CLEVELAND: In late July, Rob Kaminsky was on a bus ride with the Palm Beach Cardinals, the High-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
His cell phone rang with a call from an unsaved number, and he almost didn’t answer it. It was the Cardinals informing him that he’d been traded to the Indians’ organization for outfielder Brandon Moss. In other words, it was a pretty important phone call.
“It was a whirlwind, to say the least,” said Kaminsky, who is taking part in the Indians’ Fall Development Program, which invited roughly 30 of the organization’s top prospects to Progressive Field for a week of additional training.