Diamonds in the Rough 2021: RHP Nate Ocker
Name: Nate Ocker Position: RHRP Height: 6’0″ Weight: 190 lbs Throws: R Team: A+ Lake County Captains 2019 stats: 18.0 IP, 31 K, 4 BB, 1.50 ERA, 1.22 WHIP Facts […]
RubberDucks Game Report 6/6/21: ‘Ducks shutout, Lingos getting scan after being hit with line drive
Image: Accent Images/Courtesy Akron RubberDucks Erie SeaWolves 6, Akron RubberDucks 0 After a frightening hit to the head by a 110 MPH line drive, Eli Lingos was responsive and able […]
Captains Game Report 6/6/21: Batterymates Donovan, Hickman key in blowout win
Image: TCP Photography/Courtesy Lake County Captains Lake County Captains 14, Dayton Dragons 4 The Lake County Captains beat the Dayton Dragons emphatically on the afternoon of June 6th. Lake County […]
RubberDucks Game Report 6/5/21: Crooked numbers offensively push Akron past Erie
Akron RubberDucks 8, Erie SeaWolves 5 W: Juan Hillman (3-1) L: Mark Leiter Jr (1-3) S: Nick Mikolajchak (4) The Erie SeaWolves struck first in the game with a pair […]
RubberDucks Game Report 6/4/21: Call stays red hot with a pair of homers in double-header
Game 1: Erie SeaWolves 8, Akron RubberDucks 2 Game 2: Akron RubberDucks 6, Erie SeaWolves 0 Alex Call continued a red-hot start to this series with a pair of homeruns, […]
Captains Report 6/4/21: Burns, Brennan slay Dragons
Image: Courtesy Lake County Captains Lake County Captains (14-14) 8, Dayton Dragons (15-12) 4 The Lake County Captains seemed to have left the previous seven-game losing streak behind them as […]
IBI 2021 MLB mock draft 2.0
IBI 2021 MLB Mock Draft 1.0 The 2021 MLB Draft will be held on July 11-13th. This year’s version of the draft will be reduced to 20 rounds. As the […]
Captains Game Report 6/3/21: Brennan, pitching helps Captains snap six-game skid with double-header sweep of Dragons
Image: TCP Photography (Courtesy Lake County Captains) Lake County 6, Dayton Dragons 3 – Game 1 Lake County 1, Dayton Dragons 0 – Game 2 Over its previous seven games, […]
Justin’side Baseball: Injuries hitting Cleveland’s system hard may complicate roster decisions
Thanks for reading Justin’side’ Baseball,’ a new column including thoughts on Cleveland baseball mostly, but will occasionally venture into other parts of baseball. My goal is to write two of […]
Clippers game report 5/30/21: Moss returns to mound but Columbus swept by Nashville
Nashville 9, Columbus 3 Scott Moss returned to the mound today for the first time since May 20, when he left his start in the third inning with an apparent […]
Clippers game report 5/27/21: Walks and offense come back to haunt Columbus in loss
Nashville Sounds 11, Columbus Clippers 0 The age-old adage of ‘If you give an inch, they’ll take a mile’ has lived through its meaning. The Nashville Sounds heard the wisdom […]
Clippers Game Report 5/26/21: Zimmer homers, bullpen dominant but Clippers fall short
Nashville Sounds 6, Columbus Clippers 5 Cleveland signed RHP Kevin Herget to a minor league deal this week, and he got the start Wednesday night in place of Triston McKenzie. […]
Clippers Game Report 5/25/21: Sounds quiet Clippers behind Wade LeBlanc’s six shutout innings
Image: Courtesy Columbus Clippers Nashville Sounds 8, Columbus Clippers 2 For the first time since 1991, the Columbus Clippers met the Nashville Sounds in the regular season. The two teams […]
Diamonds in the Rough 2021: INF Jordan Brown
Name: Jordan BrownPosition: 3BTeam: Extended Spring TrainingAge: 19Height: 6’3″ Weight: 185 lbsBats: RightThrows: Right2019 Stats (AZL): .123/.321/.154, 84 PA, 2 2B, 2 SB, 15 BB, 32 K Facts & Info Jordan […]
RubberDucks Game Report 5/23/21: Rivera collects four hits, Hillman shuts down Reading
Photo: Lindsay Carico/Lynchburg Hillcat (MiLB.com) Akron RubberDucks 13, Reading Fightin Phils 1 Playing in just his fifth game of the season, Mike Rivera collected four hits, two 2B’s, and three […]