Baseball America posted a list of the 15 largest bonuses ever given out on the International market. The Yanks are on there twice, for giving Gary Sanchez $3M (third most) and Wily Mo Pena $2.44M (eighth most). Just eyeballing it, the four bonuses listed from 2006 and earlier were busts, though you could make a case Byung-Hyung Kim wasn’t.
Also, MLB is going to start blood testing for human growth hormone in the minors. That’s kind of a big deal.
Triple-A Scranton (5-2 loss to Gwinnett)
Kevin Russo, LF: 0 for 5, 2 K
Reegie Corona, 2B & Eric Bruntlett, RF: both 0 for 3 – Bruntlett walked & K’ed
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB – 11 for his last 33
Chad Tracy, 3B: 0 for 4, 1 K – remember that hot start? he’s five for his last 28 (.179)
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K – one of those outs was loud
Jorge Vazquez, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – third homer in his last seven games
Chad Huffman, DH & Greg Golson, CF: both 1 for 4 – Huffman K’ed twice, Golson once
Zach McAllister: 5.1 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 8-3 GB/FB – 57 of 92 pitches were strikes (62%) … picked a runner off first … 127 H in 102 IP
Eric Wordekemper: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-2 GB/FB – 12 of his 21 pitches were strikes (57.1 IP)
Zack Segovia: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 16 of his 25 pitches were strikes (64%)
Royce Ring: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 13 of 21 pitches were strikes (61.9%)
Double-A Trenton (8-3 win over Altoona)
Justin Christian, LF: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 SB, 1 HBP
Austin Krum, CF & Matt Cusick, DH: both 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K – Krum scored a run … Cusick stole a base
Austin Romine, C: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI
Brandon Laird, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 HBP – first homer since June 25th
Dan Brewer, RF: 3 for 4, 1 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB – had been two for his previous 26 (.077)
Marcos Vechionacci, 1B & Justin Snyder, SS: both 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB – Vech swiped a bag & scored a run … Snyder doubled & K’ed twice
Adam Warren: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 10-5 GB/FB – not bad at all for his second career start in AA
Cory Arbiso: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – 40 K in 35.2 IP as a reliever … 23 in 37 as a starter
High-A Tampa (4-3 win over Palm Beach)
Ray Kruml, CF: 1 for 5, 1 K
Jose Pirela, SS: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Corban Joseph, 2B, Bradley Suttle, 3B, Mitch Abeita, C & Myron Leslie, 1B: all 1 for 4 – CoJo committed a fielding error … Suttle hit a solo jack & K’ed … Abeita K’ed twice … Leslie drove in a run & K’ed twice
Melky Mesa, CF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B – had been five for his last 37 (.135)
Trent Lockwood, DH: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI – god picked off second
Dellin Betances: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3-7 GB/FB – nice rebound after two subpar efforts
Adam Olbrychowski: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 3-0 GB/FB
John Van Benschoten: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K – gave up a solo jack, but otherwise very nice
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (10-1 loss to Lakewood) Kyle Higashioka apparently got hurt
Slade Heathcott, CF: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – got picked off second … he’s 11 for his last 32 (.344)
Jimmy Paredes, 2B: 0 for 4, 2 K
Luke Murton, 1B & Neil Medchill, LF: both 2 for 4 – Murton drove in a run & K’ed … Medchill K’ed twice & threw a runner out at the dish
J.R. Murphy, DH: 1 for 4, 1 K
Rob Lyerly, 3B & DeAngelo Mack, RF: both 0 for 3 – Lyerly committed a fielding error
Kelvin Castro, SS: 1 for 3, 1 R, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
Josh Romanski: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 6-2 GB/FB – topped out at 86, but nice offspeed stuff
Gabriel Tatis: 2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 4 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 2-1 GB/FB
Jairo Heredia: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – quite frankly, I had forgotten all about him
Short Season Staten Island (7-4 loss to Hudson Valley)
Eduardo Sosa, CF & Kyle Roller, 1B: both 0 for 5 – Sosa K’ed thrice, Roller once
Casey Stevenson, 2B: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Kevin Mahoney, 1B & Mike Ferraro, LF: both 2 for 5 – Mahoney hit a solo jack & K’ed twice … Ferraro doubled & K’ed
Francisco Arcia, C: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 PB, 2 E (pickoff, missed catch) – that line is Jorge Posada-esque
Garrison Lassiter, DH & Luis Parache, SS: both 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K – Parache doubled & came around to score
Mikey O’Brien: 4 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 8-3 GB/FB – eek
Wilton Rodriguez: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 5-2 GB/FB
Michael Recchia: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Chase Whitley: 1 IP, zeroes, 3-0 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (5-4 loss to GCL Blue Jays, walk-off style) faced the 34th overall pick from last month’s draft
Cito Culver, SS: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 CS, 1 E (fielding)
Anderson Felix, DH: 1 for 5, 1 K
Ramon Flores, LF, Kelvin Duran, RF & Jose Rosario, 3B: all 0 for 4, 1 BB – Flores stole a base, scored a pair of runs … Duran K’ed … Rosario drove in a run & K’ed twice
Damian Taveras, C: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 PB
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K – 30 K in 26 games
Jose Toussen, 2B & Judd Golsan, CF: both 1 for 4 – Golsan K’ed three times
Dustin Hobbs: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 5-1 GB/FB
Brett Gerritse: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 1-4 GB/FB
Sam Elam: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP – picked a runner off first … 14-21 K/BB ratio in 14 IP
Kramer Sneed: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2-0 GB/FB – picked a runner off first
Joel Marte: 0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP
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