Third baseman Goedert, beginning Tuesday night on a 20-game hitting streak and batting .344 with some power production, has regained his status as a solid prospect after batting .224 in an injury-riddled 2009 season at Akron.
Akron's Jared Goedert has been one of the Eastern League's best hitters this season.FARM REPORT
AAA Columbus Clippers
Tonight's game: Louisville (24-28) at Clippers (33-20), 6:35. Bats LHP Aroldis Chapman (5-2, 3.55) vs. Clippers RHP Josh Tomlin (5-1, 2.23).
Notes: Bats starter Chapman, 22, defected from Cuba last July and signed a six-year, $30.25 million free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds....LF Jordan Brown, who has had two stays on the disabled list (knee, back), went into Tuesday night's game batting .322 (19-for-59) this season, with seven doubles, one triple, one home run and 19 RBI. The left-handed hitting Brown, who led the IL with a .336 average last season, was 10-for-17 (.588) against left-handed pitchers, with four doubles, a triple, three walks and no strikeouts.... OF Jose Constanza was batting .347 (41-for-118) with five doubles, two triples, one home run and 25 runs, but did not have enough plate appearances to qualify among the International League's batting leaders....Catcher Carlos Santana was leading the league in walks (40) and on-base percentage (.450), third in RBI (43), fourth in slugging percentage (.565) and sixth in homers (10) and batting average (.315)....IF Brian Buscher was batting .367 (11-for-30) with three doubles and a homer in his last 10 games....LHP Francisco Jimenez was transferred to Columbus from Lake County on Sunday after going 5-1 with a 3.90 ERA as a reliever for the Captains, fanning 27 in 30 innings. Jimenez gave up six runs (five earned) in 1 2/3 innings as the Clippers lost to Louisville, 16-2, on Monday....In that seven-inning game that concluded a doubleheader, Buscher pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning....LHP Aaron Laffey, sent by the Indians to Columbus on Sunday, is scheduled to start for the Clippers at Indianapolis on Friday night.
AA Akron Aeros
Tonight's game: Erie (25-26) at Aeros (21-30), 7:05. Seawolves RHP Brooks Brown (3-2, 4.55) vs. Aeros LHP Nick Hagadone (0-0, 0.00).
Notes: Hagadone, a top prospect acquired from the Boston organization in the Victor Martinez trade last July, made his debut at Akron after going 1-3 with a 2.39 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings at Advanced A Kinston....3B Jared Goedert went into Tuesday night's game on a 20-game batting streak, during which he was 26-for-71 (.366) with 10 doubles and four homers. He had homered in three straight games and was third in the Eastern League with a .344 batting average....2B Cord Phelps (.303) was 16-for-41 (.390) with runners in scoring position....IF Lonnie Chisenhall (.278) was 6-for-12 with one homer, six runs and three RBI in his last three games...RHP Paolo Espino (5-2, 3.78) is 4-1 with a 2.48 ERA in his last five starts, striking out 21 and allowing 21 hits in 36 1/3 innings....RHP Alex White is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in two starts for Akron since being promoted from Advanced A Kinston. White, the Indians' first-round draft pick last June, has struck out four, walked three and given up nine hits in 13 innings.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Tonight's game: Wilmington (22-29) at Indians (28-23), 7:00. Blue Rocks LHP John Lamb (1-1, 1.50) vs. Indians RHP Joseph Mahalic (1-0, 4.44).
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, the Indians had won 18 of their last 23 games....OF Jordan Henry was leading the Carolina League with a .476 on-base percentage and was third with a .342 batting average. He had six multi-hit games among his last eight outings and had 12 stolen bases in 13 tries....IF Kyle Bellows (.279) was hitting.349 (15-for-43) with three doubles, two triples, one homer and 10 RBI over his last 10 games... RHP Rob Bryson (2-0, 1.69) had struck out 20 batters and allowed one hit -- a home run -- and two walks in his first six games with Kinston, spanning 10 2/3 innings....LHP T.J. McFarland has pitched at least five innings in each of his last eight appearances -- the first three of them in relief and the last five as a starter -- and allowed two or fewer runs in seven of them. He was leading the Carolina League with a 1.78 ERA, fanning 34 and allowing 46 hits and 10 walks in 55 2/3 innings. His six wins were tied for the league lead....RHP Cory Burns had five saves in five opportunities with the Indians, making him 17-of-17 including his time at Lake County. Burns had pitched 5 2/3 innings for Kinston, allowing no runs on two hits and no walks, with nine strikeouts. Including his time at Lake County, Burns was 0-0 with a 1.73 ERA, striking out 34 in 21 1/3 innings while yielding 15 hits, no homers and five walks.
A Lake County Captains
Tonight's game: Beloit (26-25) at Captains (33-18), 7:00. Snappers RHP Tom Stuifbergen (4-0, 1.09) vs. Captains RHP Brett Brach (0-1, 4.50).
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, OF Bo Greenwell was tied for fifth in the Midwest League with a .328 batting average and catcher Chun Chen was seventh at .323....Chen was tied for third in slugging percentage (.546). He hit .400 (32-for-80) with eleven doubles, three triples, two homers and 15 RBI in 23 games in May....3B Jeremie Tice (.271) was tied for second in the league with 37 RBI....RHP Trey Haley (4-1, 3.65) is 4-1 with a 2.56 ERA in his last seven starts, striking out 31 and yielding 26 hits in 38 2/3 innings....RHP Austin Adams (2-2, one save, 2.90) is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his last five games, including three starts. In 21 innings, he struck out 27, gave up 12 hits and walked four.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Tonight's game: River City at Crushers (3-6), 7:05. Rascals TBA vs. Crushers RHP Mike Raymond (0-1, 3.00).
Notes: The Crushers defeated the Rascals, 3 games to 2, to win the 2009 Frontier League Championship Series in their first season....Going into Tuesday night's game, catcher Joel Collins was batting .348 (8-for-23); 3B Lee Huggins was batting .333 (8-for-24) with six runs, two doubles, one homer and four RBI; SS Andrew Davis was batting .290 (9-for-31) with two homers, 10 RBI and eight walks; 2B Andrew Saylor was batting .257 (9-for-35) with eight runs, one double, one triple, two homers and three RBI.