but in the second half he hit .283 with 9 HR and 47 RBI in 61 games. Some of that may have been him adjusting from the transition of a metal bat in college to the wood bat in the pros.

"My swing was a college metal bat swing,” said Recknagel. “But once I got into it for a couple months, I was able to really focus in on it and put an emphasis on what I really needed to fix and what I need to do. I got lots of help from [Lake County Hitting Coach] Jim [Rickon] and [Minor League Hitting Coordinator] Bruce [Fields] whenever he came around. The first few months were okay, but it seems like when I came back down from Kinston things seemed to start kind of working their way back into place."

In addition to adjusting to playing every day and to wood bats, Recknagel also found that another adjustment he had to make was one he never dreamed possible, which was having so much down time from one game to the next. Since the players are generally only at the field from about 4pm to 11pm every night, they have a lot of time on their own back at the apartment or hotel.

"One thing that was really hard for me at first was trying to keep myself busy,” said Recknagel. “You have this feeling where you are going to the field to play a game, sleeping in, and then waiting until the next game. You just have so much down time, especially when you are on the road and you have nothing to do. It's hard to keep yourself busy. That was the real hard part for me at first. It has a lot to do with your routine. Sitting at the hotel sometimes watching TV gets pretty old."

With the offseason here and Instructional League about to begin its third week, Recknagel just wants to continue to work this offseason on his defense and be prepared for what happens next spring.

"I need to work on everything,” said Recknagel. “Keeping a consistent swing and making sure my swing mechanics are fine tuned. And I definitely need work on my defense.”

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Indians Sign 15 Latin Free Agents

The Indians today announced the signing of the following fifteen (15) players to non-drafted minor league free agent contracts:

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
OF Angel Hernandez
LHP Alexander Joseph
INF Jairo Kelly
INF Jorge Martinez
INF Luigy Rodriguez
RHP Amiro Santana
RHP Juan Santana

VENEZUELA
RHP Yan Carlos Caripa
CA Juan Carlos DelaCruz
INF Richard Delgado
RHP Nietzer Jimenez
RHP Alejandro Rivas
CA Gustavo Rojas

PANAMA
LHP Jonathan Cedeno
CA Franklin Moreno

“We are very excited about the upside of this group,” said Indians Assistant General Manager, Scouting Operations John Mirabelli. “Our scouts did a great job targeting athletes with premium-position ability and power-arm potential. We are looking forward to watching the development of these players in the upcoming years."

I'll have more on the recent signings soon.

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Popham Working Hard To Make It

Short-season Single-A Mahoning Valley almost had a season for the ages. They won a franchise record 49 games this year, but fell just short of the NY-Penn League Championship losing a lead in the late innings of their decisive Game 3 matchup with Staten Island.

The key to Mahoning Valley’s success this season was their starting pitching as all five of their regular starters finished ranked in the top 25 for ERA, with four of them ranked in the top 13 of the 14-team league.

With a starting rotation filled mostly with 2009 college draft picks and one young, inexperienced pitcher, the Indians turned to Marty Popham to be the staff ace and he more than lived up to that designation. The 2008 20th round pick out of Union College (KY) went 6-1 with a 2.76 ERA in 14 starts, and in 75.0 innings allowed 75 hits, 10 walks and piled up 83 strikeouts. He finished 11th in the league in ERA (2.76), tied for 8th in wins (6), 2nd in strikeouts (83), and 13th in WHIP (1.13).

Popham, 22, had a brilliant professional debut with the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Indians in 2008 going 1-1 with a 0.78 ERA in 14 appearances out of the bullpen (23.0 IP, 15 H, 5 BB, 25 K). But even though the right-hander was tabbed the staff ace and had some good performances under his belt coming into the season, he was still learning.

"I am still learning a lot,” said Popham in a recent interview. “I am still working on things, and I am still new. I have only been here for a year, but it feels like I have been here for two or three. I am just learning so much and there is only so much you can take in at one time. I work on everything daily."

