Cleveland Indians minor league players
Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Cleveland Indians system.
Greg Allen
| Greg Allen | |||
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Born: March 15, 1993 San Diego, California | |||
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Greg Lomack Allen (born March 15, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians organization.
Allen attended Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, California.[1] Allen attended San Diego State University. After playing college baseball for three seasons for the San Diego State Aztecs,[1] the Indians selected him in the sixth round of the 2014 MLB draft. In 2015, he played for the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League[2] In 2016, Allen played for the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, before the Indians promoted Allen to the Akron RubberDucks of the Class AA Eastern League.[3] Allen finished 2016 with a .295 batting average with 7 home runs and 44 RBI's.[4] After the season, the Indians assigned Allen to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Dylan Baker
| Dylan Baker | |||
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| Cleveland Indians – No. 71 | |||
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Born: April 6, 1992 Juneau, Alaska | |||
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Dylan Ford Baker (born April 6, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Baker attended Juneau-Douglas High School in Juneau, Alaska, As a senior in 2010, he was the Gatorade Player of the Year and Louisville Slugger Player of the Year, both of which are given to the best high school baseball player in each state.[5][6]
Baker was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the fifth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.[7] The Indians added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.[8]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Will Benson
| Will Benson | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: June 16, 1998 Atlanta, Georgia | |||
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William Buchanan Benson (born June 16, 1998) is an American baseball outfielder.[9] He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the first round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft [10] out of The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia. Benson spent 2016 with the AZL Indians where he posted a .209 batting average with 6 home runs and 27 RBI's.[11]
Bobby Bradley
| Bobby Bradley | |||
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: May 28, 1996 Gulfport, Mississippi | |||
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Bobby Bradley (born May 29, 1996) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Bradley attended Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, Mississippi.[12]
Bradley was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the third round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.[13][14] He signed with the Indians rather than play college baseball at Louisiana State University.[15] Bradley made his professional debut that season with the Arizona League Indians. He won the Arizona League Triple Crown after leading the league in batting average (.361), home runs (eight) and runs batted in (50).[16] After the season he was named the league's MVP.[17] Following his breakout 2014 season, Bradley spent 2015 with the Lake County Captains where he posted a .269 batting average with 27 home runs and 92 RBI's. Bradley spent 2016 with the Lynchburg Hillcats where he batted .235 with 29 home runs and 102 RBI's.[18]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Mitch Brown
| Mitch Brown | |||
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Born: April 13, 1994 Rochester, Minnesota | |||
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Mitchell Brown (born April 13, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Brown attended Century High School in Rochester, Minnesota.[19] As a senior he was the St. Paul Pioneer Press baseball player of the year.[20] Brown was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the second round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.[21] He signed with the Indians and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Indians. He spent 2013 with the Arizona League Indians and Lake County Captains and spent 2014 with Lake County.[22]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Yu-Cheng Chang
| Yu-Cheng Chang | |||
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| Cleveland Indians | |||
| Shortstop | |||
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Born: August 18, 1995 Taitung City, Taiwan | |||
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Yu-Cheng Chang (born August 18, 1995) is a Taiwanese professional baseball shortstop for the Cleveland Indians organization.
Chang signed with the Indians in 2013 for a $500,000 signing bonus.[23] In 2016, while playing for the Lynchburg Hillcats, Chang was named a Carolina League all-star.[24] Chang finished 2016 with a .259 batting average with 13 home runs and 70 RBI.[25]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Yandy Díaz
| Yandy Díaz | |||
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| Infielder | |||
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Born: August 8, 1991 Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara | |||
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Yandy Díaz Fernandez (born August 8, 1991) is a Cuban professional baseball infielder in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Díaz played for the Naranjas de Villa Clara in the Cuban National Series. He defected from Cuba and signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians in 2013. He played for the Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in 2014.[26] Playing for the Akron Rubberducks of the Class AA Eastern League in 2015, Díaz was named an All-Star.[27] The Indians promoted him to the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League in September,[28] and assigned him to the Arizona Fall League after the 2015 regular season.[29] He began the 2016 season with Akron and was promoted to Columbus. He won the International League Rookie of the Year Award.[30]
His father, Jorge, also defected from Cuba to play professional baseball in the United States. Yandy has not seen his father since he was six years old.[31]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Jeff Johnson
| Jeff Johnson | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: February 9, 1990 Thousand Oaks, California | |||
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Jeff Johnson (born February 9, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Johnson played college baseball at the California Polytechnic State University. After his junior year he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.[32] He signed with the Indians and made his professional debut in 2012 with the Lake County Captains. He also spent time that year with the Carolina Mudcats and spent 2013 with Carolina and the Akron Aeros. Johnson missed the 2014 season recovering from Tommy John surgery.[33] He returned in 2015 to pitch for the Akron RubberDucks.[34]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Tyler Krieger
| Tyler Krieger | |||
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| Cleveland Indians | |||
| Second baseman | |||
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Born: January 16, 1994 Laguna Hills, California | |||
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Tyler Bram Krieger (born January 16, 1994) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Krieger attended Northview High School in Johns Creek, Georgia and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 35th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.[35] He did not sign with the Mariners and attended Clemson University, where he played college baseball.[36] After his junior year, he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the fourth round of the 2015 MLB Draft.[37]
Krieger made his professional debut in 2016 with the Lake County Captains and was promoted to the Lynchburg Hillcats during the season.[38]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Clemson Tigers bio
Josh Martin
| Josh Martin | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: December 30, 1989 Enterprise, Alabama | |||
