Triple-A Scranton (4-2 loss to Buffalo)
Brett Gardner, Shelley Duncan & Cody Ransom: all 0 for 4 – Gardner walked & scored a run … Shelley drove in a run & K’ed three times … Ransom K’ed once
Nick Green: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Juan Miranda: 2 for 3, 2 BB – hitting streak up to 8 games … 7-14 K/BB ratio on the year
Eric Duncan: 2 for 2, 2 BB, 1 SB
Jeff Marquez: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 7-5 GB/FB – best start of the year
Jon Albaladejo: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K – only 18 of 40 pitches were strikes (45%)
Scott Patterson: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – 11 of 13 pitches were strikes (84.6%)
Edwar: 1 IP, zeroes, 0-3 GB/FB
Double-A Trenton (8-3 win over Binghamton in 13 innings)
Ramiro Pen: 2 for 6, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Austin Jackson: 3 for 7, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI – hitting streak now at 11 games
Colin Curtis: 1 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – batting third, Tabata’s usual spot
Matt Carson: 1 for 6, 1 RBI, 3 K
Cody Ehlers: 1 for 7, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
Jose Tabata: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB – *he hit sixth, so he was demoted in the batting order … more on that later
Chris Malec: 1 for 6, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K
Reegie Corona: 3 for 6, 1 K, 1 SB
Jason Jones: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Steven Jackson: 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – 17 baserunners & 18 K in 16 IP
Eric Wordekemper: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Zack Kroenke: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
High-A Tampa (4-3 win over Clearwater in 11 innings) the opposed pitcher pitched extremely well, that bastardo
Damon Sublett: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Eduardo Nunez: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 E (missed catch)
Mitch Hilligoss: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K – hitting only .247 this year after hitting .310 last year
Edwar Gonzalez: 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – 6 homers in 19 games
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 4 K – 14 K in his last 27 AB
Josue Calzado & Kevin Smith: both 0 for 4 – Calzado K’ed twice … Smith K’ed once
Al Aceves: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP
JB Cox: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Mark Melancon: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3-0 GB/FB – one of those walks was intentional
Jose Valdez: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 5-2 GB/FB, 1 Balk
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (6-3 in over Savannah)
Abe Almonte & Justin Snyder: both 1 for 5, 1 RBI – Almonte scored a run & K’ed … Snyder doubled & missed a catch for his 10th error of the year
Brandon Laird: 0 for 5, 3 K – 4 for his last 24
Jesus Montero: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – .373-.388-.542 … speechless
David Williams: 2 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K
Austin Romine: 0 for 4, 1 K – first 0-fer in ll days
Carmen Angelini: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI – starting to heat up a bit
Adam Olbrychowski: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 5-6 GB/FB
Lance Pendleton, Chase Vacek & Jonathan Ortiz: combined 4 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7-5 GB/FB
Let’s go back to Tabata for a sec. Yes he has been struggling (0 for his last 18 and 6 of his last 33 coming into today’s game), but the minor leagues are not about winning, they’re about developing. The Yanks have long had a system for developing their prospects – the brain trust places a green dot next to a player’s name on the team roster, indicating that the manager must bat this player in a specific spot in the batting order, or keep him in the rotation all year, or use him on some set relief schedule. Players like Austin Jackson and Dellin Betances are green dotters, while Chris Kunda and Noel Castillo are not. Jose Tabata, obviously, has a green dot.
Tabata’s batted third in the order in every single game he’s played over the the last two years, except when a big leaguer was with his club rehabbing; in that case he hit cleanup. He batted leadoff in the Rookie level Gulf Coast League back in 2005, but that was because the Yanks had just given CJ Henry a $1.575M signing bonus as their first round pick, so of course they were going to slot him into the most prestigious spot in the batting order. Dropping Tabata in the order this early in the year means one of several things to me: a) they’ve soured on him a bit, b) they want to take some pressure off him, or c) he’s still not all the way back from wrist surgery.
It could be all three, but I’m inclined to think it’s a combination of b and c. I highly doubt they’ve already started to sour on a kid with a .305-.375-.406 career line coming into the year, especially when he’s consistently been one of the youngest players in his league (he’s the third youngest player in Double-A this year). Hopefully they’re just trying to make his life easier by hitting his lower in the order. Did I make way too much of a simple move in the batting order? Yup. Is this leading anywhere? Nope. I’m just thinking out loud more than anything.
And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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