JoVa homers again in SWB win

Some news and notes…

• Austin Romine has been placed on the disabled list due to his strained back, which isn’t at all surprising. Wilkins Arias has been activated off the phantom DL to take his roster spot. Hopefully Romine heals up well, but there’s a chance his season is over.
• Steve Evarts has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for “metabolites of Nandrolone, a performance enhancing substance.” The lefty had a 5.65 ERA in  seven starts for Low-A Charleston after being brought on as lottery ticket over the winter, but this likely ends his Yankees’ career.
• Gary Sanchez is the tenth hottest prospect in the minors according to this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. Four of his seven hits this week left the yard, bringing his season total to 14.
• The Yankees signed some right-hander named Victor Lozada, but I can’t find anything about the guy anyway. Smart money is on him being filler anyway.
• John Sickels posted a review of his preseason top 20 Yankees prospects. He used a lot of big and fancy words to say Andrew Brackman sucks, going so far to say it’s “an unspeakable waste of talent and money.” I think he forgot that this team pays LOOGY’s $4M a year not to pitch.
• Remember Chris Garcia? He gave up one run in two innings of work for the Short Season Auburn Doubledays yesterday, his first game action sine blowing out his elbow in the first game of last season. Good to see him back, hope he does well.

Triple-A Scranton (8-4 win over Louisville)
Chris Dickerson, CF: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB
Greg Golson, LF: 1 for 5, 2 K – threw a runner out at the plate
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 3, 2 R, 2 BB – just wasting away down here
Jorge Vazquez, 1B: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 K – second jack in as many days, four in his last nine games
Brandon Laird, 3B: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K – 13 for 34 (.382) since being sent down
Mike Lamb, DH & Jordan Parraz, RF: both 3 for 4 – Lamb scored a run … Parraz doubled twice, drove in two, and struck out
Luis Nunez, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI
Doug Bernier, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R, 2 K
D.J. Mitchell, RHP: 6 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4-4 GB/FB – 61 of 101 pitches were strikes (60.4%) … gave up two homers, so that’s nine on the year
Josh Schmidt, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – seven of 12 pitches were strikes
Greg Smith, LHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 11 of 15 pitches were strikes
George Kontos, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GB/FB – 11 of 16 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (8-2 loss to Altoona)
Austin Krum, LF, Melky Mesa, CF, Zoilo Almonte, RF & Damon Sublett, DH: all 1 for 4 – Krum stole a base and struck out … Mesa hit a solo jack and whiffed three times … Sublett scored, stole a base and struck out … Krum and Almonte each threw a runner out at third
Jose Pirela, SS: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 SB
Corban Joseph, 2B & Rob Lyerly, 1B: both 0 for 4, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
Jose Gil, C: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Addison Maruszak, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 RBI
Steve Garrison, LHP: 5 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 4-2 GB/FB – 55 of 90 pitches were strikes (61.1%)
Kanekoa Texeira, RHP: 1.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GB/FB – 23 of 32 pitches were strikes (71.9%) … yep, still awful
Wilkins Arias, LHP: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 2-0 GB/FB – five pitches, four strikes
Ryan Pope, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 13 of 16 pitches were strikes (81.3%)

High-A Tampa (7-0 win over Clearwater)
Almonte, CF & Kelvin Castro, SS: both 3 for 5, 1 K – Almonte tripled, stole a base, scored a run, and drove in four … Castro doubled, got caught stealing, and plated one run
Kyle Roller, 1B: 0 for 5, 2 K
David Adams, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 K
Cody Johnson, LF: 0 for 4, 2 K – dude’s struck out 163 times this year … 163!
Luke Murton, DH: 2 for 4, 1 R
DeAngelo Mack, RF: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – 18 for his last 36 (.500) at this level, but there’s a two month stint with Trenton in there
Hector Rabago, C: 1 for 3, 1 K – left the game after singling and hustling to second on a double, so he’s probably hurt
Tyson Blaser, PR-C: 1 for 1, 2 R
Emerson Landoni, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Francisco Gil, RHP: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4-5 GB/FB – spot start for Brett Marshall for some unknown reason
Kramer Sneed, LHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1-5 GB/FB
Preston Claiborne, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 HBP, 3-2 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (10-5 loss to Savannah)
Jose Toussen, CF-SS: 0 for 5, 1 R
Anderson Feliz, 2B: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 SB – 45 walks in 100 games this year, which is more than I realized
Ramon Flores, LF: 1 for 4, 1 BB
Kyle Higashioka, DH: 1 for 5, 1 RBI
Kevin Mahoney, 1B: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI – 11 for his last 38 (.289), which is pretty good considering the rest of his season
Jose Mojica, SS: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing) – left the game after reaching on an error in the fifth
Mike Ferraro, CF: 0 for 1
Garrison Lassiter, 3B & Jeff Farnham, C: both 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – Farnham scored a run
Jose Ramirez, RHP: 3 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 5-2 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – five runs or more in three of his last four starts
Yobanny Reyes, LHP: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-0 GB/FB
Manny Barreda, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Tommy Kahnle, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (9-4 loss to Brooklyn)
Mason Williams, DH: 2 for 4, 1 3B, 1 RBI – 17 for his last 40 (.425)
Ali Castillo, PH-DH: 1 for 1, 1 R – Williams has been getting pinch-hit for/getting lifted late in the game quite a bit recently, I wonder why … I could be completely wrong, could be confirmation bias
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 5, 2 K, 1 E (throwing) – stuck in a 4-for-28 rut (.143)
Ben Gamel, RF & Zach Wilson, 3B: both 1 for 4 – Gamel walked … Wilson hit a solo bomb
Cody Grice, CF & Casey Stevenson, 2B: both 0 for 4 – Grice walked and struck out three times … Stevenson whiffed twice
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Wes Wilson, C: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 K, 1 PB, 1 E (fielding)
Bobby Rinard, LF: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Wilton Rodriguez, RHP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 6-6 GB/FB
Zach Arneson, RHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB – he was 95-96 with a 90 mph slider, but no command
Ben Paullis, RHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 1-0 GB/FB
Phil Wetherell, RHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 3-1 GB/FB
Dustin Hobbs, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (6-1 loss to GCL Braves)
Justin James, LF: 0 for 2, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 CS, 1 E (throwing) – eight walks and nine strikeouts in 13 games
Claudio Custodio, SS & Yeicok Calderon, RF: both 0 for 3 – Custodio walked, got hit by a pitch, stole a base, and committed a throwing error … Calderon whiffed twice
Isaias Tejeda, DH & Dante Bichette Jr., 3B: both 0 for 4, 1 K – Bichette committed a fielding error
Bubba Jones, 1B: 2 for 4
Danny Lopez, CF: 3 for 4, 1 R
Jon Hurst, C: 1 for 1, 1 BB, 1 SB – left the game for an unknown reason in the sixth inning
Damian Taveras, C: 1 for 2, 1 2B
Taylor Anderson, 2B: 1 for 4, 2 K, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding)
Mark Prior, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1 HB, 1-0 GB/FB – well look who’s back on the mound
Taylor Morton, RHP: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 3 HB, 8-1 GB/FB – little wild today
Edwin Rodriguez, RHP: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Mariel Checo, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GB/FB