Cleveland Indians Minor League Report: 3 players who were cold in May

Aaron Bracho, 2B, High-A Lake County (No. 8 Prospect)

Moving back to the prospect list of the Cleveland Indians, we come to the No. 8 prospect and member of the High-A Lake County Captains, Aaron Bracho. A 20-year old infielder, Bracho only had eight games of experience above rookie ball entering the year, all being at Low-A in 2019 with Mahoning Valley. Now, he’s have some troubles adjusting to the new level in the early going.

Playing in 17 games for the Captains, Bracho has struck out 17 times which is second on the team while logging just 11 hits in 61 at-bats. Now, Bracho has been able to log five doubles, one home run and 10 RBI for Lake County to get his slash line up a bit to .180/.257/.311.

The positive with Bracho is that half of his hits were either doubles or home runs. The problem there was that he only had 11. If he can start to find a bit more consistency at the plate he could become one of the better players in the minor leagues for the Tribe, which is why he’s on the list for the club’s top prospects. He’s also a strong infielder. If he can just start to find some better production at the plate that could be a huge gain for the Cleveland Indians minor league system.