High-A Lake County Captains season preview

Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty ImagesThere have been several changes to the Cleveland minor league system heading into 2021. The biggest one to affect the full-season clubs is the fact that Cleveland’s Lynchburg and Lake County clubs switched levels. Lake County is now the High-A team, which makes sense because it allows High-A, Double-A, and Triple-A to all be in Ohio, where Lynchburg will be a good transition point between Arizona rookie ball in and the three higher-level clubs.

Here’s the expected roster for High-A Lake County:

Pitching

Notable in the pitching department is the extremely high placements for Cleveland’s 2020 first-round competitive balance pick Tanner Burns, 2020 second-round…