One of the things he has worked on and become more experienced with his understanding of handling different pitching situations and what to do when they come up. The Indians work with their pitchers not only with fielding in just about every situation imaginable, but also on how to pitch in certain situations. It is something Popham worked a lot on this year in spring training and extended spring training, and he carried it over into the games he pitched in with Mahoning Valley this season.

"I would say I worked a lot with situations,” said Popham. “When we were in sim games in spring training they would put us in situations with bases loaded and no outs, and the first game I pitched here it was bases loaded and no outs. You gotta keep thinking when you are on the mound. After you get done throwing a pitch you have to know what you are throwing on the next pitch before that ball even gets to the plate. It all just comes back to you, and you learn everything before you are actually in that situation in a game. Once you get in that situation you know what you have to do: you have to throw strikes, get the ball down in the zone, get the groundball, or get a couple strikeouts. I think I did a pretty good job of that with getting in certain situations and knowing what to do and working my way out of it."

In spring training Popham tried to learn to pitch while wearing a cup. It was something he had never done before, and he had trouble learning to pitch with one on due to his very high leg kick so he quit wearing it. In addition to that, he also had to get used to all the throwing he had to do this year, something that recent college and high school picks are not accustomed to when they start their professional career.

"I had six months off after last season, so that is kind of hard and a long time away from baseball when you go into spring training and do all that throwing,” said Popham. “I didn't really have a good arm slot out in spring training in Arizona. It felt like every time I would throw my arm would be in a different position, whether it was three quarters or over the top, it was everywhere."

Throughout the season, Popham showed much improvement with his secondary stuff, namely his changeup. The improvement of his slider and changeup is important as it should keep him as a starting pitching option at least for next year.

"The changeup [worked] really well, and I [got] a lot of batters off balance with that pitch,” said Popham. “It probably sits at 80 MPH, and my fastball [was] more at 89-91 MPH. I need to get a little more velocity on my slider, and I [was] wrapping it a little bit. If I stay on top of it and go straight through it, it will get that bite at the end and drop straight down. My changeup and slider are coming along, and I worked on all that this season and in extended spring training. Out of college I actually did not have a good changeup, so [Lower Level Minor League Pitching Coordinator] Steve Lyons started working with me on that. You keep the same motion as your fastball and don't change anything as you want to have the same arm speed so batters can’t pick anything up. I worked on that a whole lot and [the results showed]."

Popham has established himself as an interesting starting pitching prospect in the Indians organization. It is possible he could skip Low-A Lake County next year because of his age and recent performance and go right to High-A Kinston, but in either case it looks like he has shown more than enough to remain in the rotation at one of the two levels next year.

Whatever happens next year is fine with Popham as he feels he learned a lot about himself as a player this season, and the experience he gained will help him as he prepares for next season.

"I am just trying to get my bearings right now as this was my first season starting for the Indians,” said Popham. “I am trying to get my body back to where it needs to be and just trying to get better. You have to take it one pitch at a time, one batter at a time, one inning at a time, and so on. Don't get too high or too low, just be the same guy everyday and keep working trying to make it."

Photo courtesy of Christina Marion of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers

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Indians Announce On-Base Program Winners

The Cleveland Indians today announced the year-end organizational winners of their Minor League On-Base Program “On-Base-Where Careers Take Off”, sponsored by Continental Airlines. The on-base program stresses pitch recognition and patience at the plate for all position players within the organization’s Player Development System.

Players are rewarded with a cash recognition for their performances based on three different non-traditional hitting categories at each of the six Indians Minor League affiliates (AAA Buffalo, AA Akron, A Kinston, A Lake County, A Mahoning Valley, Rookie AZL Indians). The three hitting categories are: on-base percentage, percentage of hard hit at-bats and walk percentage based on total plate appearances. These categories represent the ability to make solid contact, the best approach to hitting and the best overall ability to hit.

The following are the list of organizational winners in each of the three categories. For their efforts, the winners will receive a round trip voucher for anywhere in the continental United States from Continental Airlines.

