Brad Rulon has been released, and three draft picks have signed: OF Jake Anderson (7th round), C Tyler Austin (13th), and RHP Dustin Hobbs (21st). Austin’s the best of the bunch, a recent catching convert with significant catch-and-throw and offensive skills, but he’s hella raw.
D.J. Mitchell took David Phelps’ place on the Double-A Eastern League All Star team. Talk about undeserving (4.70 ERA, 4.52 FIP, 6.5 K/9, 4.7 BB/9). Meanwhile, Brandon Laird was one of the final cuts for Baseball America’s midseason prospect All Star team.
Triple-A Scranton (5-1 loss to Pawtucket)
Justin Christian, LF & Jesus Montero, C: both 0 for 4
Marcus Thames, RF: 0 for 3 – played eight innings in the field by design
Reid Gorecki, RF: 0 for 1
Eduardo Nunez, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 E (throwing) – definitely not a coincidence that he’s played two games in a row at the hot corner … they want to see how he can handle it before swapping him with Ramiro Pena
Juan Miranda, DH: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – first game off the DL … as soon as he & Thames shake the rust off, they need to be in the Bronx serving as a DH platoon, as soon as friggin’ possible
Jorge Vazquez, 1B, Reegie Corona, 2B & Greg Golson, CF: all 0 for 3 – JoVa K’ed once, Golson twice … Vazquez also committed a fielding error
Eric Bruntlett, SS: 1 for 3
David Phelps: 5.2 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 12-1 GB/FB – 63 of 99 pitches were strikes … he gets a pass because this is his first AAA start, but damn, love the ground balls
Eric Wordekemper: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 WP, 0-1 GB/FB – 12 of his 19 pitches were strikes (63.2%) … still has a shiny 0.00 ERA with SWB this year
Mark Melancon: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-2 GB/FB – just 13 of his 22 pitches were strikes (59.1%) … that’s 14 H, 10 BB, 14 K in his last 15.1 IP … that’s not him, something’s up
Double-A Trenton (7-2 win over Harrisburg)
Austin Krum, CF, Luis Nunez, SS, Matt Cusick, DH & Marcos Vechionacci, 3B: all 1 for 4 – Krum homered & drove in two … Nunez tripled & came around to score … Cusick doubled, drove in two, scored & K’ed … Vech doubled in a run & K’ed twice
Austin Romine, C: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K – just five for his last 22 (.227)
Brandon Laird, 1B & Dan Brewer, LF: both 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Justin Snyder, 2B: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB – 25 BB, 18 K
Lance Pendleton: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 3-7 GB/FB – 69 of his 105 pitches were strikes (65.7%)
Josh Schmidt: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 2-1 GB/FB – gotta love the nine out save
High-A Tampa
Game One (4-3 win over Daytona in 14 innings, walk-off style) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain
Ray Kruml, CF: 1 for 7
Jose Pirela, SS: 1 for 5, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K – one of the walks was intentional
Corban Joseph, DH: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB – both walks were intentional
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 2 for 6, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – walk-off homer
Zoilo Almonte, RF, Trent Lockwood, 1B & Walt Ibarra, 2B: all 1 for 5, 1 BB – Almonte K’ed & threw a runner out at second… Lockwood drove in a run … Ibarra doubled, K’ed twice & committed both a throwing & fielding error
Jack Rye, RF: 0 for 5, 1 K
Mitch Abeita, C: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K
Myron Leslie, PH-C: 0 for 3, 3 K – pinch hit with the winning run in scoring position in the bottom of the 9th only to take called strike three
Manny Banuelos: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4-2 GB/FB – first start with Tampa following his short rehab stint with the GCL Yanks … he pitches yesterday, left when it started pouring
George Kontos: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Sergio Mitre: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – good to see him on the way back, but it’s foolish to think he’s any kind of answer to the bullpen woes … whatever they get out of him should be considered gravy
Adam Olbrychowski: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Jon Ortiz: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB – coughed it up in the bottom of the 9th
Trenton Lare: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 5-1 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing)
Noel Castillo: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 3-0 GB/FB
Game Two (4-2 win over Daytona in 7 innings)
Ray Kruml, CF: 1 for 4, 1 K
Jose Pirela, SS: 0 for 1, 3 BB, 1 K – five walk day … not bad
Corban Joseph, 2B: 0 for 1, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K – sheesh, they just weren’t going to let him beat them today
Bradley Suttle, DH: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Myron Leslie, 1B: 1 for 3, 1 R
Mitch Abeita, C: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 K
Walt Ibarra, 3B: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI
Dellin Betances: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 4-5 GB/FB – his worst start since returning … 28 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 33 K on the season
Phil Bartlewski: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (5-3 win over Augusta)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 CS – had been 0 for his last 15
J.R. Murphy, C: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (pickoff) – eight of his 38 hits have been doubles, basically one out of every five hits
Jimmy Paredes, 2B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 K – nine for his last 24 (.375)
Neil Medchill, LF: 0 for 2, 2 K – left the game in the 5th inning for no apparent reason, he didn’t make a defensive play int he top of the inning or anything
Francisco Santana, LF: 0 for 1, 1 BB
Rob Lyerly, 3B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) – had been seven for his last 29 (.241) following that absurd hot streak
Kyle Higashioka, DH: 0 for 4, 1 K
DeAngelo Mack, RF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 K –
Kelvin Castro, SS & Emerson Landoni, 1B: both 0 for 3, 1 K – Castro drew a walk, stole a base & scored a run … Landoni committed a throwing error
Jose Ramirez: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 8-5 GB/FB – that’s more like it … he’d been getting roughed up a bit over the last month and a half or so
Ronny Marte: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Michael Solbach: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Ryan Acosta: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (2-1 win over Brooklyn in 10 innings, walk-off style)
Eduardo Sosa, CF: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 K, 1 SB – five for his last 15
Isaiah Brown, LF & Jose Mojica, SS: both 0 for 4 – Brown walked, stole a base & committed a fielding error
Shane Brown, DH: 0 for 5, 1 K
Kyle Roller, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – walk-off single
Kelvin DeLeon, RF & Kevin Mahoney, 3B: both 1 for 4 – DeLeon K’ed twice, Mahoney once … DeLeon got picked off first while Mahoney stole a bag
Casey Stevenson, 2B: 1 for 3 – left the game with an apparent foot injury
Zach Varce: 2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 3-1 GB/FB
Manny Barreda: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 3-0 GB/FB – nice control
Sam Elam: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB – 29 BB, 16 K in 15.1 IP career
Nathan Forer: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB – the walk was intentional
Preston Claiborne: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (5-0 loss to GCL Pirates)
Kelvin Duran, CF: 1 for 4, 2 K
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 2, 1 BB – 0 for his last eight, but he’s got two walks & one strikeout in that time
Jose Toussen, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 E (throwing) – he picked up the team’s first hit … with one out in the 9th inning … yeah, that kind of day
Everyone Else: combined 0 for 22, 5 K – that’s what happens when you give Gary Sanchez a day off
Matt Richardson: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 5-1 GB/FB
Yobanny Reyes: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 HB
Justo Arias: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 2-1 GB/FB – Justo a really cool name, but think of the Kayisms … “that one was just-o outside (cackle)”
Conor Mullee: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB
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