NPR interviewed Pat Venditte, check it out here.
Get your wallets ready, the International Signing Period starts tomorrow. Time to haul in a new batch of ridiculously over-hyped Latin American teenagers, most of whom will never make it out of A-ball.
Triple-A Scranton (5-2 win over Buffalo) faced the guy Jim Callis predicted the Yankees would select with the 21st pick in the 2006 draft
Justin Christian: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – send me down? I’ll show you!
Chris Basak: 2 for 4, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 0 for 4, 1 K – 2 for his last 14
Shelley: 1 for 2 – Chad Jennings said he left the game after apparently injuring his shoulder making a diving catch in RF
Jason Lane: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Cody Ransom & Eric Duncan: both 0 for 3, 2 K – Ransom walked & scored a run
JD Closser: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K – second straight game with a 3-run jack, his first 2 homers of the year
Ross Ohlendorf: 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3-2 GB/FB – 29 of 47 pitches were strikes (61.7%)
Heath Phillips: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 Balk
JB Cox: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 4-2 GB/FB
Scott Strickland: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – 4 H, 4 BB, 14 K in his last 13 IP … hot damn
Double-A Trenton (3-1 loss to Portland) faced the guy the Red Sox selected with the 40th pick of the 2006 draft, one spot ahead of where the Yanks took Joba
Ramiro Pena & Reegie Corona: both 2 for 4, 1 K – Pena drew a walk & was caught stealing
Austin Jackson: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
Chris Malec: 0 for 3, 1 BB – evens the ol’ K/BB ratio up at 29-29
Edwar Gonzalez, PJ Pilittere & Jose Tabata: all 1 for 4 – Edwar doubled & K’ed … PJ K’ed & committed a throwing error
Cody Ehlers: 0 for 4, 2 K
George Kontos: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 4-8 GB/FB
Zach Kroenke: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Eric Wordekemper: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-3 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (4-0 loss to Fort Myers) totally dominated by the best prospect the Mets traded for Johan Santana
Eduardo Nunez & CJ Henry: both 0 for 2 – Nunez drew a pair of walks … Henry walked, K’ed twice & was picked off first
James Cooper, Andres Perez & Kevin Smith: both 1 for 4
Mitch Hilligoss, Seth Fortenberry & Luis Nunez: all 0 for 3 – Fortenberry K’ed
Grant Duff: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 5-4 GB/FB
Phil Bartlewski: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2-3 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (7-0 loss to Savannah)
Abe Almonte & Jesus Montero: both 0 for 4 – Montero allowed a passed ball
Justin Snyder: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Bradley Suttle, Austin Romine & Brandon Laird: all 1 for 4 – Suttle & Laird each K’ed twice … Romine K’ed once
Carmen Angelini & Matt Morris: both 0 for 3 – Morris K’ed
Austin Krum: 2 for 2, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
Lance Pendleton: 4 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 5-4 GB/FB
Ryan Zink: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K – he’s a better prospect than you may think … they Yanks drafted him last year just as he was coming back from TJ, but he was considered a top 3 rounds talent before the injury
Nick Chigges: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Gabe Medina: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
Short Season Staten Island (9-4 win over Aberdeen)
Walt Ibarra & Dan Brewer: both 2 for 4 – Ibarra doubled, scored 2 runs, K’ed & committed a fielding error … Brewer scored a run & drove in 2
David Adams: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – 12 for 33 (.364) in his last 9 games
Brian Baisley: 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Mike Lyon: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
Jack Rye & Melky Mesa: both 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – Mesa threw a runner out at home from CF
Cory Arbiso: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 5-4 GB/FB – really, no strikeouts?
Andy Shive: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Tim Dennehy: 2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (6-2 loss to GCL Indians)
Jose Pirela, Chris Smith, Chad Gross & Corban Joseph: all 1 for 4 – Pirela doubled & scored a run … Gross K’ed twice … CoJoe doubled & K’ed
Zoilo Almonte: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 3 K
Mike Jones: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 2 K
Yunior Tabares: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
Chris Britton: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – threw 8 pitches in the rehab appearance
Humberto Sanchez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K – threw 12 pitches
Rich Martinez: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 10-0 GB/FB
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