DURHAM, N.C. -- One powerful swing was another example of Bradley Zimmer looking more and more like a big leaguer again.The Indians outfielder -- more than a year removed from shoulder surgery -- hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning as Columbus captured its 11th Governors' Cup by

RubberDucks Game RecapRubberDucks (24-37, 58-72) 4 - Flying Squirrels (25-37, 48-81) 3 - 10 inn.WP: Argenis Angulo (3-2) LP: Caleb Simpson (1-3) Save: NoneSummaryFor the second consecutive night, the Akron RubberDucks topped the Richmond Flying Squirrels in 10 innings, winning 4-3 at Canal Park on Friday, with the winning run

RubberDucks Game RecapSenators 6 (26-30, 68-58) RubberDucks 5 (22-37, 56-72) Final/10 InningsWP: Greg Holland (1-0) LP: Ben Krauth (1-3) Save: NoneSummaryThe Harrisburg Senators won a back-and-forth affair 6-5 in ten innings by adding two critical runs in the top of the tenth inning to stymy the RubberDucks power surge Wednesday

RubberDucks Game RecapSenators (25-30) 5 - RubberDucks (22-36) 3WP: Jacob Condra-Bogan (6-4) LP: Tanner Tully (7-11) Save: Aaron Barrett (28)SummaryAfter a rain delay of over two hours, the Harrisburg Senators closed out the RubberDucks 5-3 at Canal Park in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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When Bradley Zimmer didn't make the cut out of Spring Training, the Indians sent him a pretty clear message."We told him, 'Knock the door down,'" Indians skipper Terry Francona told MLB.com. "'Make us call you up.'"The Indians did just that on Tuesday, promoting their No. 1 prospect to the Majors. Zimmer,

When the American League champions take the field on Opening Day, Bradley Zimmer won't be with them, but their top prospect isn't far behind.Cleveland reassigned MLB.com's No. 22 overall prospect to Minor League camp Sunday. The move wasn't a surprise as Cleveland informed the outfielder at the beginning of Spring

With Spring Training underway and the 2017 season almost upon us, MiLB.com has been looking at the state of all 30 farm systems and ranking them according to certain changing criterion with each edition. Our final series of rankings focuses on the overall quality and quantity of top talent in

Two days into Grapefruit League action, Yankees prospects are living up to the hype surrounding their Minor League system.Gleyber Torres -- MLB.com's No. 3 overall prospect -- socked two doubles and scored twice Saturday in the Yankees' 6-5 loss to the Phillies in Clearwater. His noteworthy performance came a day after

This is the third in a six-part series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for starting pitchers and 65

Bradley Zimmer took another step in his march toward the Majors on Friday when the Indians extended their top prospect a non-roster invitation to big league camp at Spring Training.Cleveland also invited two other ranked outfielders -- Yandy Díaz (No. 10) and Greg Allen (No. 19) -- along with first