Written by Al Ciammiachella

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Tim Fedroff, CF-AKR: 2-4, 2 2B, R, K.

After reaching Columbus in the 2nd half of last season, Fedroff was assigned back to AA Akron to start of 2012. He's doing his best to show the Indians front office that they made a mistake, as he's hitting an eye-popping .500/.621/.636 in six games for the Aeros. Fedroff has hits in every game so far this season, and has already recorded a pair of 3-hit games. He led the Eastern League in hitting last year in his time at Akron, and seems poised to do so again if he's not moved up to Columbus soon. The OF situation in Columbus is crowded, but it is crowded with AAAA players who are pretty much known quantities at this point. Fedroff is still a prospect. He's a bit of a tweener in that his bat isn't considered powerful enough to play in a corner OF spot and he's not quite a good enough defender to consistently handle CF at the big league level, so he's never been considered a top guy in the organization. But all this kid does is hit, and at some point he's earned a chance to prove himself at a higher level. He's a career .293 hitter in over 1400 minor league at bats, and I'd much rather see what he can do against AAA pitching than say, Chad Huffman.

• Scott Barnes, SP-COL: L (0-1), 5 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 6 K. Barnes still managed to miss bats last night, but didn't have very good control, walking 4 in just 5 IP.
• C.C. Lee, RP-COL: 1 1/3 IP, H, 2 K. Lee has now recorded 8 K in 5 1/3 innings of work for the Cippers. The only runs he's allowed came on a 2-run HR back on April 8.
• Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B-COL: 2-4, 2 1B. Chiz is now 12-36 (.333) on the season, but still has just 1 walk against 6 K. One of the reasons he didn't start 2012 with the Indians was his plate discipline, and he hasn't really been showing that he's improved that aspect of his game just yet.
• Steven Wright, SP-AKR: W (1-1), 5 2/3 IP, ER, 2 H, 7 K, 4 BB. Wright's knuckler was clearly knuckling last night as he recorded an impressive 7 strikeouts in less than 6 innings of work. In his 2 starts this year, Wright has thrown 11 1/3 innings and allowed just 2 runs on 5 hits while striking out 12 and walking 6.
• Nick Weglarz, DH-AKR: 2-4, RBI, K. He's on fire! Weglarz went from hitting .000 to hitting .136 with three hits in his past two games. Again, Wegz has always been a slow starter, and I remain convinced that he's going to hit.
• Jared Goedert, LF-AKR: 2-4, 2 1B, K. Goedert is hitting .308/.438/.385 for the Aeros in the early going, and is 6 for his last 15. The power has yet to show up though, as the slugger has just 2 XBH on the season (both doubles).
• Mike Rayl, SP-CAR: L (0-2), 7 IP, ER, 2 H, 5 K, BB. Rayl just wasn't good enough to win last night. He threw 7 innings of one-run ball, and has now registered 10 K in 11 innings of work for the Mudcats this season.
• Tyler Holt, CF-CAR: 2-4, 2 1B, 2 K. Holt's BABIP was a perfect 1.000 last night. He's cooling off a little after a sizzling start, but is still hitting an impressive .393/.469/.571 in 7 games for the Mudcats. Last night's 2-4 effort snapped a 7 AB hitless streak, his longest of the season.
• Jesus Aguilar, 1B-CAR: 1-3, 1B, BB. In a night where hits were hard to come by, Aguilar managed to get on base twice. He's collected at least one hit in all but one game so far this year, and is hitting an impressive .407/.467/.630. More importantly, he has 3 walks and just 3 strikeouts, showing an improved approach from last season.
• Jake Lowery, C-CAR: 1-4, 1B, 2 K. Like Aguilar, Lowery has hit in all but 1 Mudcat game this season. He's at .346/.414/.538 on the young season, and is showing that he can be a middle of the order run producer from behind the plate.
• Will Roberts, SP-LCC: L (1-1), 6 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 7 K, BB. The University of Virginia product is off to a solid start this year, throwing 12 2/3 innings while allowing just 3 runs on 9 hits with 9 K and 4 BB.
• Cole Cook, RP-LCC: 2 1/3 IP, H, 2 K, BB. Bouncing back from a rough outing to open the season where he allowed 5 runs (2 earned ) in just 1 1/3 IP, Cook has made back-to-back appearances without allowing a run. For now he's working exclusively out of the bullpen, and has thrown 4 2/3 innings allowing the 2 ER on 6 hits while striking out 4 and walking 3.
• Alex Lavisky, C-LCC: 1-3, 2B, K. Lavisky is one of my favorite players in the entire organization, and he's now hit in 5 straight games to open the season. He's recorded at least one 2B in his last four consecutive outings, and is hitting .381/.364/.619. Only concern is the 7 K and 0 BB, but I'll take it.