Carlos Santana News

The Dodgers have shown a knack over the years for taking prospects and moving them to catcher.

So it begins for Manny Acta. The 40th manager of the Indians was hired late on a Saturday night, Oct.

Five-Star Prospects 1. Carlos Santana, C Four-Star Prospects 2. Lonnie Chisenhall, SS 3. Alex White, RHP 4. Jason Knapp, RHP 5. Nick Hagadone, LHP Three-Star Prospects 6. Hector Rondon, RHP 7. Lou Marson, C 8. Jason Kipnis, OF/2B 9. Carlos Carrasco, RHP 10.

13. Nick Weglarz, OF: Two years of non-performance have dropped him significantly, as a ton of walks can only get you so far.

Sandy Alomar Jr. is coming home. Alomar, 43, was named manager Manny Acta's first base coach today.

Once wasn't good enough for catcher Carlos Santana. Topps, the baseball card company, has named Santana its Minor League Player of the Year for the Class AA Eastern League.

Indians catcher Matt McBride is feeling comfortable at the plate in Arizona, even if his helmet isn't. McBride and Freddie Freeman went deep before Cedric Hunter hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to lead the Peoria Saguaros past the Mesa Solar Sox, 6-5, on Tuesday afternoon.

He takes over a team that was picked by many experts to win in the Central Division, yet the Tribe finished 65-97. That's also losing 97 games in perhaps baseball's weakest division, meaning there is a lot of room to improve.

Brad Lincoln, rhp, Altoona 11. Hector Rondon, rhp, Akron 12. Josh Reddick, of, Portland 13.

The Cleveland Indians just concluded their worst season since 1991, finishing with a 65-97 record, which included a 7-24 disaster from the first of September through the end of the campaign.

The 2009 season is mercifully over for our boys. We are sick of it. The only reason to think about the 2009 season anymore is to try to figure out what it tells us about the future.

Wedge said he didn't know if David Huff would make his last start, but Huff seemed more definitive.

Some say he's Lou MAR-son. Others insist he's Lou Mar-SOHN. Marson, a rookie catcher for the Tribe, is not partial.

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Eric Wedge says "young at-bats" have hurt the team in their September swoon. Some fans don't like the comment, but Hoynsie says there's nothing wrong with a little honesty.

Michael Aubrey was traded to Baltimore on June 24 for a player to be named later.

There will be a Game 4 of the Eastern League Championship Series. The Connecticut Defenders staved off elimination in the third game Friday night at Canal Park, topping the Aeros 8-7 and ending the Aeros' franchise-best 13-game winning streak.

The Indians have significantly upgraded their farm system at the expense of two losing seasons in the major leagues.

Scott Barnes gave his former organization a good look at what it traded away two months ago and helped the Akron Aeros end their recent run of futility in the Eastern League Finals.

Thursday 17 Sep 2009 Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 02:19AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-COLUMBUS CLIPPERS '09 Overall: 57-85 4th, 27.0GB Final 10: 4-10 AKRON AEROS Southern Division/Eastern League Streak: -- '09 Overall: 89-53 1st, 14.0GA Last 10: -- EL Finals Game 2 is TONIGHT at Connecticut, 6:35 pm Game 1 Recap: Akron won the opening ...