2021 Cleveland Guardians top 10 centerfield prospects
As we continue to rank the 2021 top 10 Cleveland Guardians prospects by position, we look at the top 10 centerfield prospects. These are either current centerfielders in the organization […]
2021 Cleveland farm system best tools – outfield defense
We’re down to three categories left in the 2021 Cleveland Guardians farm system best tools series. Two of them are in the defensive category and today’s tool rating is best […]
IBI 2021 Rookie prospect of the year
Image: (Tim Phillis – TCP Photography) This award is a little interesting in 2021. There wasn’t a 2020 season to see the 2020, and in some cases, the 2019 prospect […]
Hillcats notebook 9/24/21: Awards season
It was a tough end of the year for the Hillcats as pitching kind of ran dry with young players gassed at the season’s finish line on each end of […]
Hillcats notebook 8/26/21: Halpin continues offensive outburst; offense gets new blood
A strong performance against Kannapolis this week helped get Lynchburg back over the +/- run differential column at eight. That was after taking one on the chin vs Salem last […]
Around the Farm 7/17/21: Bryan stays as hot as Lava; Cleveland’s two DSL squads face-off
Scoreboard Triple-A: St. Paul Saints 8, Columbus Clippers 0Double-A: Akron RubberDucks 2, Harrisburg Senators 0 (Suspended, Top 2 – Rain)High-A: Lansing Lugnuts 7, Lake County Captains 6Single-A: Fredericksburg Nationals 11, […]
Around The Farm 7/16/21: Naranjo’s four hit night leads Captains to win
Scoreboard Triple-A – Columbus Clippers 5, St. Paul Saints 3Double-A – Harrisburg Senators 10, Akron RubberDucks 4High-A – Lake County Captains 13, Lansing Lugnuts 9Low-A – Lynchburg Hillcats 6, Fredericksburg […]
Hillcats notebook 7.8.21: Halpin arrives, but more help is needed, and could be on the way
The Hillcats had a rough stretch vs Delmarva once again getting shutout twice and having two rainouts in the process. Inconsistent pitching and not having enough lineup threats has derailed […]
Hillcats notebook 6/24-6/30: Espino sets career high in K’s; two key hitters still out with injuries
Earlier in June when Lynchburg Hillcats hosted the Salem Red Sox, the Hillcats dropped four of six of the contests. Fast forward to the end of the month, the two […]
Getting Ready to Tear Up the ACL: 2021 ACL Indians Preview
It has been quite some time since the Arizona League Indians last played a game going back to when the AZL Indians Blue lost the 2019 championship on August 30th […]
2021 IBI Prospect Reports: #22 OF Petey Halpin
Age (Majority 2021 season): 19Bats: Left; Throws: RightHeight: 6’; Weight: 185Acquired: Draft – 3rd round – 2020Rule 5 eligible: 2024 Background & Info – 2020 status: Drafted in the Third […]
2020 IBI Top 51 prospect “mid-season” rankings: 20-16
The purpose of re-ranking our Top 50 Indians prospect list at mid-season is to factor in new draft picks and evaluate how prospects are doing at the midway point of […]
Throwing pennies and getting stronger pays off for Petey Halpin
A raging national pandemic took what statistically was the sport easiest to get drafted into among all US sports leagues, Major League Baseball, and turned its normal 40 round draft […]
Indians 2020 MLB Draft Signings
On Friday, June 26th the Indians announced the signings of three of their six selections in the 2020 MLB Draft. Presumably, the remaining three players will be soon to follow. […]
Petey Halpin’s high school coach sees competitive player excited about being drafted by Cleveland
While he only played five official games at Mira Costa High School, Mustangs coach Keith Ramsey did get to know Petey Halpin, the Indians third-round pick (95th overall), pretty well. […]