Montero homers as each affiliate picks up a win
ByFifth round pick Tommy Kahnle has agreed to terms and will join the Staten Island Yanks tomorrow. His physical isn’t until Monday, and once he passes that he’ll jump right into the team’s bullpen. Kahnle made 13 total appearances in the Cape Cod League this summer, striking out 14 in nine innings of work. The bad news? Ten walks.
Meanwhile, Baseball America posted a list of ten prospects who have increased their stock since the start of June (sub. req’d). Jesus Montero (“A scout who saw Montero this month didn’t see the outstanding raw power than Montero has shown in the past, but noted that Montero consistently drove the ball into the gaps even if he did bail on the breaking ball on occasion.”) came in at number two, David Phelps (“His secondary stuff is fringy, but he mixes a slurvy curveball, a short slider and a change with solid sink and throws them all for strikes, making him an option for the back of the rotation or middle-relief work.”) at number eight.
Oh, and David Adams? Turns out it was a broken ankle. That explains why he’s been out so long.
Triple-A Scranton (7-1 win over Norfolk)
Kevin Russo, LF: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K
Eric Bruntlett, DH: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB – nine for his last 28 (.321)
Chad Tracy, 3B, Chad Huffman, RF & Greg Golson, CF: all 1 for 4 – Tracy drove in a run & scored another … Golson doubled
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 K – eight of his 11 homers have comes in the last six weeks or so … Conor Foley breaks the long balls down for you
Jorge Vazquez, 1B & Reegie Corona, 2B: both 2 for 4 – JoVa doubled, scored a run & K’ed … Corona plated a run
Jason Hirsh: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 3-7 GB/FB – 62 of his 99 pitches were strikes
Romulo Sanchez: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 4-1 GB/FB – 31 of 53 pitches were strikes (58.5%)
Royce Ring: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GB/FB – four of his six pitches went for strikes
Double-A Trenton (3-1 win over New Hampshire)
Justin Christian, LF & Marcos Vechionacci, 1B: both 0 for 4 – Vech K’ed three times
Austin Krum, CF & Austin Romine, C: both 1 for 4, 1 RBI – Krum stole a base & K’ed … Romine hit a solo jack
Brandon Laird, 3B: 3 for 4 – 13 for his last 25 (.520)
Dan Brewer, RF: 2 for 4
Matt Cusick, DH: 0 for 2, 1 BB
Luis Nunez, SS: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 3B
Justin Snyder, 2B: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – 42 BB, 31 K
Lance Pendleton: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 7-4 GB/FB – gave up a solo jack to a personal fave
George Kontos: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Ryan Pope: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 HB, 1-0 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (10-1 win over Charlotte)
Ray Kruml, LF, Jose Pirela, SS, Corban Joseph, 2B & Jack Rye, RF: all 0 for 4 – Kruml walked & K’ed twice … Pirela drove in a run, walked & K’ed … CoJo K’ed … Rye scored a run & K’ed … hard to believe they scored ten runs when the top three hitters in the lineup reached base two times total
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 1 for 5, 2 R, 2 K
Melky Mesa, CF: 4 for 4, 4 R, 1 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 SB – daaaaaaaaaaaamn kid … he’s having himself a nice year, cut down on his strikeout rate big time, close to a .200 ISO … too bad he’ll be 24 in January
Zoilo Almonte, DH: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
Jose Gil, C: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Myron Leslie, 1B: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Schaeffer Hall: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7-4 GB/FB
Adam Olbrychowski: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3-1 GB/FB
John Van Benschoten: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (4-3 win over Greenville)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 1 for 5, 3 K
J.R. Murphy, C: 2 or 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – six for his last 15 (.400)
Jimmy Paredes, 2B: 0 for 4, 3 K, 1 E (fielding)
Rob Lyerly, 3B-1B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Luke Murton, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 K – was pinch run for in the late innings, hence the exit
Neil Medchill, LF & DeAngelo Mack, DH: both 2 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K – Medchill hit a solo jack
Kelvin Castro, SS: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (both fielding)
Francisco Santana, RF: 0 for 4, 4 K – yikes
Michael Solbach: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3-6 GB/FB
Ronny Marte: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-4 GB/FB
Ryan Acosta: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Francisco Gil: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB – he clipped the win after allowing Acosta’s inherited runner to score
Short Season Staten Island (6-3 win over Connecticut)
Eduardo Sosa, CF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K, 1 HBP
Casey Stevenson, DH & Kevin Mahoney, 3B: both 1 for 5 – Stevenson doubled, drove in two & came around to score
