Check back throughout the night as information and stats will be posted about the draft picks by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians. Cleveland will pick at No. 5, Pittsburgh at No. 9 and No. 14 and Detroit at No. 20 and No. 39. The entire first round will also be posted as a list. The draft will begin at 7 p.m.

At No. 58, the Detroit Tigers take pitcher Kevin Ziomek, a 6-3, 200-pound left-handed starting pitcher out of Vanderbilt. He isn’t an overpowering pitcher but mixes his pitches well. He was drafted by Arizona in 2010 but elected to go to college instead. He performed well in the Cape Cod League after a tough sophomore season to see his draft stock rise.

At No. 51, the Pittsburgh Pirates take high school pitcher Blake Taylor, 6-3, 220-pound lefty from Dana Hills High School in California. He created plenty of buzz around the draft as a tall lefty that can touch the mid-90s with his fastball. Scouts say that his curveball is above average and he has the chance to develop a third pitch with a change-up.

At No. 39, the Detroit Tigers take closer Cory Knebel, a 6-3, 210-pound right-handed pitcher from Texas. He could rise through the system quickly with his power arm that can hit 98 mph. There are some off the field issues with Knebel as he was suspended twice with the Longhorns but there is plenty of upside as well.

At No. 20, the Detroit Tigers take Johnathon Crawford, a 6-2, 205-pound right-handed starting pitcher from Florida. Crawford can hit up to 96 mph late into games but needs to develop his offspeed pitches according to scouts. His changeup is solid and Crawford could develop into at least a No. 2 starter down the line.

At No. 14, the Pittsburgh Pirates take Reese McGuire, a 6-1, 190-pound catcher from Kentwood High School in California. McGuire is considered the best catcher on the board because of his defense. He has outstanding arm strength according to scouts with a “smooth, left-handed stroke despite being a righty behind the plate.” He is the highest-drafted catcher since 2008.

At No. 9, the Pittsburgh Pirates take Austin Meadows, a 6-3, 210-pound outfielder from Grayson High School in Georgia. Ironically, he played travel ball with Clint Frazier, the Indians’ pick. He is a left-handed hitter that has a “smooth swing and good power” according to scouts. He hit .535 as a senior and could stay in centerfield or move to a corner outfield position.

At No. 5, the Cleveland Indians take Clint Frazier, a 6-1, 180-pound outfielder from Loganville High School in Georgia. He has been referred to as a smaller Mike Trout by scouts. Frazier is the Gatorade National Player of the Year and is a power hitter. He hit .485 with 17 home runs, 56 runs scored and 45 RBIs as a centerfielder with good speed. He has signed a letter of intent to play at Georgia but is expected to sign with the Indians.

Round 1
1. Houston Astros – RHP Mark Appel, Stanford
2. Chicago Cubs – 3B/OF Kris Bryant, San Diego
3. Colorado Rockies – RHP Jonathan Gray, Oklahoma
4. Minnesota Twins – RHP Kohl Stewart, St. Pius X High School (Texas)
5. Cleveland Indians – OF Clint Frazier, Loganville High School (Georgia)
6. Miami Marlins – 3B Colin Moran, North Carolina
7. Boston Red Sox – LHP Trey Ball, New Castle High School (Indiana)
8. Kansas City Royals – SS Hunter Dozier, Stephen F. Austin
9. Pittsburgh Pirates – OF Austin Meadows, Grayson High School (Georgia)
10. Toronto Blue Jays – RHP Phillip Bickford, Oaks Christian High School (California)
11. New York Mets – 1B/OF Dominic Smith, Serra High School (California)
12. Seattle – 3B D.J. Peterson, New Mexico
13. San Diego – OF Hunter Renfroe, Mississippi State
14. Pittsburgh – C Reese McGuire, Kentwood High School (California)
15. Arizona – RHP Braden Shipley, Nevada
16. Philadelphia – SS J.P. Crawford, Lakewood High School (California)
17. Chicago White Sox – SS Tim Anderson, East Central C.C.
18. Los Angeles Dodgers – RHP Chris Anderson, Jacksonville
19. St. Louis – LHP Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga
20. Detroit – RHP Johnathon Crawford, Florida
21. Tampa Bay – C Nick Ciuffo, Lexington High School (South Carolina)
22. Baltimore – RHP Hunter Harvey, Bandys High School (North Carolina)
23. Texas – RHP Alex Gonzalez, Oral Roberts
24. Oakland – OF Billy McKinney, Plano West High School (Texas)
25. San Francisco – SS Christian Arroyo, Hernando High School (Florida)
26. New York Yankees – 3B Eric Jagielo, Notre Dame
27. Cincinnati – OF Phillip Ervin, Samford
28. St. Louis – LHP Rob Kaminsky, St. Joseph Regional (New Jersey)
29. Tampa Bay – RHP Ryne Stanek, Arkansas
30. Texas – SS Travis Demeritte, Winder Barrow High School (Georgia)
31. Atlanta – RHP Jason Hursh, Oklahoma State
32. New York Yankees – OF Aaron Judge, Fresno State
33. New York Yankees – LHP Ian Clarkin, James Madison High School (Florida)
Competitive Balance Round A
34. Kansas City – LHP Sean Manaea, Indiana State
35. Miami – LHP Matt Krook, St. Ignatius College Prep (California)
36. Arizona – RHP Aaron Blair, Marshall
37. Baltimore – OF Josh Hart, Parkview High School (Georgia)
38. Cincinnati – RHP Michael Lorenzen, Cal State-Fullerton
39. Detroit – RHP Corey Knebel, Texas
Round 2
40. Houston – RHP Andrew Thurman, California-Irvine
41. Chicago Cubs – LHP Rob Zastryzny, Missouri
42. Colorado – 3B Ryan McMahon, Mater Dei High School (California)
43. Minnesota – RHP Ryan Eades, LSU
44. Miami – RHP Trevor Williams, Arizona State
45. Boston – RHP Teddy Stankiewicz, Seminole State
46. Kansas City – LHP Cody Reed, Northwester Mississippi C.C.
47. Toronto – RHP Clinton Hollon, Woodford County High School (Kentucky)
48. New York Mets – RHP Andrew Church, Basic High School (Nevada)
49. Seattle – OF Austin Wilson, Stanford
50. San Diego – SS Dustin Peterson, Gilbert High School (Arizona)
51. Pittsburgh – LHP Blake Taylor, Dana Hills High School (California)
52. Arizona – SS Justin Williams, Terrebonne High School (Arizona)
53. Philadelphia – C Andrew Knapp, California
54. Milwaukee – RHP Devin Williams, Hazelwood West High School (Missouri)
55. Chicago White Sox – RHP Tyler Danish, Durant High School (Florida)
56. Los Angeles Dodgers – LHP Tom Windle, Minnesota
57. St. Louis – SS Oscar Mercado, Vivian Gaither High School (Florida)
58. Detroit – LHP Kevin Ziomek, Vanderbilt
59. Los Angeles Angels – LHP Hunter Green, Warren East High School (Kentucky)
60. Tampa Bay – SS Riley Unroe, Desert Ridge High School (Arizona)
61. Baltimore – C Chance Sisco, Santiago High School (California)
62. Texas – RHP Akeem Bostwick, West Florence High School (South Carolina)
63. Oakland – LHP Dillon Overton, Oklahoma
64. San Francisco – 3B Ryder Jones, Watauga High School (North Carolina)
65. Atlanta – C Victor Caratini, Miami Dade C.C. South
66. New York Yankees – 2B Gosuke Katoh, Rancho Bernardo High School (California)
67. Cincinnati – 3B Kevin Franklin, Gahr High School (California)
68. Washington – RHP Jake Johansen, Dallas Baptist
Competitive Balance Round B
69. San Diego – OF Jordan Paroubeck, Serra High School (California)
70. Colorado – RHP Alex Balog, San Francisco
71. Oakland – SS Chad Pinder, Virginia Tech
72. Milwaukee – SS Tucker Neuhaus, Wharton High School (Florida)
73. Miami – RHP Colby Suggs, Arkansas

–Tom Reisenweber

The Cleveland Indians aren’t just getting by against former Cy Young winners, they’re beating them up.

Here’s a look at the Cy Young winners the Cleveland Indians have beaten this season:

R.A. Dickey: April 2, 4-1. Dickey gave up three earned runs and four walks in six innings.
David Price: April 7, 13-0. Price gave up eight earned runs in five innings.
Roy Halladay: April 30, 14-2. Halladay gave up eight earned runs in 3.2 innings.
Cliff Lee: May 1, 6-0. Lee gave up four earned runs in six innings.
Bartolo Colon: May 9, 9-2. Colon gave up six earned runs in four innings.
Justin Verlander: May 11, 7-6. Verlander gave up three earned runs in five innings.
Felix Hernandez: May 19, 6-0. Hernandez gave up five earned runs in five innings.

Jake Peavy is the only Cy Young winner to beat the Indians. The White Sox beat Cleveland 3-1 on April 14.

Here are the Indians on their win:

– Rick Green

Want to know how much money a team is paying players on the disabled list?

The New York Times has an online graphic that can tell you.

Check it out at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/13/sports/baseball/money-on-the-bench.html?ref=sports&_r=3&

It’s a pretty slick running calculation.

For example, the Yankees have, as of this posting, have paid $399,454 to players on the disabled list on Thursday alone. The Pirates, by comparison, paid $44,400 and the Indians paid $46, 930.

– Rick Green

Did you miss the Indians’ big win against the Phillies Tuesday?

Want to see highlights of all seven home runs again?

Ryan Raburn (twice), Carlos Santana, Mark Reynolds, Lonnie Chisenhall, Drew Stubbs and Michael Brantley all went deep.

Here they are:

– Rick Green

The Cleveland Indians’ pitching staff might need a big shakeup, but it’s the outfield that’s getting  the immediate attention.

With Michael Bourn out with stitches on his finger (he suffered the injury Sunday), there’s some roster juggling going on.

Drew Stubbs will take over for things in center while Nick Swisher or Ryan Raburn will play right. Rayburn started in right Tuesday night and went 1-for-2 in the Tribe’s 7-2 loss to the Red Sox.

Swisher played first Tuesday with Mark Reynolds at DH. If Swisher moves to right, Reynolds could play first with Jason Giambi at DH.

It appears Bourn will head to the DL later this week, probably to make room for Scott Kazmir to make his first start of the season.

Here’s what manager Terry Francona told the Plain Dealer about Kazmir:

“We fully expect Kazmir to be ready to start for us Saturday (in Houston).”

Kazmir pitched five scoreless innings Monday. Looks like he’s ready for Saturday.

– Rick Green

It got interesting at the end, but the Pittsburgh Pirates prevailed 6-5 over the Cincinnati Reds Friday night.

After taking a 5-2 lead, the Pirates gave up a run to the Reds in the sixth inning and two in the seventh.

Andrew McCutchen responded with his second home run of the season.

Jason Grilli pitched the ninth, giving up a hit and a walk before striking out Brandon Phillips on a 3-2 pitch.

The Pirates improved to 4-6 while the Reds dropped to 5-5.

Tony Watson (1-0) picked up the win in relief of A.J. Burnett, who struck out eight in six innings. He was charged with three earned runs.

It’s a solid win for the Bucs after taking 2-of-3 from the Diamondbacks. The team easily could have folded after giving up the tying runs.

– Rick Green

One hit is all it took for Justin Masterson to improve to 3-0.

It took nine innings to get there, however.

Nick Swisher’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth off reliever Jesse Crain broke a scoreless game and gave the Indians a 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox (4-6) Friday night.

In the complete-game gem, Masterson gave up five hits and struck out seven. He walked one.

The Indians improved to 4-5.

– Rick Green

Do you think Carlos Carrasco has anger issues?

Last night, with the Indians getting hammered by the New York Yankees, Carrasco plunked Kevin Youkilis.

That ended his night in the fourth inning.

The final line: 3.2 innings, 7 hits, 7 runs, 2 walks and 2 home runs.

An awful ending.

It’s been more than a year since Carrasco last pitched. His 2011 was cut short because of Tommy John Surgery. Right before surgery, he was suspended for — surprise! — plunking Billy Butler.

He missed the start of this season serving the rest of that suspension.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Carrasco gets suspended again for his hit of Youkilis last night.

Here’s the video:

 

– Rick Green (follow me @ETNrgreen)

Brett Myers stinks.

At least that’s the prognosis of Indians fans after two starts.

It’s hard to take a leap of faith after two starts where he’s given up seven runs each time, but he should be doing better than this.

His career ERA is 4.25, nothing great, but certainly better than what he’s shown (0-1, 12.19 ERA). He had a 3.31 ERA last season pitching out of the ‘pen. In 2011 and 2010, he had a 4.46 and a 3.164 ERA as a starter.

He left Chicago, which is a notorious park for pitchers, to a better one in Cleveland.

Yeah, it’s disappointing to see to awful starts like that. And it will take a while for his earned-run average to fall.

I’d still expect a rebound at this point.

– Rick Green (follow me @ETNrgreen)

You just knew the Indians were going to bust out in a big way after being shut out by the Rays.

But did you think it would be this big?

Cleveland was shut out Saturday but returned the favor Sunday afternoon, hammering the Rays 13-0.

The Indians pummeled Rays ace David Price, beating Price (0-1) for the first time in the process.

Cleveland (3-3) tagged the AL Cy Young winner for eight runs and 10 hits in five innings.

Mark Reynolds hit two home runs, and Lonnie Chisenhall, Michael Bourn and Carlos Santana each had a blast.

Justin Masterson earned his second win of the season for Cleveland.

It was quite a change for Cleveland. Next up, the Yankees.

– Rick Green (follow me @ETNrgreen)