Wilkins DeLaRosa has been placed on the DL, not sure why.
Pat Venditte is picking up some helium on this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet.
Triple-A Scranton (4-3 win over Indianapolis)
Kevin Russo: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B
Austin Jackson & Shelley Duncan: both 0 for 4, 2 K
Cody Ransom, Eric Duncan & John Rodriguez: all 1 for 3 – Ransom drew a walk, drove in a run, cross the plate & committed a fielding error … J-Rod doubled, drove in three & walked
Juan Miranda & Justin Leone: both 0 for 3 – Miranda drew a walk & scored a run … Leone K’ed twice
Kevin Cash: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB
Sergio Mitre: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 12-4 GB/FB – 52 of 83 pitches were strikes (62.7%) … the GB/FB ratio is a good sign for the sinkerballer
Edwar Ramirez: 2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 0-2 GB/FB – 19 of 30 pitches were strikes (63.3%) … vintage Edwar
Jon Albaladejo: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 8 of 14 pitches were strikes (57.1%)
Double-A Trenton (12-2 spanking of Binghamton)
Austin Krum: 2 for 3, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K – I’d say the leadoff hitter did his job today
Reegie Corona: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K
Noah Hall: 1 for 3, 1 R, 2 RBI
Jesus Montero: 3 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – and just like that, he’s hitting .304
Chris Malec: 3 for 6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Edwar Gonzalez & Marcos Vechionacci: both 2 for 6 – Edwar doubled, drove in a run, scored & K’ed twice … Vech hit a pair of jacks & drove in four
Kyle Anson: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Josh Schmidt: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 5-8 GB/FB – three spot starts, one run
Mike Dunn: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2-0 GB/FB – K/9 up to 12.41
Jose Valdez: 2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 2-1 GB/FB
High-A Tampa is off until Monday for the All-Star break. Austin Romine will be one of eight players participating in the Homerun Derby tomorrow at 6pm. You can see the All-Star rosters here.
Low-A Charleston (10-5 loss to Savannah)
Jose Pirela: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
Ray Kruml & Chase Weems: both 2 for 4, 1 K – Kruml scored a run & drove one in
David Adams: 0 for 4, 1 K
Dan Brewer, Corban Joseph & Abe Almonte: all 0 for 3 – Brewer K’ed … Joseph drove in a run & committed a fielding error … Almonte drew a walk & K’ed
Melky Mesa: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Brett Marshall: 5 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 7-6 GB/FB – allowed three homers tonight after allowing just two homers in 63.1 IP all season
Dan Kapala: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 6-3 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (6-2 loss to Brooklyn) Opening Day, so you get the full lineup
Francisco Santana: 2 for 5, 1 K, 1 SB – yeah, I don’t know who he is either
Carmen Angelini: 1 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – drove in the first run of the season with an RBI groundout
Rob Lyerly: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Luke Murton: 1 for 3, 2 K, 1 HBP – he used to hit behind Matt Wieters at Georgia Tech
Kyle Higasioka: 1 for 4
DeAngelo Mack: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Kelvin Castro: 1 for 4, 2 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding) – didn’t he used to be an infielder? I could be misremembering
Zoilo Almonte: 1 for 4, 1 R
Jimmy Paredes: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Arodys Vizcaino: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 Balk, 3-3 GB/FB
Cory Arbiso: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 7-0 – back for a second tour of duty with the Baby Bombers … I wonder if he’s pissed about the demotion after pitching well out of Charleston’s bullpen all year
Ben Watkins: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 2-0 GB/FB
The Rookie GCL Yanks kick off their season on Tuesday.