Diamonds in the Rough: MIF Ike Freeman
Name: Ike Freeman Position: 2B/3B/SS Team: A Lake County Age: 22 Height: 5’10” Weight: 199 lbs Bats: R Throws: R 2019 Stats (AZL & A): .176/.250/.204, 33 PA, 0 HR, […]
Diamonds in the Rough: OF Quentin Holmes
Name: Quentin Holmes Position: CF Team: A Lake County Age: 20 Height: 6’3″ Weight: 175 lbs Bats: R Throws: R 2019 Stats: .175/.247/.274, 459 PA, 6 HR, 15 2B, 23 […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – June 13
June 13th, 2003 The 2003 season was the first ever for the Lake County Captains as the Indians moved their A ball team out of Columbus and into northeast Ohio. […]
The Two That Got Away
The Indians have been getting better and better at both drafting signable players and bringing them into the organization over the last few years. In fact, since the draft shrunk […]
Diamonds in the Rough: RHP Jordan Jones
Name: Jordan Jones Position: Relief Pitcher Team: AZL Indians Blue Age: 22 Height: 6’2″ Weight: 195 lbs Throws: Right 2019 Stats: 2.17 ERA, 37.1 IP, 9 BB, 45 K, 30 […]
Indians make end of spring cuts on May 30th including some long time Tribesmen
This has unquestionably been the weirdest year of baseball in the history of the sport and, beyond the fight between the players union and ownership, things have essentially been on […]
Diamonds in the Rough: 1B/3B Ulysses Cantu
Name: Ulysses Cantu Position: 1B Team: Lake County Age: 22 Height: 5’11” Weight: 220 lbs Bats: R Throws: R 2019 Stats (AZL, SS & A): .193/.343/.313, 104 PA. 1 HR,7 […]
Diamonds in the Rough: 1B Michael Cooper
Name: Michael Cooper Position: 1B Team: Mahoning Valley Scrappers Age: 20 Height: 6’5″ Weight: 180 lbs Bats: Left Throws: Right 2019 Stats: .238/.295/.336, 245 PA, 29 R, 29 RBI, 11 […]
Diamonds in the Rough: INF/OF Will Bartlett
Name: Will Bartlett Position: 1B/LF Team: AZL Indians Red Age: 19 Height: 6’3″ Weight: 215 lbs Bats: R Throws: R 2019 Stats: .268/.386/.379, 184 PA. 2 SB, 21 R, 12 […]
2020 Diamonds in the Rough: RHP Matt Waldron
This is a popular feature piece here at the IBI that specifically looks at some of the prospects that have maybe not had as much attention they deserve for a […]
How the Five Round Draft Could Affect the AZL
Things have been pretty wild all across baseball since the 2019 World Series ended from the Astros cheating scandal to the potential removal of 42 minor league teams and, most […]
Five Year Draft Review: Looking Back at the Class of 2016
One of my regular yearly features on Burning River Baseball was a look back at the Indians draft from five years prior. I like to look at drafts five years […]
Better Names for the 2020 MLB Teams
While nearly all baseball talk is currently focused on reliving the past or trying to predict when the 2020 season will start and how it will be played, I prefer […]
Burying the Black Sox – Gene Carney
IBI’s Joe Coblitz reviews the book Burying the Black Sox by Gene Carney
Top Late Round Indians Draft Picks Over the Last Decade
The late (possibly never) start for the 2020 Major League Baseball season has already caused many changes throughout the league, but one of the biggest changes looks to be the […]