Minor League Opening Night 5/4/21 (& 1st week games)

[MadThinker88]

More news from Indians Prospective Twitter:

Note: MiLB website already has Akron postponed tomorrow for inclement weather. Doesn't look good for Columbus or Lake County either. Lynchburg should be fine.

#Indians MiLB affiliate starters for Sunday
Columbus - LHP Kirk McCarty
Akron - PPD
Lake County - RHP Mason Hickman (Pro-Debut)
Lynchburg - RHP Lenny Torres Jr.
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MT88 Note: With Hickman & Torres getting starts, it appears High A & Low A are going with 6 man rotations. Kirk McCarty would be getting his 2nd start of the season (both in this series vs Louisville) so Columbus appears to be 5 man at this point. No way of knowing Akron yet (postponement & starter not announced).

 

[MadThinker88]

Sunday Updates..

Columbus was indeed postponed.

Lake County lost to Lansing 5-2.

Lynchburg continues to roll, winning again 8-4.

I would classify the starts of Hickman and Torres as struggles but neither was a disaster.

CLE affiliates go 18-4 in week 1.
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Full standings (in a new thread) will be posted on Monday but CLE will have the top spot.

NY Yanks are close at 18-6 during week 1. Texas & Baltimore had good showing as well.

The basement belongs to Washington.. 3-21 during week 1. St. Louis & Colorado with very poor showings as well.

 

[MadThinker88]

Even More Interesting stats via Indians Prospective Twitter:

#Indians MiLB leaders (Saves) after 1st week of the season. Blake Parker (Columbus) 2 Kevin Kelly (Lake County) 2 D.J. Johnson (Columbus) 1 Daritzon Feliz (Lynchburg) 1	#Indians MiLB leaders (Strikeouts) after 1st week of the season. Jaime Arias (Lynchburg) 9 Dakody Clemmer (Akron) 8 Logan T. Allen (Lake County) 8 Francisco Perez (Akron) 7 Thomas Ponticelli (Lake County/Akron) 7 Josh Wolf (Lynchburg) 7
#Indians affiliates Columbus - 44.0(IP) 34H 14ER 27BB 44SO 2.86 ERA Akron - 45.0(IP) 30H 9ER 27BB 55SO 1.80 ERA Lake County - 43.0(IP) 35H 14ER 17BB 42SO 2.93 ERA Lynchburg - 45.0(IP) 24H 11ER 19BB 67SO 2.20 ERA Totals - 177.0(IP) 123H 48ER 90BB 208SO 2.44 ERA #PitchingFactory

 

[thestatman]

Looking at the Hillcats batting averages....they look like the averages that would be posted for a really good beer league softball team.