Various notes…
- So it turns out the Tzu-Wei Lin signing will not happen. Apparently the kid never bothered to sign the contract. Go figure. (h/t MLBTR)
- Melky Mesa, Bradley Suttle, and manager Torre Tyson were all named to the High-A Florida State League postseason All Star Team.
- Meanwhile, Rob Lyerly was the only Yankee farmhand named to the Low-A South Atlantic League postseason All Star Team. Congrats to everyone.
Triple-A Scranton
Game One (4-3 loss to Buffalo in 7 innings) makeup of an August 12th rain out
Reid Gorecki, RF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing)
Kevin Russo, 2B: 3 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – second straight game with a two-bagger
Jesus Montero, DH: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – just three away from tying his career high of 34 doubles, set back in 2008 … he’s already set a new career high with 18 homers
Jorge Vazquez, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 K
Colin Curtis, CF, Brandon Laird, 3B & P.J. Pilittere, C: all 1 for 3 – Curtis drove in a run & K’ed twice … Laird K’ed
Chad Huffman, LF & Eric Bruntlett, SS: both 0 for 3 – Huffman K’ed
Hector Noesi: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 HB, 1 WP, 6-5 GB/FB – 71 of 99 pitches were strikes … 147-27 K/BB ratio in 153.2 IP
Game Two (4-1 win over Buffalo in 7 innings)
Reid Gorecki, CF & Kevin Russo, SS: both 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – Gorecki swiped a bag … Russo struck out
Jesus Montero, C: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K – okay, make that a career high 19 homers
Juan Miranda, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Chad Huffman, LF: 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Colin Curtis, DH, Brandon Laird, 3B & Edwar Gonzalez, RF: all 1 for 3 – Edwar struck out in his AAA debut
Robby Hammock, 2B: 0 for 3, 1 K
John Van Benschoten: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 7-2 GB/FB – 33 of his 55 pitches were strikes (60%)
Eric Wordekemper: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – 21 of his 29 pitches were strikes (72.4%)
Kevin Whelan: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K – 17 of his 24 pitches were strikes (70.8%) … looks like he’s going to get the first crack at filling the closer’s role with Jon Albaladejo in New York
Double-A Trenton (4-2 win over Akron)
Justin Christian, LF: 2 for 3, 3 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB – career high 15-game hitting streak … he’s been en fuego of late, I’m happy for him
The Austins: both 0 for 4 – Krum didn’t really do anything, but Romine struck out once
Dan Brewer, RF: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 SB – 14 for his last 41 (.341)
Everyone Else: combined 0 for 14, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K
Andrew Brackman: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 HB, 11-3 GB/FB – love all the grounders, especially from the tall guy
Wilkin DeLaRosa: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-4 GB/FB
J.B. Cox: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 12 K in his last 13.1 IP
High-A Tampa (5-1 loss to Brevard County)
Ray Kruml, CF: 1 for 4, 1 K
Jose Pirela, 2B, Bradley Suttle, 3B, Addison Maruszak, SS & Myron Leslie, 1B: all 0 for 4 – Suttle & Maruszak each K’ed twice
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
Jose Gil, C & Trent Lockwood, DH: both 1 for 3 – Lockwood doubled, drove in a run & K’ed
Graham Stoneburner: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 7-4 GB/FB – 137-34 K/BB ratio in 142 IP
Phil Bartlewski: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-4 GB/FB
Ronny Marte: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (7-2 loss to Greenville)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K – his buddy J.R. Murphy didn’t play in this one after leaving yesterday’s game for an unknown reason
Ramon Flores, RF: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Luke Murton, 1B: 2 for 3, 1 RBI
Rob Lyerly, 3B: 1 for 4, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
Taylor Grote, DH, Neil Medchill, LF & Hector Rabago, C: all 0 for 4 – Grote K’ed three times, Medchill & Rabago twice each … Rabago also committed a throwing error plus another on a pickoff play, though he did manage to pick a runner off second with a snap throw
Emerson Landoni, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 BB
Kelvin Castro, SS: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 K
Shane Greene: 2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 0-2 GB/FB
Jairo Heredia: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Ben Watkins: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 5-2 GB/FB
Francisco Gil: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (1-0 win over Hudson Valley)
Shane Brown, 1B: 0 for 4
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 0, 1 HBP – left the game after getting hit by a pitch … not sure where it got him, but he didn’t leave right away, he stayed in for another inning and a half or so
Jose Mojica, SS & Kelvin DeLeon, RF: both 0 for 2
Rob Segedin, 3B: 2 for 3, 1 2B – six for his last 18 with a homer, two doubles, two walks, and zero strikeouts
Kyle Roller, DH, Casey Stevenson, 2B & Mike Ferraro, LF: all 0 for 3 – DeLeon struck out & got hit by a pitch
Gary Sanchez, C: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – that’s his eighth homer of the year, a pretty remarkable number for a 17-year-old playing his first professional season
Kelvin Duran, CF: 1 for 3, 2 K, 1 CS
Rich Martinez: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 3-5 GB/FB
Andy Shive: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 1-1 GB/FB
Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1-1 GB/FB – three hits, four walks, and 23 strikeouts in 14 IP
The Rookie GCL Yanks season is over. They did not qualify for the postseason.