Hard Hit Percentage: CA CARLOS SANTANA - 51 %
Walk Percentage: OF NICK WEGLARZ – 17.6%
On-Base Percentage: CA CARLOS SANTANA - .413

Catcher Carlos Santana led the entire Indians Minor League system in both hard hit percentage and on-base percentage during the 2009 season. Santana hit the ball hard in 51 percent of his at-bats and his on-base percentage of .413 led the Indians Player Development System and was 2nd best in the Eastern League. On the year he hit .290 (124-428) with 88 runs scored, 30 doubles, 2 triples, 21HR and 94RBI in 130 games at AA Akron and was named the Eastern League Most Valuable Player. It marked the 2nd consecutive season he has been named a league MVP as last year he was named the Carolina Legaue MVP. Santana also led the league in slugging percentage (.530) OPS (.943) and walks (90) while ranking 2nd in home runs (23), RBI (97) and on-base percentage (.313) and 3rd in runs scored (91). His 90 walks set a new Aeros club record. Santana was selected to the Eastern League All-Star game and played for the World Team at the Futures Game in St. Louis. Santana was acquired along with RHP John Meloan from the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 26, 2008 in exchange for INF Casey Blake and cash. In five professional seasons he owns a .287 (456-1591) with 306 runs scored, 108 doubles, 12 triples, 60HR and 309RBI in 469 games.

Outfielder Nick Weglarz led the entire Indians Minor League system in walk percentage as he walked in 17.6 percent of his plate appearances (75BB/427 PA) as his 75 walks ranked 2nd most in the Eastern League. In 2009, Weglarz hit .227 (77-339) with 69 runs scored, 17 doubles, 3 triples, 16HR and 65RBI in 105 games at AA Akron as his season was cut short in mid-August due to shin splints. He drew four (4) walks in two different games which set an Aeros club record for walks in a game. Weglarz was the Indians 3rd round selection in the 2005 draft. In five professional seasons he owns a .256 (335-1309) average with 235 runs scored, 76 doubles, 8 triples, 52HR and 202 RBI in 380 games.

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Minor Happenings: Akron Wins Another Title

"Minor Happenings" covers the important developments and news in the Indians farm system. While most of the information in this report is from my own research and through interviews I have conducted with organizational personnel, some information in this report is collected and summarized from the various news outlets that cover each team.

While this may be the last true edition of Minor Happenings this year, the coverage won't end here. Things surely will slow down as the offseason hits, but baseball is very much a year-round sport to follow. I have several player articles to clear out of the queue and I will be posting news updates as they happen all offseason on the Indians Prospect Insider. There are still lots of things to talk about this offseason with roster decisions, the Rule 5 Draft, minor league free agency, and of course my annual scouting reports and ranking of players in the system.

I also will be providing box scores and updates on my site about the Happenings in Instructional League, the Arizona Parallel League, the Arizona Fall League, and all the other winter leagues this offseason.

Don't forget that next week I will be posting my annual Tony Awards. For those new to the piece or who may have forgotten, here are links to the previous editions from 2008, 2007, and 2006.

It was certainly a fun year to follow the Indians future hopefuls, and I hope that my weekly farm report provided some insight into the talent coming in the short and long term. Thanks again for reading!

With that, onto the final Happenings of the season...

Director's Cuts

Indians Director of Player Development Ross Atkins usually fills this section with comments on some players he made in the previous week, but this week we will change things up and go with a little different approach with the Director's Cuts. Director of Scouting John Mirabelli recently made some comments on the draft, their operations in the Dominican Republic, and their process in finding and signing Latin free agents:

On the organization's biggest strength: "We do feel like [our pitching] is a definite area of strength. We have implemented a lot of arms, not only via the trades but our draft this year was very pitching heavy. It also had a power-arm emphasis. You never know with pitching. It is a game of attrition with injuries and developmental timeframes and guys progressing at different rates. You never can have your hands around your pitching, but we do feel right now that is probably an area of strength for us from top to bottom."

