Anyone who saw the Indians play at CCP in 2008 or 2009 got to see a great ball player. OF Andrew McCutchen put on a show for us each time he visited and that hustle and determination earned him Rookie of the Year honors.
The Indians finished 2009 with a 70-73 record, one win short of the Ironpig’s record. A respectable season, enough to give any city hopes for a playoff run in 2010.
Who to look out for in 2010
Pedro Alvarez, 3B – Pittsburgh’s #1 Prospect should start the season in Indianapolis for some seasoning. A power hitter, Alvarez is looking at a spot on the Pirates roster later this season.
Jose Tabata, OF – Tabata has potential but needs to work on increasing power and maturing at AAA before he gets to the bigs.
Brad Lincoln, RHP – Lincoln started 12 games for the Indians in 2009 with 6 wins, 2 losses and a 4.70 ERA. Has the potential to be a mid-season call up.
2009 Batting Statistics Player AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Tom Gorzelanny .667 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Brad Lincoln .571 3 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Jonel Pacheco .400 7 15 2 6 3 0 0 4 2 6 0 Lastings Milledge .333 17 60 7 20 6 0 0 7 8 10 3 Andy Phillips .333 7 27 2 9 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 Jack Wilson .333 2 6 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 Yoslan Herrera .333 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Brian Myrow .330 62 206 37 68 12 1 8 34 43 33 3 Garrett Jones .307 72 277 44 85 18 0 12 50 18 47 14 Andrew McCutchen .303 49 201 41 61 10 8 4 20 17 24 10 Tagg Bozied .288 56 215 32 62 17 1 5 18 21 60 4 Steve Pearce .286 77 273 37 78 18 1 13 54 34 46 3 Jose Tabata .276 32 134 21 37 7 1 3 10 10 18 4 Brian Bixler .275 108 403 71 111 23 8 9 43 35 128 13 Pedro Lopez .275 42 142 16 39 5 0 0 13 9 20 0 Erik Kratz .273 93 319 45 87 30 0 11 43 31 72 7 Jeff Salazar .270 84 315 43 85 7 3 10 39 30 57 16 Hector Gimenez .268 48 168 16 45 12 0 2 20 13 35 0 Neil Walker .264 95 356 38 94 31 2 14 69 26 60 5 Robinzon Diaz .262 44 149 18 39 4 0 3 15 9 12 0 Luis Cruz .253 66 229 28 58 15 0 3 23 6 26 3 Virgil Vasquez .250 11 20 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 Larry Broadway .233 69 206 21 48 10 0 8 27 17 64 0 Argenis Diaz .233 43 146 14 34 1 0 0 8 8 27 1 Jeff Clement .224 27 98 16 22 2 0 7 22 12 27 1 Eric Hacker .211 9 19 0 4 2 0 0 4 0 7 0 Chris Barnwell .193 87 270 24 52 13 0 2 15 17 61 3 Shelby Ford .188 86 298 34 56 11 2 4 27 14 58 8 Miguel Perez .182 7 22 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 Adam Melhuse .176 17 51 6 9 2 0 0 2 9 13 0 Anderson Machado .125 4 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 Chris Snelling .123 19 57 5 7 0 0 0 4 8 14 0 Ryan Doumit .118 5 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Daniel McCutchen .118 10 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 Jeremy Powell .091 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Ty Taubenheim .000 8 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Jason Delaney .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Corey Hamman .000 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bobby Livingston .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Juan Mateo .000 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Charlie Morton .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Slocum .000 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ian Snell .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Denny Bautista .000 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Evan Meek .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sean Smith .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jeff Sues .