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 1 for 4, 1 RBI
Kyle Roller, 1B & Jose Mojica, SS: both 2 for 4, 1 R – Mojica doubled
Nick McCoy, C: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB – six walks, three strikeouts in seven games
Luis Parache, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 E (throwing)
Nik Turley: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 7-4 GB/FB – picked a runner off first … he’s (and his defense) have allowed ten unearned runs in 35.2 IP this year
Nathan Forer: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K,3-1 GB/FB
Chase Whitley: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 11 H & 32 K in 22.2 IP
Rookie GCL Yanks (6-3 win over GCL Tigers)
Cito Culver, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – and that’s his first career homer, so congrats to him
Robby Hammock, DH & Anderson Feliz, 2B: both 2 for 4, 1 R – Hammock doubled & hit a solo jack … Feliz tripled, got caught stealing & committed a fielding error
Ramon Flores, 1B & Judd Golsan, CF: both 0 for 3, 1 K - Flores also drew a walk
Henry Pena, LF: 1 for 3, 1 R , 1 BB, 1 K
Kevin Duran, RF: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Fu-Lin Kuo, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K – and that homer raises his SLG to (gulp) .292
Jhorge Liccien, C: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K
Bryan Mitchell: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 6-4 GB/FB – now that’s more like it, he’d been getting roughed up a bit of late … he’s very quietly one of the team’s best pitching prospects
Will Oliver: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Joel Marte: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1-0 GB/FB
Jose Quintana: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB
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I like days like this. Now we just need some more Maquinito.
With his diverse home run pattern, I can see why the “scout” Baseball America mentions would say he doesn’t have the power that he’s shown in the past.
/sarcasm
BUST!
Seriously. A scout watching him this month? This month of July 2010, in which his ISO is like .290? I think we should all know by this point that scouts are useful for some things, and entirely useless for others.
“His outstanding raw power is gone”
Translation: “He didn’t hit any homers in the games I watched.”
Voice, you nailed it.
Your poster name is fitting.
The translation here is Scout = Someone I know who watched a game
I didn’t know Mesa was that old.
I didn’t know the Melky was that old either
A scout who saw Montero once doesn’t outweigh the rest of the scouts who have seen him for years. Maybe it was Jayson Stark’s scout who thinks Cervelli>>>>Montero.
Agreed.
I’m not too worried about the comments on Montero.
Yeah. I talked to a scout when I was at the game a couple weeks ago (Montero did nothing) who is at about half of Scranton’s home games, and I asked about Montero and his catching. His only response was “He’s gonna hit.”
Homers for Jesus, Romine, and Culver! Still, where the hell is Sanchez!?!??
Hurt. Don’t know where or how bad.
May have shut him down for a while. He’s clearly a beast and they likely want to make sure he’s got no issues. He’s also 17 so there is no need to try and push his development at this point.
Kahnle might be a good reliever one day. He just needs a pitch to go with his fastball.
Anyone here trust/not trust this guy Patrick Teale of pinstripesplus for any reason? They always have him on the BP show and didn’t know if it’s worth listening to what he says.
He has tons of sources and access to players and scouts. He seems to me to be overly optimistic, but his scouting reports and information is second to none.
he is optimistic, or axisa is pessimistic when it comes to prospects. one of those
Im a subscriber and former intern for Patrick and PP, the access is second to none for Yankee prospect information, articles, etc. Im not just talking the upper levels, Patrick gets info and the low-down for the international signings, Dominican and fall instructs camps etc. directly from the Yankee brass.
So glad to see him on YES, he’s also contributed on the big NY radio shows over the past few years too. Fransesca had him on in 2007 to talk about Joba when the Gagne trade talks were happening.
Now if we can just get YES to air some Milb games we’d be talking
Seriously though give Patrick and PP a try, believe there’s a 7-day free trial. There’s also a free board to contribute as well to talk the big club and minors as well.
Ok, cool. Thanks guys.
I too am a PP subscriber. The amount of information Patrick provides is astounding. How people do you know that have actually gone down to the Yankee’s Dominican training facility and attends extended spring training? The guy has unbelievable connections in the scouting community.
Oh, just an FYI, Patrick is actually a Mets fan so while being unbiased is impossible it’s easier for a guy who doesn’t actually see the world thorough pinstriped glasses.
If Montero’s consistently showing HR power to the opposite field, he’s gonna love Yankee Stadium.
How hard was Kahnle throwing in Cape Cod League reportedly?
anyone no?
Mike, is Mesa a prospect or just an org player? I think they should just bump him up to AA just to see what happens.
He’s a prospect, but a Grade-C guy. Super toolsy, but old for his level and still needs to work on making contact.
aka one in a few hundred you might end up with a Alfonso Soriano, and in most other cases just another Melky Mesa
Not entirely a bad thing! If he ends up as another soriano then we can trade him for a guy of A-Rod caliber and then he can go on and be a head case and complain about his position for other teams.
Not sure if you understood what he said.
Melky Mesa is NOT Soriano. Soriano was a great offensive player at one time. He’s saying that there are a lot of prospects like Mesa, that once in a blue moon become Soriano. Mesa is not one of those cases.
What does Schaeffer Hall project to be? He seems like he could be an excellent reliever; I think he would be more successful in that role.
I’m not sure his stuff plays up enough to be a reliever. I thought I read that he tops out around 86ish mph, could be wrong but reports on his stuff seems pretty meh. Polished guy though, maybe he ends up as LOOGY down the road, wouldn’t bet on him having more than a cup of tea in the majors though.
Wow, so maybe Jack Z’s apprehensions were valid after all.
(He’s still a dick.)
/Harry Doyle’d
Is Ramos similar to Romine?
He seemed to be before this year. Ramos still has the D, but he regressed this year offensively. Someone said it was due to trouble with breaking pitches. He definitely has the D, so he will make the bigs. It’s a question of whether he can be a starter or backup. The Nats have D. Norris too, so maybe one of the two will step-up. From a value stand point, even if he is a back-up, it’s a good deal. 3 years of a good backup for the league minimum is pretty good.
It’s my opinion that Romine always had a higher ceiling, but I am a Yankee fan, so I might be biased.
Not as good as Romine. Supposedly his D is quite good but the bat is not as good as Romine’s and he’s had some injury issues. Has been struggling quite a bit this season. Upside is every day catcher I think, could end up as a backup if the bat doesn’t develop.
System Sweep!
Technically, the DSL Yankees 2 team lost today.
/party pooper’d
Every day is a loss for the Yankees 2 team post-Melvin. There’s no winning when Melvin leaves you.
Where is Melvin now? Aside from being all around us, of course. (that’s obvious!)
Culver is now the most exciting prospect in the GCL. Maquinito I miss you dearly.
CUlver is a first round pick so I find him exciting
Its hard to get really excited for guys down that low unless you completely annihilate the competition like El Maquinito. But seeing how Cito is a first rounder with a decent amount of investment I would say he’s interesting to watch.
So ummm…is it time to be worried about Sanchez? Or was that point about seven missed games ago?
Would someone with some serious ins get us some real info please?
He’ll be back tomorrow. How do I know this you ask? I know people. People I trust.
/ZZ’d
We have friends in the newspaper business, don’t we Tom? They might like a story like that.
/Michael Corleone’d
Forgot the tagline!
/fail’d
Haha, ZZ is alright, but that’s still funny.
Yeah ZZ is good people, I just can’t believe he used the old “I know people” trick.
Oh, and FYI Angelo, I asked the Rabbis about Pedroia vs Cano as a mailbag question. Just would like to hear their perspective on it. I’d take Cano, but it’s close.
Hm. That’s right, we went back and forth on that one, right? I’d be interested to hear their take as well. And I would take Cano, but you know that.
Yeah, we did. It’s much closer than people would think. Cano’s breakout year and Pedroia’s injury this year probably tilts the scale over to Cano.
Again, it’s interesting and I’d like to see what they have to say.
I thought the deal was that I would only get ridiculed if I turned out to be wrong!
http://cheezburger.com/View/2836898816
He appears!!!
I hope he didn’t think he could slip that by me.
Steve O is lucky I am in a good mood after a night with a Yankee win and a Montero HR
Way to be a sport, ZZ. No harm, no foul.
/NBA’d
Austin Bromine…
It’s gonna be a thing
like the element? seems weird to me
dude-brah! Bro-ham! Bros before hos!
/fratboy’d
also..idk if I want my Catcher of the Future(TM) to be given a nickname associated with a deadly chemical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromine
From Greek: ??????, brómos, meaning “stench (of he-goats)”
Mesa is 23, not 24.
That’s what Axisa said. I’m guessing you didn’t read the sentence properly, haha.
Fail.
That was a DOTF to please the eyes !!!
Do we give Heathcott and his 28.4% K% a free pass this year?
i’d say so. another round of extendedST should help big time. he has the swing speed. he just needs the little tricks.