Lots of notes tonight, so let’s bullet point ’em:
- For some unknown reason, the DJ Mitchell was removed from the Low-A Charleston roster and assigned him to Short Season Staten Island. Manny Banuelos was activated from the DL and takes Mitchell’s roster spot. Staten Island’s season doesn’t begin until June 19th, so this is just a paper move. I’m sure Mitchell’s down in Tampa working out with the Extended Spring Training crew, but this seems odd because he was dealing (42-6 K/BB, 2.21 GB/FB, .228 BAA in 37 IP). I’ll let you know if I hear anything else.
- The 9th Inning took a look at the correlation between Carmen Angelini errors and Yankee losses. Hopefully he stops botching so many plays soon.
- The Yanks signed Josh Towers to fill out the Triple-A rotation. As long as he never sees the Bronx, I’m cool with it. DJF must be laughing though.
- Last, but certainly not least, the Yanks are scouting Yu Darvish. I suspect the other 29 clubs are too. He won’t be a free agent for another five years, and he’s still relatively cheap (making $1.75M this year) so his team has no reason to post him anytime soon. Hopefully the Yanks do their homework, we don’t want another Kei Igawa.
Also, make sure you scroll down for news on Joba’s popped blood vessel.
Update (11:30pm): Mitchell was sent down to control his innings according to Robert Pimpsner at Baby Bombers.
Triple-A Scranton (3-2 loss to Louisville)
Doug Bernier & Luis Nunez: both 1 for 4, 1 R – Bernier drove in a run & K’ed twice … Nunez swiped a bag
Eric Duncan: 0 for 5
Todd Linden: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – 18 XBH in 29 games
John Rodriguez & Juan Miranda: both 0 for 4 – J-Rod K’ed
Austin Jackson: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K – breaks out of a little 2 for 15 (.133) funk
Chris Malec: 1 for 4, 1 K, 1 SB
Chris Stewart: 2 for 5, 1 PB, 1 E (throwing)
George Kontos: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 6-5 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – 63 of 92 pitches were strikes (68.5%)
Mark Melancon: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 4-1 GB/FB – 11 of 15 pitches were strikes (73.3%) … vintage Melancon
Double-A Trenton (9-4 win over Binghamton)
Eduardo Nunez: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K
Reegie Corona: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB
Colin Curtis: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 1 SB – had been in a 3 for 30 funk
Jorge Vazquez: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Marcos Vechionacci: 2 for 4, 1 HBP – had been 5 for his last 26 (.192)
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 5, 3 R, 2 SB
Kyle Anson & Kevin Smith: both 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB – Anson K’ed
Zach McAllister: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 7-4 GB/FB – more of the same, just a rock solid start
Kanekoa Texeira: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 6-1 GB/FB
Kevin Whelan: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB – stranded both inherited runners
High-A Tampa (8-4 win over Dunedin)
Jack Rye, Tommy Baldridge & Addison Maruszack: all 1 for 3 – Rye scored a run, drove one in & K’ed … Baldridge drew a walk, stole a base, scored three runs & threw a runner out at second from LF … Mariszack doubled, drew a walk & scored a run
Mitch Hilligoss & Wady Rufino: both 1 for 4, 1 RBI – Hit Streak doubled & drove in a run … Rufino committed a fielding error
Jesus Montero: 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 RBI – 5 doubles in his last 6 games
Damon Sublett & Brandon Laird: both 0 for 4, 1 R – Sublett drew a walk … Laird K’ed
Austin Romine: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 2 CS, 2 E (catcher’s interference) – 10 game hit streak
Lance Pendleton: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4-8 GB/FB
Charles Nolte: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 E (pickoff)
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, zeroes, 0 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (2-0 win over Asheville)
Ray Kruml & Carmen Angelini: both 0 for 4 – Kruml K’ed twice, Angelini thrice
David Adams, Taylor Grote & Chase Weems: all 0 for 3 – Adams & Weems each K’ed once … Weems also allowed a passed ball
Brian Baisley: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 K
Abe Almonte: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP
Melky Mesa: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – leads the league with 8 homers
Mike Lyon: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 K
Manny Banuelos: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 2-5 GB/FB – took a perfect game into the fifth
Casey Erickson: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 8-1 GB/FB – nice job slamming the door
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