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Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Cleveland Indians system.
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Greg Allen
Greg Lomack Allen (born March 15, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians organization.
Allen attended Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, California. Allen attended San Diego State University. After playing college baseball for three seasons for the San Diego State Aztecs, the Indians selected him in the sixth round of the 2014 MLB draft. In 2015, he played for the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League In 2016, Allen played for the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, before the Indians promoted Allen to the Akron RubberDucks of the Class AA Eastern League. Allen finished 2016 with a .295 batting average with 7 home runs and 44 RBI's. After the season, the Indians assigned Allen to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League.
Dylan Baker
Dylan Ford Baker (born April 6, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Baker attended Juneau-Douglas High School in Juneau, Alaska, As a senior in 2010, he was the Gatorade Player of the Year and Louisville Slugger Player of the Year, both of which are given to the best high school baseball player in each state.
Baker was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the fifth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. The Indians added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.
Will Benson
William Buchanan Benson (born June 16, 1998) is an American baseball outfielder. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the first round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft out of The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia. Benson spent 2016 with the AZL Indians where he posted a .209 batting average with 6 home runs and 27 RBI's.
Bobby Bradley
Bobby Bradley (born May 29, 1996) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Bradley attended Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Bradley was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the third round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Indians rather than play college baseball at Louisiana State University. Bradley made his professional debut that season with the Arizona League Indians. He won the Arizona League Triple Crown after leading the league in batting average (.361), home runs (eight) and runs batted in (50). After the season, he was named the league's MVP. Following his breakout 2014 season, Bradley spent 2015 with the Lake County Captains where he posted a .269 batting average with 27 home runs and 92 RBI's. Bradley spent 2016 with the Lynchburg Hillcats where he batted .235 with 29 home runs and 102 RBI's.
Mitch Brown
Mitchell Brown (born April 13, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Brown attended Century High School in Rochester, Minnesota. As a senior, he was the St. Paul Pioneer Press baseball player of the year. Brown was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the second round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Indians and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Indians. He spent 2013 with the Arizona League Indians and Lake County Captains and spent 2014 with Lake County.
Yu-Cheng Chang
Yu-Cheng Chang (born August 18, 1995) is a Taiwanese professional baseball shortstop for the Cleveland Indians organization.
Chang signed with the Indians in 2013 for a $500,000 signing bonus. In 2016, while playing for the Lynchburg Hillcats, Chang was named a Carolina League all-star. Chang finished 2016 with a .259 batting average with 13 home runs and 70 RBI.
Yandy Díaz
Yandy Díaz Fernandez (born August 8, 1991) is a Cuban professional baseball infielder in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Díaz played for the Naranjas de Villa Clara in the Cuban National Series. He defected from Cuba and signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians in 2013. He played for the Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in 2014. Playing for the Akron Rubberducks of the Class AA Eastern League in 2015, Díaz was named an All-Star. The Indians promoted him to the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League in September, and assigned him to the Arizona Fall League after the 2015 regular season. He began the 2016 season with Akron and was promoted to Columbus. He won the International League Rookie of the Year Award.
His father, Jorge, also defected from Cuba to play professional baseball in the United States. Yandy has not seen his father since he was six years old.
Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson (born February 9, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Johnson played college baseball at the California Polytechnic State University. After his junior year he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Indians and made his professional debut in 2012 with the Lake County Captains. He also spent time that year with the Carolina Mudcats and spent 2013 with Carolina and the Akron Aeros. Johnson missed the 2014 season recovering from Tommy John surgery. He returned in 2015 to pitch for the Akron RubberDucks.
Josh Martin
Joshua Martin (born December 30, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Martin played college baseball at Samford University. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 25th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and returned to Samford. He was then drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 2012 MLB draft. Martin was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 2015 Rule 5 draft. The Padres returned Martin to the Indians on April 12, 2016.
Triston McKenzie
Triston Andrew McKenzie (born August 2, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization. He was drafted by the Indians in Lottery Round A in the 2015 MLB draft out of Royal Palm Beach High School in Royal Palm Beach, Florida. McKenzie spent 2015, his first professional season, with the AZL Indians where he posted a 0.75 ERA in 12 innings pitched. McKenzie began 2016 with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers before being promoted to the Lake County Captains; he posted a combined 1.62 ERA with 104 strikeouts in 83.1 innings pitched between the two teams.
Hoby Milner
Hoby Milner (born January 13, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Milner attended R. L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth, Texas and was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 44th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign and attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he played college baseball. After his junior year he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh round of the 2012 MLB draft.
Milner was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 Rule 5 draft.
Dorssys Paulino
Dorssys Paulino (born November 21, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop and left fielder in the Cleveland Indians organization.
Paulino signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in July 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Arizona League Indians. He was later promoted to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Paulino played 2013 with the Lake County Captains. Paulino returned to Lake County in 2014. During the season he was converted into an outfielder.
Ronny Rodríguez
Ronny Rodríguez Martinez (born April 17, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop for the Cleveland Indians organization.
During the winter, Rodríguez plays for Águilas Cibaeñas of the Dominican Professional Baseball League. In 2017, he is competing for a role on the Indians' Opening Day roster.
Full Triple-A to Rookie League rosters
Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Cleveland Indians.