John Sickels reviewed his preseason list of the top 20 Yankees prospects. A lot of the guys who’ve broken out this year – Manny Banuelos, Ivan Nova, etc – weren’t on his original list, so lots of negativity in there.
Make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread.
Triple-A Scranton (4-3 loss to Buffalo in 10 innings, walk-off style)
Brett Gardner: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 SB – played 5 innings in the outfield
Cody Ransom & Colin Curtis: both 0 for 1 – Ransom pinch hit for Gardner, Curtis took over for him in the outfield
Freddy Guzman: 1 for 3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K 1 SB – he’s reached base 9 times in his three games with SWB
Austin Jackson: 1 for 5, 1 RBI
Shelley Duncan & Doug Bernier: both 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda, Reegie Corona & Chris Stewart: all 1 for 4 – Miranda doubled, drew a walk, scored a run & K’ed twice … Corona walked … Stewart allowed a passed ball & was hit by a pitch
Kevin Russo: 0 for 5, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Josh Towers: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 0-6 GB/FB – 15 of 25 pitches were strikes … not sure why he was taken out, but Chad Jennings says it wasn’t injury
Luke Prihoda: 2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB – 21 of 30 pitches were strikes (70%) … just promoted all the way from Charleston to replace Jon Albaladejo, who’s with the big boys
Zach Kroenke: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 6-2 GB/FB – 23 of 33 pitches were strikes (69.7%)
Amaury Sanit: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-2 GB/FB – 23 of 35 pitches were strikes (65.7%)
Kevin Whelan: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0-1 GB/FB – just 2 of 7 pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (5-2 win over Portland)
Austin Krum, Noah Hall, Edwar Gonzalez & PJ Pilittere: all 1 for 4 – Krum drove in a run & got picked off second … Hall drove in a run … Edwar K’ed
Matt Cusick & Marcos Vechionacci: both 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – Vech K’ed
Eduardo Nunez & James Cooper: both 2 for 4 – Nunez drove in two, scored a run, K’ed & committed a throwing error … Coop scored twice
Chris Malec: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Zach McAllister: 7.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 9-13 GB/FB – 7 ER & 27 baserunners allowed in 29 IP since coming off his little rest on the DL
Grant Duff: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 0-1 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (4-2 win over Dunedin)
Dan Brewer: 1 for 3, 2 BB, 1 SB
Jack Rye & Damon Sublett: both 0 for 4 – Rye K’ed once, Sublett twice
David Adams: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB
Brandon Laird: 2 for 4, 2 R
Kevin Smith & Luis Nunez: both 3 for 4 – Smith drove in a run, stole a base & scored a run … Nunez tripled & drove in two
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Jose Gil: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
DJ Mitchell: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 7-1 GB/FB – working on a strict pitch count these days
Adam Olbrychowski: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Pat Venditte: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Tampa has already clinched a postseason berth and will take on Brevard County in Round One (best-of-three series) of the playoffs when they start on Sept. 8th.
Low-A Charleston (8-4 win over Savannah)
Jose Pirela: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 E (missed catch)
Abe Almonte & Melky Mesa: both 3 for 5 – Almonte homered twice, drove in three, scored three times & stole a base for good measure … Mesa drove in a run, stole a bag, scored a run & K’ed
Corban Joseph: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 BB
Taylor Grote, Mitch Abeita & Ray Kruml: all 0 for 4 – Grote drove in a run & K’ed four freakin’ times … Abeita K’ed thrice himself
Addison Maruszak: 1 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Garrison Lassiter: 3 for 4, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing)
Wilton Rodriguez: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, , 1 WP, 1 HB, 5-7 GB/FB – bumped up now that the GCL season is over
Paul Heidler: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Dickie Marquez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-4 GB/FB – ditto W-Rod’s comment
Short Season Staten Island (12-1 win over Aberdeen) Brooklyn lost again, so SI opened the division lead up to two games with just three left to play
Francisco Santana: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B
Justin Milo & Zoilo Almonte: both 2 for 4 – Milo drove in two, walked & K’ed … Almonte doubled, scored twice, drove in a run & walked
DeAngelo Mack: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI – 16 for his last 34 (.471)
Luke Murton: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB
Kyle Higashioka: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Mike Lyon, Kelvin Castro & Carmen Angelini: all 1 for 4 – Lyon homered, drove in two, scored twice, walked & K’ed twice … Castro drove in a run & K’ed
Sean Black: 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 6-4 GB/FB – Robert Pimpsner said he threw 67 pitches, 42 for were strikes (62.7%) … he topped out at 94 in the first inning & sat in the low-90’s
Ronny Marte: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Mike Solbach: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 5-0 GB/FB
The Rookie GCL Yanks season is over after they lost to the GCL Marlins in Round One of the playoffs. The GCL Nats swept the best-of-three championship series by defeating the GCL Twins 5-4 today, so congrats to those guys.
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