The Lake County Captains young players should benefit from the upcoming All-Star break.
Former St.. Edward standout Alex Lavisky is working through his first season in the Indians farm system with the Lake County Captains. Anthony Gallas of Strongsville High School and Kent State and Alex Lavisky of St. Edward High School are farmhands in the Indians organization, both currently playing for the Lake County Captains. They will share their thoughts on the season in an occasional blog.
Lavisky, who helped St. Edward to the state tournament a year ago, is hitting .206 on the season. He is tied for second on the team with seven home runs, and tied for fourth with 22 RBI.
Lavisky filed this report from the road, as the Captains are currently in the midst of a six-game road trip. They lost the last two games against the Wisconsin Rattlers after winning the opener. Tonight they open a three-game set at Beloit.
On the road right now traveling through Wisconsin. The bus trip was pretty long coming from Eastlake, roughly around 11 hours, however I'm glad that we made it here safe.
Looking around (the bus), I see a lot of guys with their headphones on listening to music or watching a movie, and I see other guys either playing chess or reading.
I'm usually listening to music, however on this road trip I've found myself doing all of the above trying to pass the time.
We just finished up our series with the Timber Rattlers and saw some nice pitching out here in the Western Division.
We're traveling to Beloit now and I'm tremendously excited with how our team is progressing, along with myself. We're starting to figure things out as a group when it comes to routines and feeling the same each day.
We still have a long way to go. We need to make some adjustments at the plate to get some timely hitting and sharpen up our defense, and truly learn to be focused and expecting to make that next play. However I think that the All-Star break will be very beneficial for all the first-year players on our team.
I'm looking forward to finishing up our road trip and the next two weeks of the first half on a good note. I'm expecting big things from myself and the team in the second half of the season now that the first half is under our belt and we all know what to expect. I think the experience from the first half will shine through in our young team to make for an exciting second half of the season.
Let's go Captains in Beloit!
-- Alex
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/06/alex_lavisky_looking_forward_t.html
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