Bøger af Tony Lastoria

The Cleveland Indians lifeline to their success will always be their farm system, and that lifeline has never been as strong as it is today. This book is a comprehensive listing of the Indians best prospects that brings to light the minor league players of today who may be the next stars of tomorrow for your Cleveland Indians. In this book you will find full scouting reports for over 125 Indians minor leaguers, complete stats and photos for over 100 players, a 2008 Draft recap, projected 2009 affiliate opening day rosters, regular season schedules for each affiliate, full transactions recap from 2008, Rule 5 Draft eligible lists for the next four years, a Rule 5 FAQ, and more! Whether or not you are a minor league diehard or a casual observer, this book is the most complete reference guide found anywhere for Indians prospect lovers as they follow the Indians minor league talent throughout the 2009 season.

The development of draft picks or prospects acquired in trades will always be the most crucial element in determining the success of the Cleveland Indians. Their farm system is their lifeblood and is what ultimately has to provide the key pieces to a championship quality team and has produced current core players such as Cody Allen, Trevor Bauer, Carlos Carrasco, Corey Kluber, Danny Salazar, Jason Kipnis, Carlos Santana, Michael Brantley and Francisco Lindor. This year the Indians have several more prospects who could impact the team at some point in the season. Whether those prospects get that opportunity will be dictated by team need and how the prospect is playing at the time, but either way, this is exactly where an organization wants to be with a strong team up top contending for a World Series, lots of talent that is close to Major League ready, and lots of other talent filtering up through the other levels of the system as potential options in coming years. There is hope in Cleveland once again that their baseball team is once again a contender - but that it can win a World Series championship. This book is the essential resource guide for everything Cleveland Indians beyond the Major League team. In this book you will find: - Detailed and updated scouting reports for the Cleveland Indians Top 100 prospects. - An additional 50+ scouting reports on other players in the system including reports on their Top International prospects and reports for every signed player from the 2015 Draft. - Released payers, 2015 Draft recap, eight-year ranking history. - Career stats including college for all players in the Top 100. - 2016 coaching staffs, affiliate information, and more! Whether you are a diehard follower of the minor leagues or a casual fan of the big league team, this book has something for everyone. It is a must have for any fan of the minors and is the most complete and detailed reference guide around on the Cleveland Indians and their prospects.

The farm system has and always will be the life blood to the Cleveland Indians organization. Over the past few seasons they have managed to put together a very deep, talented farm system thanks to a good run of recent drafts and trades. With the development of these players and a little luck they appear to have a core of good young players to build around for the future in the hopes that they can get back into contention in the very near future. This book serves as the perfect companion to follow the Cleveland Indians as they embark on another year of development and take a another step toward their ultimate goal of winning a World Series. In this book you will find: - Detailed and updated scouting reports and tool grades for the Cleveland Indians Top 100 prospects. - An additional 70+ scouting reports on other players in the system including reports on their Top 15 Latin prospects coming stateside in 2011 and reports for every player from the 2010 Draft. - Detailed payroll information and roster outlook for the next seven years. - Projected opening day rosters from Cleveland to Single-A Lake County. - 2010 transactions and released payer listing and 2011-2014 Rule 5 Draft outlook. - Full 2011 minor league spring training schedule and complete 2011 schedules for all affiliates. - Career stats including college and winter ball, and over 100 player photos. - 2011 coaching staffs, affiliate information, best tools listing, and more! Whether you are diehard follower of the minor leagues or a casual fan of the big league team, this book has something for everyone. It is the most complete and detailed reference guide around on the Cleveland Indians and their prospects for you to use as you follow the young Indians talent throughout the 2011 season and beyond.

Last season the Cleveland Indians emerged as a contender thanks to the help of their farm system. The level of impact talent in the upper levels of their system has been thinned out greatly thanks to several trades the Indians made last season, but also because of names like Chisenhall, Kipnis, Pestano, and Santana graduating as prospects in the past year-plus. The Indians are not as strong at the top of the system as in years past, but thanks to an aggressive approach the past few years both in the draft and internationally the Indians arguably have the most talent in the lower levels of their farm system in over a decade. This book serves as the perfect companion to follow the Cleveland Indians as they embark on another year of developing players in their farm system, and take a another step toward their ultimate goal of winning a World Series. In this book you will find: - Detailed and updated scouting reports and tool grades for the Cleveland Indians Top 100 prospects. - An additional 80+ scouting reports on other players in the system including reports on their Top 15 International prospects and reports for every signed player from the 2011 Draft. - Detailed payroll information and roster outlook for the next seven years. - Projected opening day rosters from Cleveland to Single-A Lake County. - Complete 2011 transactions, released payers, and 2012-2015 Rule 5 Draft outlook. - Full 2012 minor league spring training and regular season schedule to all affiliates. - Career stats including college and winter ball, and over 100 player photos. - 2012 coaching staffs, affiliate information, best tools listing, and more! Whether you are diehard follower of the minor leagues or a casual fan of the big league team, this book has something for everyone. It is the most complete and detailed reference guide around on the Cleveland Indians and their prospects for you to use as you follow the young Indians talent throughout the 2012 season.

