Aces wild

David Winfree has been released. He had a clause in his contract that required the Yankees to release him by today if he could find a team willing to put him on the 40-man roster, which apparently he did. Good luck to him.

Triple-A Scranton (4-1 win over Indianapolis) beat an old friend
Reid Gorecki, LF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI – wasn’t a granny, just a three run shot
Colin Curtis, CF, Eduardo Nunez, SS & Jorge Vazquez, 1B: all 1 for 4 – Curtis K’ed once, Vazquez twice
Juan Miranda, DH: 0 for 4, 1 K
Jesus Montero, C: 0 for 3
Matt Cusick, 3B: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 2B – his reward for such a nice game? a demotion
Reegie Corona, 2B & Greg Golson, RF: both 0 for 2, 1 R – Corona was walked intentionally & committed a fielding error … Golson hot hit by a pitch & swiped a bag
Ivan Nova: 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 134 GB/FB – 69 of 105 pitches were strikes (65.7%)
Jon Albaladejo: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB – seven of his nine pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (9-1 win over Altoona)
Justin Christian, LF: 1 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Austin Krum, CF: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Austin Romine, C: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K – still just three for his last 32 (.094)
Brandon Laird, 3B: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K – at this point, is there any question who the Yanks’ minor league hitter of the year is? … that’s his 14th jack already
Dan Brewer, RF: 1 for 2, 2 R, 2 HBP, 1 SB – that’s 18 steals already
Marcos Vechionacci, 1B & Luis Nunez, SS: both 0 for 2 – Vech stole a base, scored twice & walked twice … Nunez walked once & drove in a run with a sac fly
Edwar Gonzalez, RF: 1 for 1, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 BB – I’m a sucker for lines like this
Justin Snyder, 2B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI – nine for his last 19 (.474)
David Phelps: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 9-5 GB/FB – dude’s got a 0.94 WHIP on the season
Ryan Pope: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 3-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa (6-2 loss to Dunedin)
Walt Ibarra, SS & Corban Joseph, DH: both 0 for 4 – Ibarra K’ed twice
Jose Pirela, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Bradley Suttle, 3B & Francisco Santana, LF: both 0 for 3 – Suttle drew a walk & K’ed … Santana K’ed thrice
Melky Mesa, CF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Addison Maruszak, 1B: 1 for 3, 1 BB – 16 for his last 38 (.421)
Jack Rye, RF & Mitch Abeita, C: both 1 for 4 – Rye drove in a run … Abeita K’ed
Dellin Betances: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 5-6 GB/FB – 13 K, 1 BB in his 12 IP back
J.B. Cox: 1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GB/FB – he gets a big fat mulligan here, it’s his first game in close to a year … great to see him back
Noel Castillo: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (4-3 win over Augusta, walk-off style)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB – he’s had a hit in all but one of his 11 games … the walk was intentional, by the way
J.R. Murphy, DH: 0 for 4, 1 K
Jimmy Paredes, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 K
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI – 21 for his last 36 (.583) … he might be the hottest hitter on the planet right now
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 1 for 2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB – scored the winning run on a walk-off wild pitch
DeAngelo Mack, LF & Emerson Landoni, 2B: both 1 for 3 – Mack got hit by a pitch …  Landoni stole a base
Hector Rabago, 3B: 0 for 4, 2 K
Jose Ramirez: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 3 WP, 1 HB, 6-6 GB/FB – stuck in a little run right now, no biggie
Ryan Acosta: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 5-0 GB/FB – I hope this dude gets paid by the appearance, seems like he’s out there every day