Just a heads up, I’m going to hold another chat tomorrow afternoon. I’ve got some errands to run in the morning, but I figure we can get going around 2pm EST. I’ll post a reminder tomorrow with the definite time. Here’s the transcript from the last (and only other) chat we did.
Triple-A Scranton (3-2 loss to Buffalo)
Justin Christian: 1 for 3
Melky: 1 for 4, 1 K – 6 for his last 21 (.286) after an 8 for 20 (.400) start in AAA
Matt Carson: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB – picked off second
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 19, 1 R, 1 BB, 8 K – Juan Miranda K’ed three times … Shelley drew a walk & scored the run … Nick Green was hit by a pitch & committed a throwing error
Chase Wright: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 4-12 GB/FB – 67 of 99 pitches were strikes (67.7%) … that looks like a Dice-K-ian “he’s lucky he only gave up 3 runs” start
Steven Jackson: 0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP – only 4 of 12 pitches were strikes (33.3%) … just didn’t have it today
Billy Traber: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Double-A Trenton (9-3 win over Bowie)
Reegie Corona & Ramiro Pena: both 3 for 5, 1 RBI – Corona doubled, scored a run & was caught stealing … Pena scored a pair of runs, K’ed twice, swiped a bag & committed a fielding error
Kevin Russo, Edwar Gonzalez, PJ Pilittere & Chris Malec: all 2 for 5 – Russo drove in a run & scored 2 … Edwar drove in a run, scored a run & K’ed … Pilittere K’ed & allowed a passed ball … Malec plated a run
Colin Curtis: 1 for 5, 3 RBI, 2 K
Carlos Mendoza: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B
James Cooper: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K – 1 for his last 20 (.050)
Jeff Marquez: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 6-4 GB/FB – picked a runner of first … 4.47 Kper9 is fugly, no way around it
Eric Wordekemper: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Jose Valdez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 4-2 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (9-1 loss to Dunedin)
Luis Nunez, Seth Fortenberry & RJ Baker: all 1 for 4 – Nunez drew a walk, scored a run, K’ed & missed a catch for an error … Fortenberry & Baker each K’ed
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 5 – picked off first
Andres Perez: 3 for 4, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Josh Kreuzer & Matt Cusick: both 0 for 3, 1 BB – Kreuzer K’ed twice
Tim Battle: 3 for 4
Mitch Hilligoss: 0 for 4 – sigh
Ronnie Marte: 3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 5-3 GB/FB – picked a runner off first
Edgar Soto: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3-2 GB/FB – first run he’s allowed since August 2nd
Rob Semerano:1.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Jesse Hoover: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
Low-A Charleston (10-2 win over Rome)
Austin Krum: 1 for 5, 1 BB, 1 K
Austin Romine: 2 for 6, 2 R, 2 K
Jesus Montero: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 HBP – sitting at 51 XBH … there’s only 4 games left in the season, so it looks like he’ll fall short of 60
Bradley Suttle: 2 for 4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 E (throwing) – 7 for his last 19 (.368)
Brandon Laird & Carmen Angelini: both 0 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K – Laird drove in a run … poor Carmen is just 1 for his last 21 (.048)
Justin Snyder: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Abe Almonte: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
David Williams: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 E (fielding) – the 5 RBI is more than he’s had in previous 14 games combined
Dellin Betances: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 8-6 GB/FB – 6.55 BBper9 in April & May, 2.83 since
Gabe Medina: 2 IP, zeroes, 4-2 GB/FB
Angel Reyes: 1 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP – how do you know when your career is going nowhere? when you’re a mop up man in Low-A, and you suck at it
Short Season Staten Island (4-3 win over Tri-City)
Ray Kruml (11): 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
David Adams (3), Mike Lyon (24) & Roy Gomez: all 0 for 3, 1 K – Adams & Gomez K’ed … Adams also swiped a bag … Lyon was hit by a pitch
Brian Baisley: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K
Dan Brewer (8): 1 for 4 – threw a runner out at second from LF
Mitch Abeita (19): 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch)
Melky Mesa: 0 for 1 – left the game for an unkown reason after flying out in the 2nd … threw a runner out at home from RF
Jack Rye (13): 1 for 3, 2 K
Taylor Grote: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K – 4 of his 9 XBH have come in the last 6 games … it’s not much, but it’s progress
Cory Arbiso (22): 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 5-3 GB/FB
Andy Shive (35): 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3-1 GB/FB – leads the NY-Penn League with 9 wins despite being a reliever … extended his own franchise record of wins by a reliever
Pat Venditte (20): 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K – leads the league with 20 saves … hasn’t allowed a baserunner in his last 8.1 IP … hot damn
The Rookie GCL Yanks‘ season ended yesterday.
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