In 2013 the Indians undertook a massive turnaround as an organization improving their record by 24 games and making the playoffs for the first time since 2007. At the head of that turnaround was manager Terry Francona who instilled a new organizational culture that the entire organization bought into from the players to ownership. Hope has since been restored to the corner of Carnegie and Ontario and a belief that the franchise is heading in the right direction, and most importantly, that it can sustain that direction. At the heart of the success of the organization is the Indians' minor league system which produced players like Jason Kipnis, Danny Salazar, Corey Kluber, Zach McAllister, Yan Gomes, Cody Allen and Michael Brantley in recent seasons. In order to maintain their recent success they will need more players to come up and fill important roles on the team, and for the first time in a few years the Indians have a bevy legit prospects in the upper levels who can help at the Major League level this season and for seasons to come. This book is the essential resource guide for everything Cleveland Indians beyond the Major League team. In this book you will find: - Detailed and updated scouting reports for the Cleveland Indians Top 100 prospects. - An additional 80+ scouting reports on other players in the system including reports on their Top 16 International prospects and reports for every signed player from the 2013 Draft. - Released payers, 2013 Draft recap, six-year ranking history. - Career stats including college for all players in the Top 100. - 2014 coaching staffs, affiliate information, best tools listing, and more! Whether you are a diehard follower of the minor leagues or a casual fan of the big league team, this book has something for everyone. It is a must have for any fan of the minors and is the most complete and detailed reference guide around on the Cleveland Indians and their prospects.

A new manager. A new philosophy. A host of new players. And most all, renewed hope. That is what the Cleveland Indians did in the offseason to restore faith and spirit in the team located at the Corner of Carnegie and Ontario. But along with all of the changes the organization has made at the top, the minor league system still remains at the heart of what will truly dictate their chances for success over the long haul. With a parent club that is stocked with well proven Major Leaguers, the Indians now have the convenience of letting some of their high upside stars of tomorrow develop at their own pace. They are still not very strong in the upper levels, but the lower levels are stocked with youth and upside that arguably has not been seen in 20 or more years. This book is the essential resource guide for everything Cleveland Indians beyond the Major League team. In this book you will find: - Detailed and updated scouting reports and tool grades for the Cleveland Indians Top 100 prospects. - An additional 100+ scouting reports on other players in the system including reports on their Top 20 International prospects and reports for every signed player from the 2012 Draft. - Detailed payroll information and roster outlook for the next seven years. - Projected opening day rosters from Cleveland to Single-A Lake County. - Complete 2012 transactions, released payers, and 2013-2017 Rule 5 Draft outlook. - Full 2013 minor league spring training and regular season schedule for all affiliates. - Career stats including college and winter ball, and over 100 player photos. - 2012 coaching staffs, affiliate information, best tools listing, and more! Whether you are a diehard follower of the minor leagues or a casual fan of the big league team, this book has something for everyone. It is a must have for any fan of the minors and is the most complete and detailed reference guide around on the Cleveland Indians and their prospects.

In 2014 the Cleveland Indians finished with a winning record in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 2000-2001 seasons. The backbone of that success at the big league level is their Player Development system which continues to churn out players to help the Major League roster and has groomed several star quality players. The Indians farm system has evolved from one that lacked many Major League alternatives a half decade ago to one that is now consistently pumping out two to three key players a year plus several other role players - and they now legitimately have a true prospect as depth at every position or in every role in Double-A or above. As long as they continue to keep pumping out the amount of talent they have over the last two seasons that success at the big league level should continue for some time. As the page turns to 2015, the continued development of more prospects will be essential to the success of the Cleveland Indians now and in the future. This book is the essential resource guide for everything Cleveland Indians beyond the Major League team. In this book you will find: - Detailed and updated scouting reports for the Cleveland Indians Top 50 prospects. - Released payers, 2014 Draft recap, seven-year ranking history. - Career stats including college for all players in the Top 50. - 2015 coaching staffs, affiliate information, and more! Whether you are a diehard follower of the minor leagues or a casual fan of the big league team, this book has something for everyone. It is a must have for any fan of the minors and is the most complete and detailed reference guide around on the Cleveland Indians and their prospects.

With loads of talent up and down every level and at every position, the strength of the Cleveland Indians farm system is at a level that has not been seen in years, if ever. That depth will be put to the test over the next couple of years as they look to get back into contention, and this book is the perfect companion in finding and following the stars of tomorrow for the Cleveland Indians. In this book you will find full detailed scouting reports of over 165 Indians minor leaguers, which includes scouting reports for every player signed from the 2009 Draft as well as the Top 10 Latin prospects playing stateside full time in 2010. Also you will find career stats and photos for over 100 players, projected 2010 Opening Day rosters from Cleveland to Low-A Lake County, a full recap of transactions from 2009, complete list of released players in 2009, complete side-by-side schedule grid for every affiliate, Player Development and Coaching Staffs for 2010, Rule 5 eligibles from 2010-2013 and more! Whether you are a casual follower or a long time diehard of the minor leagues this book is for both the beginners and experts, and is the most complete and detailed reference guide on the Cleveland Indians prospects around.