On other areas of strength in the organization: "With catching being a premium position I think we are very well situated there for the short term and the long term. And all the flanks in the corners at left, right, first and third I think we are in a pretty good spot in terms of depth and guys close to the big leagues. I think down the road we have some guys who we are excited about with their upside. We are always trying to emphasize and prioritize the priority positions, the guys who can play on the dirt and the middle of the diamond. Some are a little further away than others, but I feel we definitely have some strength in those positions I mentioned."

On working out potential Latin free agent signings: "We have a complex in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. It is sort of our base of operations for everything we do in all of Latin America. Whether it is Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, that's where we work out of with our coaches with our players. We use it not only for the development of our players we have under contract since it is a year round facility, but we also use it whenever we want to work players out. We bring 16-year old prospects that we are thinking of offering a contract to from all over Latin America to that one spot where we can have them interact not only on the field but also off the field with our current players there. It gives us a good basis of comparison to see how they play against guys who are a little older or have been in professional baseball for a year or year and a half. It is also convenience as we can bring the players to that one spot. It is a first class facility where we have multiple diamonds and everything you need to evaluate a player."

On the difference between draft workouts domestically vs. internationally: "The players internationally you can work those guys out and bring them to your academy and pay for all their expenses for up to 30 days in your academy working them out, coaching them, teaching them, and evaluating them. That is part of the deal internationally and every team is free to do that. Domestically it is a whole different story. You are only allowed limited access to players. The players have to come at their own expense and you can only have them for a 48 hour period. It is a much more difficult endeavor to work guys out prior to the draft domestically than it is for international players. We try to see guys in settings in the summer when they are away from their college or away from the high school where you have a little more flexibility and freedom to work players out, but once again, it is always going to be at the player's expense. So you are restricted a little bit in what you can do domestically versus internationally, but then again on the international side there really is no game competition. All we do is basically [conduct] workouts. We do setup games once we get them to the academy, but there are no [showcase games] it is all basically working off the individual workouts that each teams does in their academies."

On projecting such young, undeveloped talent: "Fausto Carmona was there six months before his 16th birthday, and he does not look anything like he does now [compared to] when we first put our eyes on him. I can tell our fans just for comparison sake, when Fausto was there he was probably about 175 pounds. His velocity might have touched 82 MPH with his fastball, but his arm was loose, we could project with his body, and our scouts liked the way his arm worked and the way he threw the ball over the plate. [Our scouts] said we'll get this guy in strength and conditioning and a throwing program, and low and behold eight to nine years later he is throwing 94 MPH. So, these guys are far away, they are long projections, and it takes a lot of experience and good scouts who can project down the road to know what you are going to have, but it happens quite a lot."

On the thought of a worldwide draft: "That's a good question. I think the element of beating the bushes and the freedom and creativity that you want your scouts to have, I certainly would not want to lose that. If you are a good organization with a solid scouting department internationally you feel you can beat some people by out scouting them. That's something we don't want to take away from our guys as we feel that is one of our strengths. On the other hand the bonuses are astronomical right now. What is happening with most of the players is their agents are taking them to the big dollar teams. So you are kind of losing that ability to out scout people because the agents are involved and they are sort of delivering them to the big market teams and they can outbid us. I am not sure if I am for a pure international draft, but I am for some kind of clearing house where you register the players, you register the agents, and this guy is who he says he is and the agent is who he says he is, and those guys all go into a pool and they are eligible to sign with any team. I think that is something that can make things a lot more efficient than it is right now."

Congrats To Akron

Congratulations go out again to the Double-A Akron Aeros for winning the 2009 Eastern League Championship. A minor league title may not be considered a big deal to the casual fan, but these guys really wanted that win and they were more than deserving of it after they dominated the Eastern League from wire to wire this year this season.

