Patience paying off for Josh Naylor and 5 other things about the Cleveland Indians
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
Josh Naylor snapped a streak of 144 straight at-bats without a home run when he lined a two-run shot to the Royals bullpen on Monday.AP
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Josh Naylor is starting to show signs of heating up at the plate for the Cleveland Indians, and his manager says it’s because he’s demonstrating more patience.
Naylor entered Tuesday’s game batting .308 with five extra-base hits and three RBI in his previous seven games. His slugging percentage is .577 over that stretch and his OPS is .934. Terry Francona said it’s because the 23-year-old outfielder is swinging at strikes.
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CLEVELAND The players at the Indians’ alternate training site are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
After spending the entire 2020 season playing intrasquad games, the group at the alternate training site has been able to get some exhibition games under its belt before the Triple-A season gets underway on May 4.
How have things been going at the alternate training site? Clippers manager Andy Tracy addressed a plethora of topics on Sunday morning:
The skinny: Entering Spring Training, the center-field job was Mercado’s to lose. He had a rocky 2020 season but was confident those struggles were behind him. But when the offensive production still wasn’t there throughout Spring Training, the Indians decided to option Mercado to the alternate training site, where he’d be able to begin a hitting program to hopefully get him back to his 19 ways.
Here’s what Cleveland Indians prospects, minor leaguers are up to at the club’s Columbus alternate site
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Oscar Mercado has been working on an individual hitting program while playing games a few times each week with the Indians alternate site squad in Columbus.AP
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Minor league games won’t get started until next week, but Cleveland Indians prospects and high-minors players have stayed sharp at the club’s alternate training site in Columbus under the watchful eye of Clippers manager Andy Tracy.
With a smattering of games against other alternate site squads under their belts, Cleveland’s crew has continued to put in work since arriving from the club’s spring training site in Goodyear, Ariz. They’ve been able to play games against teams from alternate sites in Indianapolis, Toledo, Louisville and others in front of about 1,000 fans at Huntington Park.
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Charlieville man murdered during home invasion
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A 29-year-old man was murdered during a home invasion in Charlieville.
Police said the victim identified as Lawrence Richard Julien also known as Redman of Andy Trace, Marchin Roadas shot multiple times and died on the scene.
According to a police report, the victim’s wife came home from work and discovered her husband dead and several items, including cash missing from her home.
The woman told police that she left home for work on Thursday at about 10 am and had called him during the day and got no response. She said when she returned home from work she discovered him dead, his body leaning on the bed in a crouched position.