Weekly report 08.23 - 08.29

Offensive Player of the Week:
Chih-Hsien Chiang: Chiang hit .400 with 2 home runs this week. Chiang has managed to improve every month of the season like clockwork. Check out his OPS each month from April to August: .398, .598, .725, .877, .933. What's important here is that Chiang is improving at the plate, which means he is learning and correcting his weaknesses. Although Chiang will probably start at AA again next season, if manages to start the season off stronger and show continual improvement he may have a bright future.

Pitcher of the Week:
Chen-Chang Lee: Lee had another impressive weak pitching 5.1 innings striking out 8 and walking only one. Despite his strong performance this season it's somewhat curious that the Indians did not promote Lee this season. It's possible the Indians wanted him to work on specific pitches or the Indians wanted to take a look at their older prospects in AAA more. However, Lee probably starts next year in AAA and might get a long look in spring training.

Weekly Report 08.16 - 08.22

Offensive Player of the Week:
Chun-Hsiu Chen. Chen with .444 for the week with two doubles and a home run. One of the interesting things about Chen's offensive breakthrough this season is his continually improving plate discipline. In low-A he walked 17 times in 240 plate appearances while in high-A he's walked 29 times in 169 plate appearances. Recent scouting reports have also cited his average defense indicating that he will stay at catcher.

Pitcher of the Week:
Chen-Chang Lee. Lee yielded no runs, one hit, and struck out three this week. Lee has had an excellent season although one reason he may not have been promoted this year is because the Indians have several prospects at AA and AAA who have similar statistics as Lee. Nevertheless, given the Indian's poor pitching overall it's probably just a matter of time until Lee gets a major league callup.

Weekly Report 07.26 - 08.01

Offensive Player of the Week:

Chun-Hsiu Chen hit for .444 for the week. After a hot start to the season he's cooled off a bit, but he earned a promotion to high-A a couple weeks ago and has high average and decent power throughout the season. It should be noted his path to the majors might be blocked by Carlos Santana. If Chen is forced to move to 1B or 3B, his bat may not be enough to allow him to make the majors.

Pitcher of the Week:

It was a poor week for pitchers overall. Chen-Chang Lee gave up no earned runs, but he walked 2 in 3 innings of work. Week to week evaluations of pitchers are often tough since they make very few appearances. One bad outing can make a whole week seem terrible while one good start can mask deficiencies from previous weeks. It's a matter of sample size and this week pitchers had a dose of bad luck.

Weekly Report 07.19 - 07.25

Pitcher of the Week:

Chen-Chang Lee had another good week with 3 SO in 3 IP of work. That this was actually below his average strikeout rate shows the kind of dominating season he's having so far.

Offensive Player of the Week:

Chih-Hsien Chiang hit .391 this week to boost his season average up to .244. However, .244 is still pretty dismal combined his below average plate discipline and power. He'll need to keep up the high batting average in order to earn a promotion next year.