After a tough 8-7 loss last Friday - their first loss in almost three weeks - Akron came back on Saturday night to win convincingly 10-6 in a game that wasn't as close as the final score indicated. They won the best-of-five series against Connecticut three games to one. It was Akron's third title in franchise history (2003, 2005) and in each case they have celebrated the championship win in front of the home fans at Canal Park. Several videos and pictures are posted on the Indians Prospect Insider showing the celebration on the field and in the clubhouse.

Akron always has a strong team, and that has shown itself with some of the success the big league club has had from 2005-2007. This was arguably the most talented and deepest Akron roster in a long time, if not ever, as they really had no weakness to speak of with a potent lineup, deep rotation, and dominating bullpen. Over half of these players should see major league action at some point in the near future, so it will be exciting to see what kind of impact they have in Cleveland or with another organization.

Head Of The Class

Left-fielder Jerad Head took home MVP honors for his outstanding performance in the 2009 Eastern League Playoffs. In seven games he piled up eight extra base hits and knocked in nine runs while hitting .345 with a 1.065 OPS. He finished the postseason as the leader in doubles, extra base hits, and RBI, so it was only fitting for him to win the award. His strong playoff performance piggybacked a very good regular season where he hit .282 with 6 HR, 47 RBI, and .782 OPS in 98 games.

Head has made quite a journey through the Indians system. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Washburn University (KS) in 2005, and since that time has worked his way up through the system and has really found a niche with the organization as a super utility player. The 6-foot-1, 205-pounder played many different positions this year, getting time in at left field, center field, right field, first base, second base, and third base. The only two non-pitching positions he did not play were shortstop and catcher, but he worked at both of those positions in spring training the past two years and is considered an emergency option at both of those positions.

The only thing Head lacks as a utility player is speed, though he is very athletic. He also does not switch hit, but he has proven over the past few seasons he has a consistent approach at the plate whether he is facing a left-handed pitcher or right-handed pitcher. With his ability to handle every role on the field, he has value as a utility player. With his bat starting to do some talking, he should open the 2010 season in Triple-A Columbus in the same role and who knows, if he keeps it up he could get a shot with the big league club sometime next season.

Barnes & Noble

Left-handed starter Scott Barnes was impressive in the series clincher on Saturday night. He only went five innings, but it was easily his best start since joining Akron five weeks earlier on August 12th. In five innings of work, he limited Connecticut to two unearned runs on two hits, three walks, and struck out seven batters.

Barnes set the tone right from the start, had a little bit of extra life with his fastball, and his secondary stuff was great all night as just about every one of his seven strikeouts came off his breaking ball and changeup. It was really an excellent outing considering he was also coming off an 11-day layoff, but he showed no signs of rust and the tenacity he displayed on the mound is exactly what the Indians liked when they traded Ryan Garko for him back in late July.

In an odd twist of fate, the Connecticut team Barnes was facing is also the San Francisco Giants Double-A affiliate, so he was pitching against a lot of former teammates and friends. It is quite possible that had he not been traded he would have been in the other dugout pitching against Akron in the series.

Playoff Stats

Here are the final playoff stats for short-season Single-A Mahoning Valley and Double-A Akron:

Akron Hitters
	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Arnal, Cristo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Chisenhall, Lonnie	30	7	14	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	.467	.500	.533	1.033
Constanza, Jose	31	6	10	2	0	0	6	1	7	1	.323	.353	.387	.740
Drennen, John	29	6	11	1	0	2	5	1	2	0	.379	.400	.621	1.021
Goedert, Jared	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Head, Jerad	29	7	10	6	2	0	9	2	6	0	.345	.375	.690	1.065
McBride, Matt	28	5	9	2	0	1	1	3	7	0	.321	.424	.500	.924
Mills, Beau	30	6	8	3	0	2	8	2	7	0	.267	.333	.567	.900
Rivero, Carlos	27	6	8	1	0	0	5	4	5	0	.296	.387	.333	.720
Rodriguez, Josh	32	5	12	4	0	1	8	2	5	2	.375	.429	.630	1.022
Santana, Carlos	27	7	8	0	0	3	7	5	4	0	.296	.424	.630	1.054

