Mason Williams claimed the top spot in Penn League Report’s list of the top 30 prospects in the NY-Penn League. “He has great strike-zone judgment and drives pitches anywhere over the plate,” says PLR. “Many I’ve approached suggested Williams as the number one prospect even before I showed them my list.”
Meanwhile, no Yankees’ farmhands were named to the High-A Florida State League All-Star Team. For shame. Also, Terry Tiffee was apparently released. On behalf of the Yankees organization, thanks for the 112 plate appearances, Terry.
Triple-A Scranton Game One (3-0 win over Pawtucket in seven innings)
Ray Kruml, LF: 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Kevin Russo, 2B: 1 for 4, 1 K
Jesus Montero, C: 2 for 2, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – the homer was pulled into left … the walk was intentional
Jorge Vazquez, 1B, Brandon Laird, 3B, Greg Golson, CF & Doug Bernier, SS: all 0 for 2, 1 BB – Laird also struck out
Mike Lamb, DH: 1 for 3
Jordan Parraz, RF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 K
Manny Banuelos, LHP: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 10-2 GB/FB – 59 of 98 pitches were strikes (60.2%) … took the no-hitter into the sixth, and based on the play-by-play, he allowed just three balls out of the infield and only one after the second inning (a sixth inning ground ball single through his legs)… dominant, easily his best start of the season and arguably the best of his career … he crushed them with offspeed stuff, getting lots of swings and misses with the curve and changeup
Triple-A Scranton Game Two (2-0 loss to Pawtucket in seven innings) makeup of one of the Hurricane Irene games … the loss officially eliminates them from the IL North division title, ending their run of four straight division crowns … Lehigh Valley lost both games in their doubleheader, so their magic number for the wildcard remains at one … SWB is technically still alive in the playoff race, although the outlook is grim
Chris Dickerson, CF: 2 for 4, 1 2B
Kevin Russo, 2B, Jesus Montero, DH & Jordan Parraz, RF: all 0 for 3 – Russo and Parraz each struck out twice
Jorge Vazquez, 1B, Luis Nunez, SS & Gus Molina, C: all 1 for 3 – JoVa and Nunez struck out once each, Molina twice
Brandon Laird, 3B: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K
Greg Golson, LF: 2 for 3, 1 K
Dellin Betances, RHP: 7 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 8 K, 1-7 GB/FB – 60 of 104 pitches were strikes (57.7%) … love the whiffs, but it’s all about the control, as always
Double-A Trenton (10-4 loss to New Hampshire)
Austin Krum, LF, Corban Joseph, 2B & Addison Maruszak, 3B: all 0 for 4 – Krum walked and whiffed … CoJo whiffed twice, Maruszak once … Maruszak also committed a throwing error
Austin Romine, C: 3 for 4 – hits in half of his last 16 at-bats
Rob Lyerly, 1B & Zoilo Almonte, RF: both 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B – Lyerly struck out twice
Melky Mesa, CF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – eight for his last 20 with three doubles
Jose Pirela, SS: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 E (both throwing) – that brings his season error total to 38
Damon Sublett, DH: 1 for 3, 1 BB
Craig Heyer, RHP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 4-6 GB/FB – one of the walked was intentional … 142.2 IP this year, so he’s closing in on what he threw in 2009 (72.1 IP) and 2010 (92 IP) combined
Cory Arbiso, RHP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 4-3 GB/FB
Raul Valdes, LHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB
Pat Venditte, SwP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1-0 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (13-3 loss to Brevard County in six innings) they called this one early, presumably due to the weather
Abe Almonte, CF: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K – 15 for his last 39 (.385) with three doubles, a homer, and just four strikeouts … get this, he’s got a 30-game hitting streak going … he’s pulling a Hilligoss!
