AAA & AA All-Star action
ByTriple-A Scranton is off until tomorrow for the All-Star Break. The Pacific Coast League All-Stars beat the International League All-Stars 6-5 after 2008 Olympian Blaine Neal blew the save in the glorious fashion in the top of the 9th. Cody Ransom replaced Justin Christian on the IL roster because J-Chrizzle is in the bigs, but did not play in the game because he’s dealing with family matters.
Double-A Trenton is off until tomorrow for the All-Star Break. The North beat the South (fitting) 5-3.
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB – started in CF, batted second & played the whole game … doubled in an insurance run in the 8th
Chris Malec: 0 for 1, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – manned the hot corner after entering the game in the top of the 6th
PJ Pilittere: 0 for 2 – took over behind the plate in the top of the 5th
Jason Jones: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – started the game for the North squad … 15 of 23 pitches were strikes (65.2%)
High-A Tampa (7-6 loss to Jupiter)
Luis Nunez, Andres Perez & Mitch Hilligoss: all 2 for 4, 1 R – Nunez drew a walk & swiped a bag … Perez hit a solo jack … Hilligoss dorve in a run & committed a throwing error
Eduardo Nunez: 1 for 5, 3 K, 1 SB
Kevin Smith & Kreuzer: both 0 for 4, 1 RBI – Smith scored in a run … Kreuzer K’ed
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 4
Kyle Anson: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 PB – 30-40 K/BB ratio this year
Mike Dunn: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 1 HB, 3-3 GB/FB – after giving up 2 tonight, he’s allowed 10 homers in 104.2 IP this year
Phil Bartlewski: 2.01 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Wilkins Arias: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
Low-A Charleston (2-0 win over Kannapolis)
Abe Almonte: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – still just 3 for his last 35 (.086)
Bradley Suttle: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Austin Romine, Jesus Montero & Justin Snyder: all 0 for 4, 1 K – Snyder’s been dropped to 6th in the lineup
Brandon Laird: 1 for 4, 1 K
Carmen Angelini & Prilys Cuello: both 0 for 3, 2 K – Cuello played LF, not his usual 2B
Austin Krum: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 SB
Jairo Heredia: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 9-3 GB/FB – 59 hits allowed & 65 K in 71 IP
Craig Heyer: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 5-1 GB/FB
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K – 63-7 K/BB ratio in 44.2 IP
Short Season Staten Island (6-5 win over Batavia)
Ray Kruml: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 K
David Adams: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B – 3 for his last 20
Brian Baisley: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
Jack Rye: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Dan Brewer: 0 for 4 – he’s still 14 for his last 34 (.412)
Braedyn Pruitt: 2 for 4, 1 R
Mitch Abeita: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 K
Taylor Grote & Addison Maruszack: both 0 for 2, 1 RBI – Grote drew a walk & threw a runner out at second from LF … Maruszack K’ed
Brandon Braboy: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 3-7 GB/FB
Andy Shive: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Pat Venditte: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – 4 hits allowed in 12.2 IP, all to RHB
Rookie GCL Yanks
Game 1 (4-2 win over GCL Tigers in 7 innings) makeup for yesterday’s rainout
Jose Pirela: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Corban Joseph: 2 for 4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 K – dude’s got 14 hits as a pro, and 9 have gone for extra bases!
Mike Jones: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Chad Gross, Chase Weems & Alvaro Ramirez: all 1 for 3 – Gross & Weems drove in a run … Weems also K’ed … Ramirez doubled
Yunior Tabares: 1 for 2, 1 2B
Jimmy Parades: 0 for 4, 1 K
Zoilo Almonte: 0 for 3, 1 K – OPS is down 116 points from last year … yikes
Humberto Sanchez: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K – I suspect you’ll see him bumped up to Tampa pretty soon
Arodys Vizcaino: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-4 GB/FB
Hector Noesi: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4-1 GB/FB
Mike Obradovich: 0.1 IP, zeroes
Game 2 (3-1 loss to GCL Tigers in 7 innings)
Corban Joseph: 1 for 1, 1 RBI, 3 BB
Chris Smith, Chad Gross & Zoilo Almonte: all 0 for 3
Mike Jones & RJ Baker: both 1 for 2 - Jones drew a walk … Baker committed a throwing error
Neall French & Spencer Lucian: both 1 for 3 - Lucian drew a walk
Kelvin Perez: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1-4 GB/FB
Francisco Rondon: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 5-4 GB/FB




Nice bounce back by Heredia after a less than stellar start last year
Good to see Sanchez keep moving forward
Whats the deal with the yanks optioning Milton to AAA? Wouldn’t one think he’d be rehabbing through the system when he’s ready?
It’s just a procedural move. When he’s ready to rehab, he’ll work his way up from the GCL just like everyone else.
Grote also had a great play to knock a ball down before it went over the fence and limit the batter to a double. Had the runner not score on a base hit it would have been much better.
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Starting pitchers have not been that solid for Staten Island. The bullpen has really done a good job in keeping them in the game.
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With a Hudson Valley loss the SI Yanks will be on top the division by 3 games.
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Good night everybody, we have an 11am game tomorrow so I need to catch some sleep.
I think Humberto Sanchez is trade bait at best. Rockies were caught scouting him.
FYI I played the lottery and lost.
Oh well. Predicting the exact time, down to the minute, that the final All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium would end is pretty damn cool though.
yeah I know it was crazy. Right when Morneau crossed the plate the time on my computer was 1:37.
At best, Sanchez is a starter/reliever with Major League-quality stuff. That’s the definition of “at best” when you’re talking about pitchers in the Minor Leagues.
They can scout him all they want it sure as hell doesn’t mean they are going to get him.
I wouldn’t trade Sanchez at this point. Let him establish his value first.
Yep, they’d be selling low at this point. The kid is really really good, we just haven’t been able to see him yet.
humberto was a top ranked pitching prospect in detroit when we traded for him you best believe we’re gonna give him every chance to re-acquire that status with us.
Cashman hasn’t traded one top prospect in 3 years. What makes you think he’d trade Sanchez when his value wasn’t high and he thinks so highly of him?
Plus they’d be better off to trade someone like Robertson, Cox, or Melancon, who has high value right now, and will only relieve, vs a team trying to get Sanchez for cheap when he can do both.
Unless the Rockies are going to give premium value, then there’s no point in trading him