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Zimmer, Frazier promoted to Triple-A Columbus
- Updated: July 25, 2016
CLEVELAND — As trade rumors and reports swirled late Sunday night, the Indians told Double-A Akron manager Dave Wallace to call top prospects Brad Zimmer and Clint Frazier into his office. The outfielders were told that the time had come to pack their bags.
Zimmer and Frazier — ranked by MLBPipeline.com as Cleveland’s No. 1 and No. 2 prospects, respectively — were both promoted to Triple-A Columbus.
“They’re certainly not a package deal,” said Carter Hawkins, the Indians’ director of player development. “But as we thought through the progress that both of those guys have made over the course of the year, we felt like the next best challenge to continue their development, the next best environment, was going to be Columbus. And we felt like the ability for them to do that at the same time was only going to provide a better support system and a better foundation.”
Hawkins said there were a couple factors that played into the timing of the outfielders’ move to Triple-A. The Indians wanted to first get through the All-Star break, considering Zimmer (Cleveland’s top pick in the 2014 Draft) and Frazier (Cleveland’s top pick in the ’13 Draft) each made the Eastern League All-Star team, with the latter also flying to San Diego to participate in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game.
Beyond that, Hawkins and the rest of the Indians’ player development staff did not believe either outfielder had anything left to prove at Akron. In 93 games, Zimmer hit .253 with 14 homers, 20 doubles, six triples, 33 steals, 53 RBIs, 58 runs scored and an .842 OPS. Frazier, meanwhile, hit .276 with 13 homers, 25 doubles, one triple, 13 steals, 48 RBIs, 56 runs and an .825 OPS.
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