Dellin deals in Trenton win

A report from Scouting The Sally last night indicated that Gary Sanchez was demoted back to Extended Spring Training because of various “makeup” issues, however that is not the case. VP of baseball ops Mark Newman told Josh Norris that Sanchez has a “sore back,” and the league transactions confirm that he was placed on the disabled list and not demoted to ExST.

Triple-A Scranton had a scheduled off day.

Double-A Trenton (4-3 win over Reading in ten innings)
Ray Kruml, RF: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 BB – he’s been played pretty well since moving to the leadoff spot
Jose Pirela, SS: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 K
Austin Romine, C: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
Jose Gil, 1B: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K – 13 for his last 34 (.383) with six doubles and a homer
Cody Johnson, DH: 1 for 5, 1 K
Melky Mesa, CF: 0 for 5, 1 RBI, 2 K
Corban Joseph, 2B: 0 for 4, 1 K
Addison Maruszak, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 2B – today it’s third, tomorrow it’ll be catcher, the next day it’ll be first, and on it goes
Damon Sublett, LF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Dellin Betances, RHP: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 5-3 GB/FB – the strikeouts are cool, but the lack of walks is most important … he’d been struggling with his control big time over his previous three starts (13 BB in 15.2 IP), so it’s good to see him get that straightened out
Josh Schmidt, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K
Tim Norton, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Wilkins Arias, LHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB
Fernando Hernandez, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa (12-1 win over Fort Myers)
Emerson Landoni, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K
Kelvin Castro, SS: 4 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – OPS’ing ~1.200 with Tampa
Neil Medchill, CF: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K – can’t imagine him in center, it would be like playing Marcus Thames out there
Luke Murton, DH & Mitch Abeita, C: both 2 for 5, 1 R – Murton doubled, drove in three, and struck out … Abeita whiffed twice
Kevin Mahoney, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – easily my favorite org player at the moment
Taylor Grote, RF: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
DeAngelo Mack, LF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – 14 for his last 25 (.560) with three doubles and two homers
Hector Rabago, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB – he’s played all four infield positions and catcher since signing last year
Jairo Heredia, RHP: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 7-4 GB/FB – 27-7 K/BB in 30.1 IP
Ronny Marte, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Francisco Gil, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (3-0 loss to Hickory)
Slade Heathcott, CF & Anderson Feliz, 2B: both 0 for 4 – Slade struck out twice, Feliz thrice … Heathcott also made a throwing error
J.R. Murphy, C & Rob Segedin, 3B: both 1 for 4, 1 K
Kyle Roller, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 K
Ramon Flores, LF & Jose Mojica, SS: both 1 for 2 – Flores drew a walk, stole a base, and got caught stealing another … Mojica got hit by a pitch and stole two bags
Kelvin DeLeon, RF & Eduardo Sosa, DH: both 0 for 3, 2 K
Shane Greene, RHP: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 3-5 GB/FB – picked a runner off first … ah, now I see where Dellin’s walks went
Nathan Forer, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB
Manny Barreda, RHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB