First of all, make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread. Secondly, here’s some notes…
- Baseball America dubbed Jose Ramirez the system’s big climber (sub. req’d), noting that with “a low-to-mid 90s fastball and a quality changeup, Ramirez has the stuff and the command to breeze through the Class A levels.”
- Meanwhile, Dellin Betances made his third consecutive appearance on the Prospect Hot Sheet. Brandon Laird gets some love In The Team Photo section.
- David Adams suffered a setback in his return from an ankle injury, and there’s no timetable for his return. For shame.
- John-Ford Griffin retired. He was the Yanks’ first round pick in 2001 (23rd overall, $2.2M bonus) before being traded to Oakland in the big Ted Lilly-Jeff Weaver-Jeremy Bonderman trade in 2002, and he eventually reached the bigs with Toronto in 2005. JFG had a monster junior season at Florida State, hitting .450/.542/.797 with 50 BB (23 K), 11 SB, and 19 HR in 65 games.
Triple-A Scranton (9-0 beat down of Rochester)
Justin Christian, LF & Reid Gorecki, CF: both 2 for 5, 1 K – Christian drove in two & scored another … Gorecki went deep, drove in three scored another run
Eduardo Nunez, SS & Rene Rivera, DH: both 0 for 4 – Nunez drew a walk, stole a base & K’ed
Jorge Vazquez, 1B: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B
Jesus Montero, C: 3 for 5, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K – he also threw out the only runner that attempted to steal base
Reegie Corona, 2B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K
Eric Bruntlett, 3B: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – after an 0-for-23 start to his Yankee career, he’s four for his last ten
Greg Golson, RF: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – three for his last 29 (.103)
Romulo Sanchez: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 3-5 GB/FB – 65 of his 99 pitches were strikes … he retired the last 20 men he faced … helluva outing right there
Mark Melancon: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB – six of his 11 pitches were strikes
Jon Albaladejo: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 12 of his 17 pitches were strikes (70.6%)
Double-A Trenton (6-2 loss to New Hampshire)
Dan Brewer, LF, Austin Krum, CF & Austin Romine, C: all 0 for 4 – Brewer K’ed thrice, Krum twice
Brandon Laird, 3B: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB – career highs are 23 HR & 86 RBI back in 2008 … he’ll pass that by the All Star break
Matt Cusick, 2B & Edwar Gonzalez, RF: both 1 for 4 – Cusick committed a fielding error … Edwar drove in a run & K’ed
Marcos Vechionacci, DH: 2 for 4, 1 K
Kevin Smith, 1B: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Luis Nunez, SS: 2 for 4, 1 SB, 1 CS, 1 E (throwing)
Andrew Brackman: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 8-2 GB/FB – 53 of his 86 pitches were strikes (61.6%) … he hit 96 mph with the fastball … finished the 5th inning by getting a pair of strikeouts with the bases loaded & one out … Mike Ashmore’s got a ton of video … not a bad AA debut at all, I usually give guys a three or four start adjustment period before worrying about results
Cory Arbiso: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Josh Schmidt: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 3-1 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (5-3 loss to Clearwater)
Ray Kruml, CF: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 1 SB – how does he go from hitting ninth in Charleston to leading off in Tampa?
Jose Pirela, SS: 0 for 5, 1 RBI
Corban Joseph, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – hitting an even .300
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Melky Mesa, DH, Myron Leslie, C & Jack Rye, LF: all 1 for 4 – Mesa K’ed … Leslie scored a run, K’ed & allowed a passed ball … Rye drove in a run
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 2 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB – he’s reached base in seven of his eight plate appearances since being promoted
Trent Lockwood, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 K
George Kontos: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2-3 GB/FB
Phil Bartlewski: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 5-4 GB/FB
Noel Castillo: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 3 HB, 1-0 GB/FB – awful
J.B. Cox: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GB/FB – allowed both inherited runners to score, but Castillo deserved it
Low-A Charleston (3-1 loss to Greenville)
Slade Heathcott, CF, Jimmy Paredes, 2B & Rob Lyerly, 1B: all 0 for 4 – Paredes committed a fielding error … Lyerly K’ed thrice
Emerson Landoni, 3B: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – tough to win when the top four hitters in your order reach base a grand total of once
J.R. Murphy, DH: 1 for 4
Neil Medchill, LF & DeAngelo Mack, RF: both 1 for 3, 2 K – Medchill got caught trying to steal a base while Mack succeeded in his attempt
Kyle Higashioka, C: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS – second homer in as many days
Kelvin Castro, SS: 2 for 2, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 SB
Josh Romanski: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 3-5 GB/FB – 24-6 K/BB ratio in 27 IP
Kelvin Perez: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GB/FB – I guess with everyone starting to get healthy, his rotation went to someone with higher priority
Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (4-1 win over Aberdeen)
Eduardo Sosa, CF & Kyle Roller, DH: both 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – Sosa doubled
Isaiah Brown: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB
Kevin Mahoney, 1B, Jeff Farnham, C & Casey Stevenson, 2B: all 0 for 3 – Mahoney & Farnham each drew a walk & K’ed … Farnham allowed a passed ball
Mike Ferraro, RF: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
Jose Mojica, SS: 0 for 4
Luis Parache, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B
Mikey O’Brien: 6 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 9-3 GB/FB – once again, love this guy
Nathan Forer: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Chase Whitley: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (4-3 loss to GCL Phillies, walk-off style) faced the 27th overall pick in this year’s draft
Anderson Felix, 2B: 0 for 5, 3 K – first hitless & doubleless game of the season
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 3 – pro debut … he fly out to center, grounded out to second, then grounded out to short … played six innings in the field, then called it a day
Jose Rosario, SS: 1 for 1, 1 R – took over for Cito
Gary Sanchez, C: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI – dude’s in straight up beast mode … .353/.389/.824 so far
Ramon Flores, RF & Reymond Nunez, 1B: both 1 for 4 – Nunez drove in a run & K’ed twice
Damian Taveras, DH: 2 for 4, 1 K
Jose Toussen, 3B: 1 for 4
Manny Banuelos: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 3-1 GB/FB – should be headed for Tampa soon, perhaps as soon as early next week
Conor Mullee: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Matt Richardson: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 3-3 GB/FB
Joel Marte: 0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – allowed both inherited runner to score for the walk-off loss
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