Minor League Update: Herr Dealt; Captains Starters Thriving

Big update this morning on the Minor Leagues. The Bisons lost another player.

Aaron Herr, who used to be in the Cincinnati Reds organization, is going back.

Herr was traded to the Reds for Cash Considerations. Yay, Free Money.

To take his spot on the roster, Buffalo gets infielder extraordinaire Chris De La Cruz up from Kinston.

The Herd meanwhile lost last night in a close one. Asdrubal Cabrera lead the game off with his first Bisons’ home run. Drubby also went 3-4 with two runs batted in. His season average with the Bisons is up to .434.

Jensen Lewis gave up two earned last night for the loss.

Walk off city in Akron last night. A walk off sac fly by infielder Brandon Pinckney gave the Aeros a 11-10 winnar over Bowie. That divsion lead keeps growing with every win over the Bay Sox, who are now third in the division, a game and half behind Harrisburg. The Aeros hold a 4 game lead over Harrisburg.

Eastern League Player of the Week goes to another Aero. This time it’s outfielder Trevor Crowe who ripped it up last week. Crowe went 13-28 with a coupel jacks and eight runs knocked in.

After all the rain outs and what not, the GCL Indians finally won a game. They moved to 1-3 on the year defeated in the GCL Phillies. It was the drafees making an impact, Third Baseman Adam Abraham and Short Stop Kevin Fontanez.

As we all know, the Lake County Captains are just loaded with starters this year. They seem to be have the magic they had in 2003 when Fausto Carmona lead the Captains to a historic season.

Tony Lastoria has a great article on Ryan Morris and the Indians’ strategy with the younger starters in Lake County. The Captains staff needs to be commended for the job they’ve done the past few years. This year is no exception, they might be providing a few more arms within a few years.

A while ago the Indians extended their deal with Kinston to remain the High-A affiliate of the Indians. Now the Indians have reached a deal with Akron for the Aeros to remain the Indians Double A affiliate.

The writing is on the wall for Buffalo and their fanbase. They really love the Bisons up there, but unfortunately next year this team will become the Columbus Something Or Others.. Check out Mike Harrington’s blog on the side for updates, he believes that two possible teams that could pick the Bisons up are Toronto and the New York Mets. Both don’t exactly excite Harrington, and really can you blame him? Toronto and NY are both closer to Buffalo than Cleveland is, but the Herd is always a competitive team when Cleveland was their parent club.

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