Akron Pitchers
	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	BAA
Barnes, Scott	1	1	0	0	0.00	5.0	2	2	0	0	3	7	1.00	.118
Berger, Eric	2	1	1	0	6.75	8.0	9	8	6	0	4	10	1.63	.281
Gomez, Jeanmar	2	1	0	0	2.45	11.0	12	3	3	1	4	8	1.45	.273
Judy, Josh	3	0	0	2	10.80	3.1	6	4	4	0	0	4	1.80	.375
Putnam, Zach	3	1	0	0	0.00	4.1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.46	.143
Smith, Carlton	3	0	0	0	4.76	5.2	8	5	3	0	3	3	1.94	.320
Stiller, Erik	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0.82	.231
Tomlin, Josh	2	2	0	0	1.93	14.0	8	4	3	1	0	15	0.57	.160
Wagner, Neil	4	0	0	0	4.50	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	3	1.25	.250
Wright, Steven	3	0	0	0	4.50	4.0	3	2	2	0	3	2	1.50	.200

Mahoning Valley Hitters
	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Aponte, Juan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Brito, Jesus	19	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	.158	.200	.211	.411
Carlson, Ben	16	1	7	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	.438	.438	.563	1.001
Chen, Chun-Hsiu	14	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	.214	.214	.500	.714
Folgia, Greg	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.083	.154	.083	.237
Frawley, Casey	16	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	.125	.176	.188	.364
Henry, Jordan	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
Kipnis, Jason	17	2	4	0	0	2	3	4	6	1	.235	.381	.588	.969
Martinez, Argenis	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	.222	.333	.222	.556
Montero, Moises	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Palincsar, Tim	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Smit, Jason	14	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286	.375	.357	.732
Vera, Rafael	10	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	.300	.300	.600	.900

Mahoning Valley Pitchers
	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	BAA
Adams, Austin	2	0	1	0	10.80	3.1	2	4	4	0	4	1	1.80	.154
Brach, Brett	1	0	1	0	4.50	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	3	1.50	.333
Burns, Cory	2	1	0	1	0.00	4.1	2	0	0	0	1	5	0.69	.133
Cook, Clayton	2	1	0	0	0.84	10.2	6	1	1	0	1	9	0.66	.167
Fonseca, Guido	2	0	0	1	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.50	.143
Hubbard, Antwonie	2	0	0	0	2.08	4.1	3	1	1	1	0	7	0.69	.188
Johnson, Jeremy	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.00	.333
Kirk, Nick	1	0	0	0	9.00	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	.250
Nuno, Vidal	3	1	0	0	1.13	8.0	6	1	1	0	1	7	0.88	.194
Packer, Matt	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	.333
Popham, Marty	1	0	0	0	3.60	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	5	1.00	.200
Sturdevant, Tyler	3	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	3	1.50	.250

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Instructional League Recap: 9/22 & 9/24

Yesterday I posted the box score from the second day of games in the Instructional League going on currently in Goodyear, Arizona. I was able to get a copy of the box score to the first game from Tuesday 9/22.

Also, the new Arizona Parallel League has started. This is a new league which was thrown together this year to provide an opportunity for clubs to get in extra work for players and runs in conjunction with the Instructional League and Arizona Fall League (which starts up in three weeks). This league was put together at the last minute this year after major league baseball pulled out of the Hawaii Winter League, though should become an official league next fall. You'll notice that only a handful of players are shown in the box score, and it is my understanding that players from four organizations make up the teams and lineups, so the Indians will always makeup half of the lineup and pitching staff each outing.

