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September 5, 2009From the Indians:
The Eastern League of Professional Baseball is pleased to announce that Akron Aeros catcher Carlos Santana has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Eastern League Most Valuable Player Award. This marks the second consecutive season that Santana has been selected the MVP of a league, as he was named the 2008 California League MVP after hitting .323 with 34 doubles, 14 homers, 96 RBI and 88 runs scored in 99 games with the Inland Empire 66ers last year. The 23-year old has been outstanding for the Aeros this season, batting .289 (120-for-415) with 29 doubles, 21 home runs, 94 RBI and 88 runs scored in 126 games while leading his team to a first place finish in the Southern Division standings. Carlos, who entered the season rated by Baseball America as the top prospect in the Cleveland organization, currently leads the league in slugging percentage (.518), OPS (.930) and walks (89). He is also currently among the league leaders in home runs (21-2nd), RBI (94-2nd), on-base percentage (.412-2nd), runs scored (89-3rd), extra-base hits (52-4th), total bases (217-4th) and doubles (29-tied 10th). The 5’11”, 190 lb. slugger has also played well behind the plate for the Aeros, throwing out 30% of would be base stealers this season, which ranks fifth in the league among all catchers.
Santana, who is a native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was selected as the catcher on the recently announced 2009 Eastern League All-Star Team. He was also the starting catcher for the Southern Division at the 2009 Eastern League All-Star Game in Trenton and was selected as a member of the World Team for the 2009 Futures Game in St. Louis and went 0-for-1 with one walk in the game.
Carlos started his career in professional baseball after being signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a non-drafted free agent on August 13, 2004. He moved on to the Cleveland Indians organization last year when he was acquired in the trade last summer that sent Casey Blake to the Dodgers on July 26, 2008.
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Once again proving that trading for minor leaguers is not an exact science. Wow did we fleece the Dodgers with that one. Another announcement came shortly thereafter-
The Eastern League of Professional Baseball is pleased to announce that Akron Aeros right-handed starting pitcher Jeanmar Gomez has been selected as the 2009 Eastern League Pitcher of the Year. The 21-year old started the season with the Kinston Indians, where he had a record of 2-2 with a 2.63 ERA in four appearances to earn a promotion to Akron. Gomez joined the Aeros on April 29th and made history in just his fourth career Double-A start, pitching just the seventh perfect game in the history of the league on May 21st in a 3-0 win against the Trenton Thunder at Waterfront Park. In 21 games with the Aeros this season the 6’4″, 190 lb. hurler has posted a 10-4 record with 105 strikeouts and a 3.38 ERA over 117.1 innings. Jeanmar is currently ranked among the league leaders in WHIP (1.24-2nd), shutouts (1-tied 2nd), ERA (3.38-3rd), wins (10-tied 5th), complete games (1-tied 4th) and strikeouts (105-6th).
The Caracas, Venezuela native was the winner of the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Award for the week ending May 24th, was named the right-handed starting pitcher on the Eastern League All-Star Team and was also selected as a member of the Southern Division roster for the 2009 Eastern League All-Star Game where he pitched one perfect inning.
Jeanmar, who has not allowed an earned run in seven of his starts this season and has given up three earned runs or less in 15 of those 21 games with the Aeros, was signed by the Cleveland Indians as a non-drafted free agent on April 4, 2005.
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Back-to-back MVP’s for Santana. Impressive. Let’s hope Wedge and his “coaching” (and I use that term loosely) is long gone when Santana makes it to the big leagues so that he actually improves when he gets here.
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Amen.
Hoynes is reporting the Indians are set to shut-down Grady Sizemore for the season today. Brantley set to lead off. Good, and overdue, news as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve said it before…they better start sucking or we’ll be trading their @$$es before too long.
[…] They were not without individual accolades as Carlos Santana and Jeanmar Gomez were both named Eastern League Players of the Year, and head coach Mike Sarbaugh was quick to point out that the rest of the guys also played a large […]