On a night where we say goodbye to our AZL teams for the season, some of those guys helped Mahoning Valley inch closer to the playoffs in the NY-Penn league.
Lynchburg also moved closed to a Carolina league playoff spot with their magic number now 2 heading into a doubleheader tomorrow.
Columbus holds a precarious 0.5 game lead over Toledo which is on an upswing. Columbus is also tied with Scranton-Wilkes Barre for the wildcard. I doubt whether the latter will come into play as the Clippers end their season with 3 against Toledo. Indianapolis is only a game behind Columbus so they are very much in the thick of it, especially if they finish strong and Toledo and Columbus beat the crap out of each other.
Now, for the big news of the night: Kluber, Allen and Hand looked strong against Tampa Bay. Encarnacion flexed his muscles and Lindor and Greg Allen flexed their legs.
Now, for the bigger news of the night: The Indians acquired a Cracker Jack box with Josh Donaldson inside. Like all Cracker Jacks boxes you really don't know how good the prize is until you open the box and examine the contents. For this they gave the Blue Jays a prospect of some value, whatever that means. If you are a prospect geek like me that means definitely a top 20 pick and maybe a top 10 pick depending on Donaldson's performance. I don't know if teams can still do this but, in the old days, the Blue Jays would get two lists to pick from. If Donaldson is effective they will get a player from List A. If he is a bust they will get a player of their choosing from List B. The fact that the Indians would not even pay all of Donaldson's remaining salary is a little more ominous as that generally means that Toronto will get a better prospect.
Time will tell but we hope the prospect lost will not be a high ranking one and that Donaldson will be a huge find.
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