After last night's 5-4 win over the Tigers, the news filtered through that the Indians had decided to promote top prospect Francisco Lindor to the majors. The highly anticipated 21 year-old shortstop will join the team in Detroit today for the series finale and should hopefully take the field this afternoon when Corey Kluber toes the rubber, weather permitting.
This is like an Indians fan's Christmas and Birthday rolled into one. Finally we are going to see Lindor on the big stage, something all Tribe fans have been anxiously waiting for since his selection 8th overall in the 2011 MLB draft.
Known for his elite defensive ability at shortstop, Lindor should be able to help solve the Indians' defensive woes in the infield right off the bat. Combined with Giovanny Urshela at third base, the left side of the diamond should be a strength defensively for years to come.
Lindor's promotion is just one of a handful of highly touted prospect promotions that have happened recently. The Twins also decided to promote their number one prospect Byron Buxton yesterday, considered by most to be the top prospect in all of baseball. Lindor and Buxton will join Houston's Carlos Correa and Texas' Joey Gallo, both of whom were brought up earlier this month. It's been quite a year for prospects overall, with the Cubs' Kris Bryant and the Dodgers' Joc Pederson setting the league ablaze. Hopefully Lindor can get off to a fast start and add his name to the conversation.
Photo credit to Jonathan Quilter at Columbus Dispatch.
No comments:
Post a Comment