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chris Bootcheck — 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Davis — 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Dumatrait — 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steven Jackson — 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jorge Julio — 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Karstens — 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Koplove — 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jean Machi — 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Meloan — 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romulo Sanchez — 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donald Veal — 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Pitching Statistics Player W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Daniel McCutchen 13 6 3.47 24 24 0 0 142.2 145 63 55 10 29 110 Eric Hacker 5 5 4.02 21 21 0 0 116.1 135 57 52 6 46 82 Virgil Vasquez 7 4 3.93 19 19 1 0 107.2 116 50 47 14 16 72 Ty Taubenheim 7 9 3.65 26 19 0 0 106.0 108 53 43 8 37 63 Jeremy Powell 4 7 3.74 34 10 0 2 98.2 114 48 41 9 26 61 Tom Gorzelanny 4 3 2.48 15 15 2 0 87.0 73 31 24 3 30 85 Juan Mateo 7 7 3.79 48 0 0 4 71.1 69 33 30 4 16 45 Jason Davis 0 8 6.06 35 7 0 0 62.1 72 51 42 2 36 25 Brad Lincoln 6 2 4.70 12 12 0 0 61.1 72 37 32 7 10 42 Denny Bautista 2 3 4.88 36 0 0 1 48.0 54 29 26 2 34 58 Chris Bootcheck 3 2 3.38 40 0 0 20 42.2 40 16 16 1 7 55 Ian Snell 2 2 0.96 6 6 1 0 37.1 28 7 4 0 13 47 Brian Slocum 1 3 3.94 19 0 0 2 32.0 30 14 14 1 19 28 Mike Koplove 3 1 2.35 22 0 0 2 30.2 27 8 8 0 10 20 Corey Hamman 1 2 8.01 26 0 0 0 30.1 38 30 27 2 15 32 Steven Jackson 1 0 6.50 12 0 0 0 18.0 23 14 13 1 5 17 Jean Machi 1 1 2.12 13 0 0 6 17.0 8 4 4 1 6 12 Yoslan Herrera 1 1 2.30 4 2 0 0 15.2 12 4 4 1 7 7 Phil Dumatrait 0 2 4.20 4 2 0 0 15.0 16 11 7 2 4 5 Donald Veal 0 1 6.43 9 1 0 0 14.0 6 10 10 0 16 13 Romulo Sanchez 1 0 4.38 10 0 0 0 12.1 11 6 6 1 5 15 Jeff Sues 0 0 6.00 8 0 0 0 12.0 13 10 8 1 8 12 Sean Smith 1 0 0.93 3 1 0 0 9.2 8 1 1 0 3 9 Evan Meek 0 0 1.04 6 0 0 0 8.2 3 1 1 0 7 7 John Meloan 0 0 1.17 6 0 0 0 7.2 3 1 1 1 1 8 Bobby Livingston 0 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 7.0 6 2 1 0 2 3 Charlie Morton 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1 7 Jose Ascanio 0 1 2.70 1 1 0 0 6.2 6 2 2 1 1 9 Jeff Karstens 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 0 7 Jorge Julio 0 2 6.75 4 0 0 0 5.1 8 7 4 0 2 7 Dave Davidson 0 1 4.15 3 0 0 0 4.1 3 2 2 0 1 4 Larry Broadway 0 0 4.91 4 0 0 0 3.2 6 2 2 0 1 2 Chris Barnwell 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 3 1 Jimmy Barthmaier 0 0 — 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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Alvarez, from the baseball factory at Vanderbilt University, is the real deal.
Tabata might do some things in AAA this season.
The thing I like about Alvarez at third base is that he bats lefthanded. Unfortunately I think it’s inevitable that big Pedro makes the switch across the diamond to first base. As far as his defense goes, he’s a very good hitter; as far as his speed on the bases goes, think Terry Tiffee. But, the guy can hit.
I like Brad Lincoln too. He finally seems to be fully recovered from his 2007 Tommy John surgery.
We see Indy May 1-4, so that should be good for a look at these guys. Even the Pirates won’t start calling up (or trading, for that matter) prospects that quickly!
I liked how the Pirates handled Andrew McCutchen last season. He could have played mid to late 2008 at the MLB level but they held him to mid-season 2009 where he earned Rookie of the Year honors. I just hope Pittsburgh doesn’t become the Expo’s of this decade by raising talent and selling it away.