WHAT'S THE NEWS

The Tribe now have half of their picks signed with the inking of 28th rounder Nick Sarianides.

The first part of a new Minor Happenings is up and Tony dives in deeper to the Marte situation. Do we give Marte one more shot at the major league level and possibly ruin what value he seemed to gain with this recent rip he's been on?

I personally would love to give him one more shot, but at the risk of losing that value and not getting bupkiss for him in the end, and the fact we really have no spot for him, leads me to just say, trade him and we'll figure it out.

Tony also has some quotes from Columbus manager Torey Lovullo.

COLUMBUS

Looks like Aaron Laffey is going to have to make another start before he's called up to the big leagues, unless the Indians don't care about his awful outing for the Clippers in their loss to Toledo.

Laffey pitched four innings, gave up seven runs off ten hits and two walks... Awful

Rafael Betancourt also pitched in rehab, threw 22 pitches in one scoreless inning with just a walk and a strikeout.

The top four hitters in the Clipper lineup, Brantley, Crowe, Graffanino, and LaPorta had four of the five hits and Michael Brantley knocked in one of the two runs with a solo home run.

AKRON

Akron got beat in one-run fashion yesterday with Bowie scoring a run in the eighth to pull the victory.

Carlos Santana walked twice, didn't have a hit, but knocked in a run and Cristo Arnal had the other. Jose Constanza had two hits and scored a run.

Josh Tomlin started and went seven innings, but gave up all the runs as he pitched to a hitter in the eighth. He gave up three runs off nine hits and a walk.

KINSTON

Kinston blanked Wilmington and put some runs on the board yesterday.

Lonnie Chisenhall and Lucas Montero both went 1-2 with an RBI, a run scored, and two walks. Montero had a triple.

Adam Davis hit a two-run home run and Bo Pickens hit a solo shot.

Eric Berger won number seven after going six solid, giving up just four hits and a walk. CC Lee pitched two scoreless with no hits, and Kyle Landis pitched the ninth.

LAKE COUNTY

The Captains scored a run in the bottom of the ninth, but they fell 11 runs short. Yikes.

Nate Recknagel had two hits, half of the Caps four, and he knocked in the lone run.

Trey Haley took the loss and he only went two innings, giving up one unearned run off a hit and two walks. No word on if Haley is injured.

Chris Jones took over and he too pitched just two innings. He gave up eight runs off ten hits and a walk.

MAHONING VALLEY

The Valley got out hit last night, but that didn't stop them from shutting out and beating Williamsport.

Kyle Bellows doubled in a run and scored twice for the Scrappers. Tim Palincsar had the other hit and the other run batted in.

Marty Popham was terrific, going six shutout innings, giving up just three hits and striking out six hitters. Guido Fonseca gave up just on hit in his two innings and Cory Burns struck out two for his second save.

ARIZONA LEAGUE

The AZL Indians and Giants are in a 2-2 tie and their game will be finished in August on the 18th.