Walt Ibarra, SS: 0 for 3
Ronnier Mustelier, LF & Rob Segedin, 3B: both 1 for 3, 1 RBI
Kyle Roller, 1B, Kelvin Castro, 2B & Tyson Blaser, C: all 0 for 2 – Roller walked … Castro committed a fielding error … Blaser struck out and allowed a passed ball
Cody Johnson, DH: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – that’s his 21st dinger of the season, second in the system behind JoVa
Neil Medchill, RF: 0 for 1, 1 BB
Francisco Gil, RHP: 3.2 IP, 12 H, 12 R, 10 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 9-1 GB/FB – egads … uh, yay grounders?
Preston Claiborne, RHP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 9-1 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (9-6 win over Savannah)
Jose Toussen, 2B, Ramon Flores, CF & Kelvin DeLeon, RF: both 2 for 5 – Toussen got hit by a pitch, scored twice, struck out, and threw a ball away for an error … Flores struck out twice and scored once … DeLeon doubled twice, drove in four, and scored a run
Shane Brown, 1B: 3 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB – 26 walks and just 17 strikeouts this year … limited action though
Kevin Mahoney, 3B & Jose Mojica, SS: both 3 for 5 – Mahoney doubled, drove in two, and came around to score twice … Mojica plated a run
Kyle Higashioka, DH: 1 for 5, 1 R
Taylor Grote, LF: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K
Jeff Farnham, C: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 PB
Manny Barreda, RHP: 3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1-4 GB/FB – is it just me, or have we seen a whole lot of 5+ BB games this year?
Michael Recchia, RHP: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 5-2 GB/FB
Mark Montgomery, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – another inning, another three strikeouts
Short Season Staten Island Game One (4-3 win over Aberdeen in seven innings)
Mason Williams, CF: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 2, 2 K – ejected in the third inning for arguing balls and strikes … Casey Stevenson replaced him and doubled in a run in his only at-bat
Ben Gamel, RF & Cody Grice, LF: both 0 for 3 – Grice struck out
Tyler Austin, 3B & Reymond Nunez, 1B: both 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – Austin stole a base … Nunez whiffed twice
Ali Castillo, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 RBI
Nick McCoy, C: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 PB
Wilton Rodriguez, RHP: 3 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4-2 GB/FB
Dustin Hobbs, RHP: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2-3 GB/FB
Branden Pinder, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 11-2 K/BB in his last 5.2 IP
Short Season Staten Island Game Two (5-0 win over Aberdeen in seven innings) makeup of one of the Hurricane Irene games
Mason Williams, CF: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 4, 1 SB
Ben Gamel, RF & Tyler Austin, 3B: both 1 for 3, 1 R – Gamel struck out twice, Austin once
Reymond Nunez, 1B & Zach Wilson, DH: both 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI
Cody Grice, LF: 0 for 3, 1 K
Ali Castillo, 2B: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB
Jhorge Liccien, C: 0 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
Zach Varce, RHP: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 8-2 GB/FB – might be his best outing of the season, he’s been getting knocked around a bit of late
Ben Paullus, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 40-11 K/BB in 29 IP
Rookie GCL Yanks (12-3 win over GCL Marlins) the GCL Yanks lead the best-of-three Championship Series one game to none, and they’ve got a chance to wrap up the league title tomorrow afternoon
Jose Rosario, SS: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI
Danny Lopez, CF: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – second homer in his last ten games
Dante Bichette Jr., 3B: 1 for 3, 2 BB – he looked way too happy to take these walks in a big game … /old meme’d
Damian Taveras, DH: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K
Matt Duran, 1B: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K – slow day at the office, I see
Jackson Valera, C: 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI – Isaias Tejeda hasn’t played since leaving the final game of the regular season for an unknown reason
Jorge Alcantara, LF: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K
Fu-Lin Kuo, 2B: 1 fr 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Henry Pena, RF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Gabe Encinas, RHP: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4-2 GB/FB – 50-20 K/BB in 55.1 IP
Zach Nuding, RHP: 2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 1-1 GB/FB – still rehabbing, though the season is pretty much over
Cory Maines, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Corey Cowsert, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB
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