Akron Air Raid: Miller Returns, Fedroff's Streak Ends

Photo Credit - MILB/Akron Aeros The Aeros returned home for their longest home stand of the season. Eight games, against two teams, the Aeros played two four game sets against Harrisburg and Richmond, two teams they've yet to face this season. Harrisburg is the current Western Division leader in the Eastern League and Richmond is with Akron and Altoona in the middle cluster. The series against Richmond proved to have no separation as the two teams split, while Harrisburg...

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Smoke Signals 5/31: Holiday Hangover Edition

Weather, sickness, and the holidays resulted in Paul Cousineau and I cancelling "Smoke Signals" last week and delaying the show this week, but we are back on the cyberwaves tonight for some Cleveland Indians baseball talk in another edition of "Smoke Signals" from 11:00 - 11:30 p.m. EST. Tonight we will talk about the struggles of late for the Cleveland Indians where everything seems to be going bad at once, which is showing in their record the last...

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Around the Farm: 5/30

(photo: Lake County)  Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game. Kyle Landis, RP, Akron: 3 IP, 4 K, S (1): Kinston starter Clayton Cook and relief pitcher Kyle Landis combined to pitch a one-hitter yesterday.  While Cook was extremely good, Landis was perfect.  What's most impressive about his appearance...

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Game Recaps 5/30: Clayton Cooks Wilmington

Clayton Cook (photo: Tony Lastoria)  Cook Keeps K-Tribe Hot Kinston put it all together from the mound and the plate, beating Wilmington 9-1 Monday afternoon in Kinston. The K-Tribe (25-24) has now won 11 of their last 13 games and are just 4 ½ games behind first place Myrtle Beach. Clayton Cook (5-3) had another great outing, carrying a no hitter into the sixth inning. Cook gave up just one hit and one run in six innings. He walked four and struck out five. Cook's...

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The K-Tribe Chronicle: Winning with smoke and mirrors

(Photo: Kinston Indians) From the Reservation: The Kinston Indians are winning ballgames.  Sometimes, you just can't question the how, or the why baseball teams win, and this seems to be that kind of instance. The Kinston offense, while finally starting to score runs, is still clearly one of the worst in the league.  The Kinston pitching, while better than their offensively challenged counterparts, aren't exactly blowing the league up with anything overpowering...

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50 Games: The Good, the Bad, the Future

Chris Perez and the Indians are off to ascreaming start. (Photo: AP)Please welcome new site columnist Kevin Dean to the fold. He will be writing about the Cleveland Indians and other topics throughout the season.The Indians are officially four games away from being a third of the way through the regular season (no worries about any more rain outs over that span - four straight dome games!), but 50 is a more practical number than 54, so let us take a look at what we have...

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Game Recaps 5/29: Blair a witch for Lake County

Kyle Blair (Photo: Lianna Holub) Enoy your Memorial Day everyone, and be sure to pay homage to all those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Blair Beats WhiteCaps 3-1 Kyle Blair tossed six scoreless innings and struck out a career high nine on Sunday afternoon at Classic Park for his third win of the season. Lake County defeated West Michigan 3-1 in front of 3,408 fans. The Captains took the lead in the bottom half of the first inning, taking advantage...

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Tribe Happenings: White injury should be cause for concern

Indians talented pitcher Alex White could beout longer than expected. (Photo: AP) Some news, notes, and thoughts from my Indians notebook… Whiteout The Indians suffered a big blow last weekend when right-handed pitcher Alex White sprained the middle finger of his pitching hand. He was immediately placed on the 15-day disabled list and is expected to miss up to six to eight weeks to recover from the injury. He will not throw a ball for four weeks and no surgery will be...

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Around the Farm: May 28

T. Sturdevant Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game. Tyler Sturdevant-RP, Kinston: W (3), 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K Sturdevant took over for Jones and ultimately kept the team in the game long enough for the offense to put up a three spot. He went four scoreless and was rewarded with an offensive comeback that earned...

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Game Recaps 5/28: Guilmet saves series win for K-Tribe

Guilmet (photo: Tony Lastoria)  K-Tribe Takes Rubber Match With Dash Kinston's bullpen pitched a beauty, as the K-Tribe took down Winston-Salem 5-2 Saturday night at Historic Grainger Stadium. With the win the K-Tribe takes the three game series from Winston-Salem, the fourth straight series win for the Indians. Kinston (24-24) is 10-2 in their last 12 games and just ½ game behind Salem for second place in the Southern Division. Kinston starter Toru Murata was taken...

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Miller, Goedert promoted

The Indians have promoted High-A Kinston right-handed pitcher Adam Miller to Double-A Akron.  In eight appearances with Kinston he went 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA (11.0 IP, 8 H, 5 BB, 14 K).  Infielder Jared Goedert moved on in his Major League rehab assignment as he was reassigned from Akron to Triple-A Columbus.  In eight games with Akron he hit .276 with 3 HR, 9 RBI, and a 1.044 OPS. Follow Tony and the Indians Prospect Insider on Twitter @TonyIPI. Also, his...

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2011 Mock Draft: Take 3

Alex Meyer (Photo: AP) We are just a little over a week until the draft, and this year seems to be the draft where no one wants to claim the top spot. It's been up in the air all year and no one seems to be cementing their hold. This will be my first complete mock draft this year. For this mock I am sticking with projected picks, not who I think should go or who is the best player available.  I will get out one final mock the day of the draft, but until then...

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