Bad news about Gavin Brooks. He hurt his labrum is Spring Training and needed surgery to repair it. He’s likely out until next year. In much happier news, the rookie level GCL Yankees kick off their season on Monday.
Triple-A Scranton (5-4 loss to Lehigh Valley)
Reid Gorecki, LF, Eric Bruntlett, 3B & Reegie Corona, 2B: all 0 for 4 – Gorecki K’ed twice, Bruntlett & Corona once each
Colin Curtis, RF: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Jorge Vazquez, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 2 K – hitting just .182 with SWB … what gives?
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – 15 for his last 29 (.517) with five doubles, two triples & a homer … I guess we shoulda taken the Montero Watch down sooner, right? … wait, what?
P.J. Pilittere, DH: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Greg Golson, CF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding)
Tim Redding: 5 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 7-3 GB/FB – 57 of 94 pitches were strikes (60.6%) … I usually don’t care about who the crappy veteran AAA innings guy is, but seeing Redding in the organization bothers me
Mark Melancon: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB – 22 of his 33 pitches were strikes … good to see him getting back on track
Royce Ring: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-1 GB/FB – six of his nine pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (10-9 loss to Binghamton in 10 innings, walk-off style)
Justin Christian, LF & Luis Nunez, SS: both 2 for 4 – Christian doubled, walked twice, scored a run & K’ed … Nunez drew a walk
Austin Krum, CF: 1 for 6, 1 R, 1 RBI
Austin Romine, DH: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – slump’s over
Brandon Laird, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB – homer number 15 on the season … career high is 23, set in 2008
Dan Brewer, RF & Matt Cusick, 3B: both 0 for 4, 1 BB – Brewer scored a run & threw a runner out at second
Marcos Vechionacci, 1B: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB – you know, he’s still just 23
Jose Gil, C: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
Cory Arbiso: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4-2 GB/FB
Ryan Pope: 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4-3 GB/FB
Kevin Whelan: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Grant Duff: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-3 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (5-1 loss to Clearwater)
Walt Ibarra, LF & Jose Pirela, SS: both 1 for 5 – Pirela scored a run
Corban Joseph, 2B: 2 for 4, 2 2B, 1 HBP – those are his 16th & 17th doubles, tying his total from last year in 136 fewer at-bats
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – 11 for his last 33
Melky Mesa, CF & Mitch Abeita, C: both 0 for 3 – Mesa walked twice & K’ed … Abeita walked
Neil Medchill, DH & Trent Lockwood, 1B: both 0 for 4 – Medchill K’ed … Lockwood committed throwing error
Andrew Brackman: 5 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 5-4 GB/FB – oh what, he hears the rumors of a promotion and all of a sudden he thinks he could slack off? bust
Pat Venditte: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (11-6 loss to Rome)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB – got picked off first … 20 hits in his first 15 games, which projects out to 216 hits over a fll 162 game season
J.R. Murphy, DH: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB – seven for his last 18 (.389)
Jimmy Paredes, 3B: 3 for 6, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding)
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 0 for 5, 1 R, 2 K
Rob Lyerly, 3B: 2 for 5, 2 RBI, 1 K – 26 for his last 50 (.520)
Kyle Higashioka, C: 1 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Kelvin Castro, SS: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB
Ray Kruml, LF: 4 for 5
Emerson Landoni, 2B: 0 for 4, 1 K
Sean Black: 5 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 8-1 GB/FB – 105 baserunners in 67 IP
Francisco Gil: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Gabriel Tatis: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 E (throwing)
Ryan Acosta: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (9-6 loss to Brooklyn)
Casey Stevenson, 2B: 0 for 5, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
Francisco Arcia, C: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
Shane Brown, LF: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Kyle Roller, DH: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K – he should annihilate this league
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 1 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 3 K – threw a runner out at the plate
Kevin Mahoney, 3B: 1 for 1, 2 RBI, 1 SB, 3 HBP – no idea why, but he’s becoming a personal fave
Jose Mojica, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 2 E (fielding, throwing)
Carlos Urena, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – sheesh, I remember hearing talk about him as the centerfielder of the future
Eduardo Sosa, CF: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Sam Elam: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 4-3 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – great arm, no idea where anything is going … should be an interesting year if he’s going to stay in the rotation
Manny Barreda: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2-1 GB/FB
Mike Gipson: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – 31st rounder this year
Nathan Forer: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 46th rounder
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