Cito Culver made it into this week’s Ten Pack (subs. req’d), in which Kevin Goldstein says…
Sometimes it seems like Culver was written off before he had a chance to prove anyone wrong … He’s a smooth shortstop with a rocket arm, and at least an average runner, so now we have to figure out if he can hit … Culver has made clear progress this summer, recovering from an ugly start to go 9-for-18 over the weekend and lift his season averages to .288/.346/.356 in 17 games. I’m not saying he’s the next big thing as much as I’m saying it’s very easy to make quick reactions, and that’s fine as long as you are willing to keep an open mind.
As for Kevin Whelan, I still have no idea what’s wrong with him, but whatever it is, it’s going to keep him out until after the All-Star break. Sucks.
Triple-A Scranton (5-2 loss to Lehigh Valley) no Jesus Montero for a second straight day, that sore back/side is probably still bothering
Greg Golson, CF: 3 for 5, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS – 12 for his last 32 (.375)
Austin Krum, LF, Terry Tiffee, DH & Jorge Vazquez, 1B: all 0 for 4 – JoVa whiffed once, Tiffee twice, Krum thrice
Jordan Parraz, RF, Brandon Laird, 3B, Gus Molina, C & Doug Bernier, SS: all 1 for 4 – Parraz struck out … Laird hit a solo jack, struck out twice, and committed a fielding error … Gus doubled … Bernier scored a run and struck out twice
Luis Nunez, 3B: 3 for 4, 1 2B
Brian Gordon, RHP: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 3-4 GB/FB – 50 of 72 pitches were strikes (69.4%) … he was probably on a pitch count after not pitching in two weeks
Josh Schmidt, RHP: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K 2-0 GB/FB – 19 of 33 pitches were strikes (57.6%)
Randy Flores, LHP: 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-1 GB/FB – 21 of 31 pitches were strikes (67.7%)
Double-A Trenton Game One (5-1 loss to Richmond) completion of yesterday’s suspended game
Ray Kruml, RF: 1 for 4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Corban Joseph, 2B, Cody Johnson, DH & Melky Mesa, CF: all 0 for 4 – CoJo struck out twice, Johnson thrice, Mesa all four times
Austin Romine, C & Yadil Mujica, 3B: both 0 for 3, 1 K – Romine drew a walk
Bradley Suttle, 1B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – got picked off first
Damon Sublett, LF: 1 for 3, 2 K
Jose Pirela, SS: 1 for 2, 1 BB – got picked off first
Josh Romanski, LHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 13 of 21 pitches were strikes (61.9%) … he pitched yesterday, before it started raining
Steve Garrison, LHP: 5 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7-4 GB/FB – 65 of 95 pitches were strikes (68.4%) … so I guess we can forget about him coming up for the Rays series
Chase Whitley, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB – just 11 of his 26 pitches were strikes (42.3%)
Double-A Trenton Game Two (9-6 loss to Richmond in seven innings, walk-off style)
Austin Krum, RF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 K, 1 SB
Corban Joseph, 2B: 4 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) – 12 for his last 33 (.364) with four doubles and the homer
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 0 for 4, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
Cody Johnson, DH & Jose Pirela, SS: both 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR – Johnson drove in two and struck out … Pirela’s was a solo shot
Melky Mesa, CF & Rob Lyerly, 1B: both 1 for 3 – Mesa drove in a run, struck out twice, and committed a fielding error
DeAngelo Mack, LF & Jose Gil, C: both 0 for 3 – Gil struck out
Cory Arbiso, RHP: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 7-2 GB/FB – 30 of 47 pitches were strikes (63.8%)
Brad Halsey, LHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GB/FB – just 18 of 38 pitches were strikes (47.4%), but four of those balls came from an intentional walk
Pat Venditte, SwP: 1.2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 15 of 21 pitches were strikes (71.4%)
Alan Horne, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 15 of 27 pitches were strikes (55.6%)
Naoya Okamoto, LHP: 0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – relieved Horne with the bases loaded, threw five total pitches, and gave up a walk-off grand slam
High-A Tampa (8-5 win over Daytona)
Abe Almonte, CF: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – just his second jack of the year … he didn’t hit any last year, though he was hurt most of the season
Walt Ibarra, SS: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 K
Zoilo Almonte, LF, Neil Medchill, RF & Rob Segedin, 3B: all 2 for 4, 1 R – Almonte got hit by a pitch, drove in a run and struck … Medchill homered, drove in three, and committed a fielding error
Luke Murton, DH: 1 for 5, 1 RBI
Kyle Roller, 1B, J.R. Murphy, C & Kelvin Castro, 2B: all 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B – Roller struck out twice … Castro hit a solo jack
Jose Quintana, LHP: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 8-3 GB/FB
Dan Burawa, RHP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Francisco Gil, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Ryan Flannery, RHP: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 4-0 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (4-1 loss to Augusta)
Kevin Mahoney, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K – 16 for his last 39 (.410) with three doubles
Mike Ferraro, RF, Garrison Lassiter, 3B & Jose Mojica, SS: all 1 for 3 – Ferraro scored a run … Mojica whiffed twice
Everyone Else: combined 0 for 18, 7 K – Anderson Feliz and Gary Sanchez each struck out twice … Sanchez also picked a runner off second with a snap throw
Zach Nuding, RHP: 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 4-2 GB/FB – slowed down a bit after two great months
Yobanny Reyes, RHP: 3 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Tommy Kahnle, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 64 strikeouts in 50 IP
Short Season Staten Island (6-5 win over Brooklyn in ten innings, walk-off style)
Mason Williams, CF: 2 for 6, 1 2B – 11 for his last 23 (.478) with four doubles
Cito Culver, SS: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB – scored the winning run on a walk-off wild pitch … 15 for his last 35 (.429) with five doubles
Zach Wilson, 3B: 1 for 6, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch)
Casey Stevenson, RF: 2 for 5, 1 BB, 3 K
Ali Castillo, 2B & Nick McCoy, C: both 0 for 5 – Castillo drove in a run and came around to score … McCoy struck out
Bobby Rinard, LF: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K
Wes Wilson, DH: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP
Wilton Rodriguez, RHP: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 6-3 GB/FB
Ben Paullus, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-1 GB/FB – he was 92-93 with the heater
Zach Arneson, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Phil Wetherell, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GB/FB
Dustin Hobbs, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Brandon Pinder, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-1 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (12-7 win over GCL Blue Jays)
Ravel Santana, CF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K – 11 for his last 32 (.344) with two doubles and two homers
Jose Rosario, SS: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
Tyler Austin, 1B: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI – 14 for his last 39 (.359) with four doubles, a triple, and a homer
Dante Bichette Jr., 3B: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI – had three hits in his previous 21 at-bats (.143)
Jackson Valera, C: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 E (throwing)
Yeicock Calderon, RF: 0 for 4, 3 K – hitless in his last 17 at-bats with nine strikeouts
Jorge Alcantara, 2B: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Fu-Lin Kuo, DH: 3 for 3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 CS – five for his last nine with two homers
Justin James, LF: 1 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SB – pro debut after signing last week
Zach Varce, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – season debut after being hurt all year
Deward Cruz, RHP: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 5-3 GB/FB
Joel De La Cruz, RHP: 1.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Leonel Vinas, RHP: 1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 0-1 GB/FB
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