Montero’s hot hitting continues

Gary Sanchez got some love on this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet, being named the fifth hottest prospect in all of minor league baseball. Make sure you check it out, it offers up a mini-scouting report. Meanwhile, Kevin Smith was released. Kinda surprised he lasted four-plus years in the organization after being drafted as a senior out of Oklahoma in the 39th round (in 2006). Those guys are usually flushed away pretty quickly, but credit him for forcing the organization’s hand.

Triple-A Scranton (5-4 win over Toledo)
Reid Gorecki, CF & Greg Golson, RF: both 0 for 4 – Gorecki K’ed twice
Reegie Corona, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
Eduardo Nunez, SS:  for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB – doubled off Mr. Perfect(ish)
Chad Tracy, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI – eight for 20 (.400) with three homers since signing
Jesus Montero, C: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B – straight mashin’, for like a month now too
Jorge Vazquez, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Eric Bruntlett, LF: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI – 15 for his last 36 (41.7%)
Jason Hirsh: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6-6 GB/FB – 61 of 89 pitches were strikes (68.9%)
Mark Melancon: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 20 of 29 pitches were strikes (69%) … strikes are a good start
Romulo Sanchez: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB – nine of his 13 pitches were strikes (69.2%) … he was 95-97 with the slider at 88 tonight
Jon Albaladejo: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB – seven of his 11 pitches were strikes (63.6%)

Double-A Trenton (8-6 win over Reading)
Justin Christian, LR & Luis Nunez, SS: both 3 for 4 – Christian tripled, drove in two, scored twice & K’ed … Nunez scored a run & drove one in
Austin Romine, C: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K – had been six for his last 36 (.167)
Brandon Laird, 3B: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K – that’s RBI number 82 on the season
Dan Brewer, CF: 0 for 4, 3 K
Matt Cusick, 3B: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Marcos Vechionacci, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 K
Jack Rye, RF: 1 for 2, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 SB,
Justin Snyder, 2B: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing)
Adam Warren: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 7-1 GB/FB – 64 of 107 pitches were strikes (59.8%) … he also hit 94 on the gun
J.B. Cox: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Wilkins Arias: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB
Kevin Whelan: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 1-1 GB/FB – 37-26 K/BB ratio in 31.1 IP
Ryan Pope: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K

High-A Tampa (1-0 win over Jupiter)
Ray Kruml, LF, Corban Joseph, 2B & Zoilo Almonte, RF: both 0 for 3 – Kruml drew a walk & got caught stealing
Jose Pirela, SS & Bradley Suttle, 3B: both 1 for 4
Melky Mesa, CF: 0 for 4, 1 K
Trent Lockwood, DH & Myron Leslie, 1B: both 1 for 3 – Lockwood scored a run
Jose Gil, C: 2 for 3
Manny Banuelos: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HB, 3-5 GB/FB – 29 K in 23.1 IP this year
John Van Benschoten: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Pat Venditte: 1.2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 0-2 GB/FB – 25-2 K/BB ratio in his last 20.2 IP

Low-A Charleston (9-1 loss to Augusta)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – yep, the biceps tendinitis is fine
DeAngelo Mack, RF & Jimmy Paredes, 2B: both 1 for 4, 1 2B – Paredes committed a pair of fielding errors, numbers 31 & 32 on the season
Neil Medchill, LF & Emerson Landoni, 3B: both 0 for 3 – Medchill drew a walk & K’ed … Landoni committed both a fielding & throwing error
J.R. Murphy, C & Kelvin Castro, SS: both 1 for 3, 1 2B – Murphy walked & K’ed … Castro scored a run
Rob Lyerly, 1B & Kyle Higashioka, DH: both 0 for 4 – Higashioka K’ed twice
Brett Marshall: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 8-6 GB/FB
Gabriel Tatis: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GB/FB
Kelvin Perez: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2-1 GB/FB
Andy Shive: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 0-1 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (3-0 win over Jamestown)
Isaiah Brown, CF, Casey Stevenson, 2B & Kelvin DeLeon, RF: all 0 for 4 – Brown K’ed thrice, DeLeon once … DeLeon threw a runner out at third
Kyle Roller, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Francisco Arcia, C: 1 for 4, 1 R, 2 K
Kevin Mahoney, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
Garrison Lassiter, DH & Shane Brown, LF: both 0 for 3
Mikey O’Brien: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 8-3 GB/FB – lowers his ERA to 1.78
Michael Recchia: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 32 GB/FB
Chase Whitley: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (3-0 loss to GCL Tigers) they got completely dominated by Lebron
Anderson Felix, 2B & Damian Taveras, DH: both 1 for 4, 2 K
Cito Culver, SS: 1 for 4, 3 K, 1 E (fielding) – six for his last 17 (.353) … he had three strikeouts in his last 22 at-bats combined
Ramon Flores, RF: 2 for 4
Reymond Nunez, 1B, Fu-Lin Kuo, 3B, Jhorge Liccien, C & Judd Golsan, RF: all 0 for 3 – Nunez, Liccien & Golsan all K’ed twice, Kuo just once … Nunez & Kuo were hit by pitches, Liccien & Golsan drew a walk each
Dustin Hobbs: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-0 GB/FB – pro debut for this year’s 21st rounder
Justo Arias: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Brett Gerritse: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Jose Marte: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GB/FB