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Joshua Martin (born December 30, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Martin played college baseball at Samford University. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 25th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and returned to Samford. He was then drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 2012 MLB draft.[39] Martin was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 2015 Rule 5 draft.[40] The Padres returned Martin to the Indians on April 12, 2016.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Triston McKenzie
| Triston McKenzie | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: August 2, 1997 Brooklyn, New York | |||
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Triston Andrew McKenzie (born August 2, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization. He was drafted by the Indians in Lottery Round A in the 2015 MLB draft out of Royal Palm Beach High School in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.[41][42][43] McKenzie spent 2015, his first professional season, with the AZL Indians where he posted a 0.75 ERA in 12 innings pitched. McKenzie began 2016 with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers before being promoted to the Lake County Captains; he posted a combined 1.62 ERA with 104 strikeouts in 83.1 innings pitched between the two teams.[44]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Dorssys Paulino
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| Outfielder / Shortstop | |||
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Born: November 21, 1994 Baní, Peravia, Dominican Republic | |||
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Dorssys Paulino (born November 21, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop and left fielder in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Paulino signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in July 2011.[45] He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Arizona League Indians. He was later promoted to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.[46] Paulino played 2013 with the Lake County Captains.[47] Paulino returned to Lake County in 2014. During the season he was converted into an outfielder.[48][49]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Anthony Santander
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Born: October 19, 1994 Nueva Esparta, Venezuela | |||
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Anthony Roger Santander (born October 19, 1994) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Santander signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in July 2011.[50] He made his professional debut in 2012 for the Arizona League Indians. From 2013 to 2015 he played for the Lake County Captains. He also played in eight games for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in 2015. Santander spent 2016 with the Lynchburg Hillcats[51][52] where he posted a .290 batting average with 20 home runs and 95 RBI's.[53]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Full Triple-A to Rookie League rosters
Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Cleveland Indians.
Triple-A
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Catchers
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Double-A
| Akron RubberDucks roster | ||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Advanced A
| Lynchburg Hillcats roster | ||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
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Class A
| Lake County Captains roster | ||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Designated hitters
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Manager
Coaches
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Short A
| Mahoning Valley Scrappers roster | ||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Designated hitters
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Manager Coaches
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Rookie
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Designated hitters
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Manager
Coaches
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Foreign Rookie
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Designated hitters
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References
- 1 2 Kenney, Kirk. "Former SDSU outfielder Greg Allen shining in minor leagues". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Lake County's Greg Allen a leadoff hitter in the Kenny Lofton mode: Cleveland Indians Class A Report". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ Bournival, Brad. "RubberDucks report: Newcomer Greg Allen gives fans a glimpse of the future". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Greg Allen Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Baker named Gatorade Player of the Year | Juneau Empire – Alaska's Capital City Online Newspaper". juneauempire.com. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ↑ "Louisville Slugger picks Bears' Baker as top player in Alaska". juneauempire.com. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ↑ "How Cleveland Indians pitching prospect Dylan Baker emerged from the Alaskan tundra". cleveland.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Indians add prospect Tyler Naquin to roster". Cleveland Indians. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ↑ "USABaseball.com: News: 18U: Benson hoping to be next two-sport star". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Indians draft OF Will Benson at No. 14". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Will Benson Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ Chris Thomas (April 23, 2014). "Harrison Central slugger, LSU signee Bobby Bradley trying to find groove". Retrieved November 19, 2014.
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- ↑ "Rochester Century's Mitch Brown: The making of a phenom". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Mitch Brown of Rochester is the Pioneer Press baseball player of the year". TwinCities.com. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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- ↑ Jim Massie. "Baseball – Clippers: Lindor's flash kick-started season that produced a title". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Spencer Davies. "RubberDucks third baseman Yandy Diaz establishing himself as one of baseball's top minor-league prospects". www.ohio.com. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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- ↑ Fred Cay. "RubberDucks reliever Jeff Johnson, back from Tommy John elbow surgery, is as good as ever". www.ohio.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
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|title=at position 11 (help) - ↑ Brenner, Aaron. "Clemson's Krieger eager to return". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Erwin, Krieger lead Tiger selections on Day 2 of draft". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Francisco Mejia, Tyler Krieger promoted after Lake County Captains beat Great Lakes". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Samford pitcher Josh Martin selected by Cleveland in the 10th round of the MLB Draft". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Cleveland Indians lose reliever Josh Martin to San Diego Padres in Rule 5 Draft". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ South Florida Sun-Sentinel (June 7, 2015). "Park Vista's Smith, RPB's McKenzie could go on Day 1 of MLB draft". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Mound rivals Triston McKenzie, Austin Smith share draft dream". pbgametime.com. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Big games, big summer looming for Royal Palm Beach's McKenzie – Sun Sentinel". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. March 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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- ↑ "Lake County Captains: Dorssys Paulino picking up outfield play, improving at plate". news-herald.com. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Shortstops are Cleveland Indians' best prospects (Speaking of Sports)". morningjournal.com. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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- ↑ "Cleveland Indians prospect Anthony Santander continues hot start for Mahoning Valley Scrappers - MiLB.com News - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Lynchburg Hillcats Weekly: Cleveland Indians Minor League Report 2016 (video)". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Santander Breaks Through For Indians - BaseballAmerica.com". August 17, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
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