Yanks beat Sox in the minors too
ByIn case you missed it, Mini-Moose is taking over for Moose.
Triple-A Scranton (5-4 win over Ottawa)
Brett Gardner & Jose Cruz Jr.: both 1 for 3, 1 K – Gardner committed a fielding error…Cruz Jr. walked & scored a run
Mink: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B – 3 doubles & 9 RBI in 19 minor league AB after 7 & 16 in 124 big league AB
Alberto Gonzalez: 0 for 4, 1 K
Kevin Thompson: 2 for 3, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Andy Cannizaro: 2 for 4, 2 RBI – singled in KT for the winning run in the 8th
Jeff Karstens: 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 3-12 GB/FB – not even one K?
Ross Ohlendorf: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-1 GB/FB
Jose Veras: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Double-A Trenton
Game 1 (7-3 win over Portland in 7 innings)
Reegie Corona: 2 for 4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Colin Curtis: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Mike Kinkade: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing) - 3 straight games with a double
Juan Miranda: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K – this year he terrorizes the Red Sox’s Double-A affiliate…next year, the big boys
Matt Carson: 1 for 4, 1 3B, 1 RBI
Cody Ehlers: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B – 36th XBH after 57 last year
Jeff Marquez: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 8-11 GB/FB, 1 pickoff – 3 of his last 4 starts have been nothing short of dominant
Game 2 (9-0 loss to Portland in 7 innings)
Reegie Corona: 1 for 2, 1 K
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 20, 5 K – only a 3rd inning single from Corona prevented them from being perfected
Jason Jones: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 HB
Justin Pope: 1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – ouch
High-A Tampa had a scheduled off day.
Low-A Charleston was washed out. They’ll try for 2 tomorrow.
Short Season Staten Island (1-0 win over Aberdeen, walk-off style)
Justin Snyder & Taylor Holiday: both 0 for 4, 1 K
Damon Sublett: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 CS
Jose Gil: 2 for 4, 1 K
DJ Hollingsworth: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB – walk-off single
Frank Lonigro: 2 for 3, 1 K – 3 for his last 7 after going 4 for his last 17
Jason Stephens: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K – the forgotten prospect has allowed only 36 baserunners in 41.2 IP after returning from injury
Jason Kiley: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB
Rookie GCL Yanks (6-4 win over GCL Twins)
Abe Almonte: 2 for 5
Prilys Cuello: 1 for 4
Wady Rufino: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K – 39 games in, he’s still OPSing over 1.000
Jesus Montero: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 PB - homer in a win or go home game? that’s clutch
Austin Romine & Brad Suttle: both 0 for 2 – Romine K’ed…Suttle committed a fielding error
Gerardo Rodriguez: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI – took over DH duties from Romine in the 6th
Walt Ibarra: 2 for 2, 1 2B, 1 RBI – took over 3B for Suttle in the 6th
Kelvin Castro: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 E (all fielding) – 3 errors? ouch
Melky Mesa: 2 for 4, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Noel Castillo: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 B, 2 K
Wilkins DeLaRossa: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 6-0 GB/FB
Josue Selenes: 3 IP, zeroes, 4 K
The GCL squad advances & will take on the GCL Dodgers in Championship Series. The best-of-3 series kicks off tomorrow.
Any idea who the starters will be for the GCL Yankees in the three game series?
Go Angels!
Winning isn’t a big priority in the Rookie ball, so I can’t be certain who’s starting. Based on who pitched the past week though, Dicky Marquez goes in Game 1, Lance Pendleton in Game 2 (won the CWS in 2003 with Rice, so he’s got championship experience!), and Casey Erickson if Game 3 is necessary. Again, don’t hold me to this.
is Jairo done for the year?
Dude, great question. I’ve been wondering this for a few weeks. There’s been absolutely no news on it.
not even kidding, i dont remember ever seeing Jason Stephens’s name in a DotF since the start of the SI season.
Mike, whats the reason for your optimism regarding miranda? he was decent in tampa, hot for a while in trenton, but he’s gone .188/.273/.348 in august. he’s 24, he should be tearing it up
Miranda hadn’t played in a game since 2004 prior to this year. He only participated in showcases and tryouts for 2 years in the Dominican after defecting from Cuba because there’s no organized baseball there (well, there is, but it’s all run by MLB).
He basically sat on the couch for 2 years, picked up a bat in Spring Training, and went to High-A. Pretty impressive.
holy shit, what happened to the site? it just changed as i was writing my comment.
the top looks cool, the font isnt as pretty
Still, this is by far the most intelligent site design in the yankees blog community. Like. yeah. By far.
Whoa. New look?
Tell me about Kennedy? I assume he is more capable then the Karstens, Desalvo, Wright crew is that accurate
IPK >>> DeSalvo, Karstens, Rasner, et al
- 90-92 fastball that was touching 94 earlier in the year (he could be a bit tired now, so it’ll more likely be 89-91 Saturday)
- very good sinking change, good curve and good 2 seamer
- best asset is his command and ability to locate his pitches
- smart guy, definitely a “pitcher” and not a “thrower”
- very much like a young moose (hence the mini-moose moniker) because of the repetoire, command and feel for pitching. He even does the little bow when pitching from the stretch.
mike can give u the scouting report (or EJ if you ask him), but simply put…. whatever USC record not held by Mark Prior is held by Ian Kennedy
Nice new look guys, came outta no where
great to see Abe Almonte finishing the season strong
Jose Veras has been pitching very well lately.,,