Tuesday 9/22 Instructional League Box Score

Player Name	POS	INN	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
1. Cid, Delvi	CF	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Sub Fedroff, Tim	CF	4	2	1	2	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-
2. Phelps, Cord	2B/DH	9	5	4	-	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
3. Kipnis, Jason	LF	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Greenwell, Bo	LF	4	3	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
4. Recknagel, Nate	1B	9	5	5	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
5. Tice, Jeremie	3B	9	4	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
6. Sanchez, Karexon	SS/2B	9	4	4	1	1	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-
7. Webb, Donnie	RF	9	4	4	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
8. Rivas, Ronald	DH/SS	9	4	4	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
9. Perez, Roberto	CA	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Sub Chen, Chun	CA	4	2	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
10. Folgia, Greg	DH	9	4	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	--	90	44	37	9	11	4	1	3	9	5	5	1	0	1
Pitchers	TP	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TBF	FPS	Hi	Avg	REL
1. De La Cruz, Kelvin	34	-	-	-	2.0	3	-	-	1	1	8	4	89	88	1.38
2. Bryson, Rob	17	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	93	92	-
3. Rosario, Gregorio	13	-	-	-	1.0	1	-	-	-	1	4	1	91	89	1.31
4. Frias, Santo	33	-	-	-	2.0	2	-	-	1	3	9	4	96	94	1.30
5. Turek, Travis	39	-	-	-	1.2	1	1	-	2	1	8	4	92	91	1.30
6. Jimenez, Francisco	19	-	-	-	1.1	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	89	87	1.28

Thursday 9/24 Arizona Parallel League Box Score

Player Name	POS	INN	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
1. Brown, Matt	RF	5	4	4	1	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
2. Mills, Beau	1B	9	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
3. Fedroff, Tim	LF	9	3	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4. Castillo, Alex	CA	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
5. Davis, Adam	DH	5	3	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-
Totals	--	33	17	16	1	5	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0
Pitchers	TP	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TBF	FPS	Hi	Avg	REL
1. Jones, Chris	53	-	-	-	3.0	1	-	-	-	6	11	3	91	88	-
2. Pontius, Michael	44	-	-	-	1.2	2	1	1	4	1	11	9	93	91	-

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No Smoke Signals Tonight

Just an FYI, but there will be no Smoke Signals tonight. Paul and I are at the Indians game tonight, so are unable to host the show. We will be back next week (Oct 1st) and start season wrap up on the big league team and hand out some minor league awards.

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Indians Begin Housecleaning Of 40-man Roster

Today the Indians outrighted LHP Zach Jackson, LHP Rich Rundles, and LHP RJ Swindle from the 40-man roster and placed them onto the Triple-A Columbus roster. The 40-man roster is now at 36 players, with RHP Jake Westbrook and RHP Anthony Reyes still not included as they are still on the 60-day DL.

This is just the first of several more moves that will be made in the coming days to clear space on the 40-man roster this offseason, where the Indians could end up with as many as seven to eight open spots to add players from their farm system or via trade/free agency.

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Instructional League Recap: 9/23

I don't know how often I will be able to post these, but here is the box score from yesterday's Instructional League game versus Texas (September 23^rd):

Player Name	POS	INN	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
1. Fedroff, Tim	CF	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Cid, Delvi	CF	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2. Phelps, Cord	2B	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
3. Kipnis, Jason	RF	9	4	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4. Recknagel, Nate	1B	9	4	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
5. Tice, Jeremie	3B	5	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Sub Brito, Jesus	3B	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6. Rivas, Ronald	SS/DH	9	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1
7. Greenwell, Bo	LF	5	2	2	1	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Webb, Donnie	LF	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8. Sanchez, Karexon	DH/SS	9	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
9. Pickens, Doug	CA	5	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Folgia, Gregory	DH	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10. Chen, Chun	DH/CA	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Totals	--	90	36	25	4	6	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	2
Pitchers	TP	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TBF	FPS	Hi	Avg	REL
1. Popham, Marty	64	-	-	-	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	18	10	90	89	1.20
2. Stowell, Bryce	33	-	-	-	2.0	3	2	1	1	2	10	3	90	87	1.40
3. Salazar, Danny	37	-	-	-	2.0	3	2	2	3	0	12	4	91	89	1.25

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