Phelps returns to mound in GCL loss

Some news and notes…

• Austin Romine went for an MRI on his strained back, and last night Double-A Trenton manager Tony Franklin described the injury as “a situation where it might take some time.” The Yankees will obviously play it safe, and since the minor league season ends in about a month, there’s a non-zero chance this could end Romine’s season.
• Ray Kruml (foot) has been placed on the disabled list. Austin Krum and DeAngelo Mack were demoted to Trenton and High-A Tampa, respectively. R.J. Baker was activated off the phantom DL.
• Eric Wordekemper has been placed on the DL to make room on the roster for Chris Dickerson, who apparently took his sweet time getting to Scranton. I’m guessing this is a phantom DL stint for Wordy.
• Mark Prior is scheduled to pitch for the Rookie Level GCL Yankees on Friday, so I guess that line drive off his forearm wasn’t too bad.

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 loss to Louisville)
Kevin Russo, 3B & Brandon Laird, 1B: both 1 for 4 – Laird struck out twice
Greg Golson, CF & Jordan Parraz, RF: both 0 for 4 – Golson struck out and threw a runner out at third … Parraz got picked off first
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 PB – he’s 13 for his last 38 (.342) with two doubles and three homers
Jorge Vazquez, DH: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – fourth homer in his last ten games … the HBP got him in the leg
Dan Brewer, LF: 0 for 3, 2 K
Luis Nunez, 2B: 2 for 3, 1 K
Doug Bernier, SS: 0 for 2
Adam Warren, RHP: 7.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 3-11 GB/FB – 70 of 102 pitches were strikes (68.6%) … he was right around 92 tonight
J.C. Romero, LHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3-0 GB/FB – 13 of 23 pitches were strikes (56.5%) … I thought maybe they’d call him up for the Red Sox series, but I guess not
Buddy Carlyle, RHP: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 0-1 GB/FB – threw just two pitches, both strikes

Double-A Trenton (7-4 loss to Akron)
Austin Krum, LF: 4 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB – pretty nice return to Trenton
Corban Joseph, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 K
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – threw a runner out at the plate … .298/.361/.489 on the year
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (throwing) – stuck in an 0-for-16 slump
Melky Mesa, DH & Jose Pirela, SS: both 0 for 4, 1 BB – Mesa struck out three times … Pirela scored, whiffed, and committed a fielding error
Damon Sublett, LF: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Jose Gil, C: 0 for 5, 1 K, 1 PB
Yadil Mujica, 3B: 2 for 4
Shaeffer Hall, LHP: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 10-3 GB/FB – four runs or more in four of his last five starts
Brad Halsey, LHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 2-1 GB/FB
Pat Venditte, SwP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB
Cory Arbiso, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa (8-4 loss to Clearwater)
Abe Almonte, CF, David Adams, 2B & Kyle Roller, 1B: all 1 for 4, 1 RBI – Adams and Roller each whiffed once, Almonte thrice
Kelvin Castro, SS, DeAngelo Mack, LF & Neil Medchill, RF: all 1 for 3, 1 R – Castro and Mack drew walks … Castro also committed a fielding error
Mitch Abeita, C & Cody Johnson, DH: both 0 for 4, 2 K
Hector Rabago, 3B: 0 for 3, 1 R, 3 K, 1 HBP
Jeff Marquez, RHP: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 4-1 GB/FB – not one whiff?
Jose Quintana, LHP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7-5 GB/FB – picked a runner off first … gave up three homers, or two more than he’d give up all season
Reinier Casanova, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (5-4 loss to Asheville in ten innings, walk-off style)
Jose Toussen, CF: 2 for 5, 2 RBI, 1 K
Anderson Feliz, 2B: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 3 K
Ramon Flores, LF & Shane Brown, DH: both 1 for 5 – Flores struck out … Brown came around to score
Gary Sanchez, C: 0 for 3, 2 BB, 3 K – what, no homer?
Taylor Grote, RF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Jose Mojica, SS & Garrison Lassiter, 3B: both 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – Lassiter struck out
Jeff Farnham, 1B: 1 for 4, 2 K
Shane Greene, RHP: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 4-2 GB/FB – hasn’t completed five innings in a start since July 6th
Francisco Rondon, LHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-1 GB/FB
Kelvin Perez, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Mark Montgomery, RHP: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GB/FB
Yobanny Reyes, LHP: 0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Short Season Staten Island (4-0 loss to Mahoning Valley)
Mason Williams, CF: 2 for 4, 1 K – got picked off first … 16 for his last 36 (.444) with four walks and four strikeouts
Cody Grice, LF & Reymond Nunez, 1B: both 1 for 3
Everyone Else: combined 0 for 19, 6 K – Zach Wilson had three of those whiffs, Ben Gamel two
Bryan Mitchell, RHP: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 7-3 GB/FB – 42 K in 40.2 IP with a 2.25 GB/GB
Fred Lewis, LHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 0-2 GB/FB
Caleb Cotham, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2-1 GB/FB – 28-7 K/BB in 17 IP
Matt Tracy, LHP: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K

Rookie GCL Yanks (8-3 loss to GCL Pirates) no Dante Bichette Jr. after he got hit by a pitch yesterday
Claudio Custodio, SS, Ravel Santana, CF, Yeicok Calderon, RF & Matt Duran, DH: all 0 for 4 –Duran struck out once, Custodio and Calderon twice each, Santana all four times … Custodio also committed a pair of fielding errors, Calderon and Santana a fielding error each … Ravel also threw a runner out at the plate
Isaias Tejeda, C: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 E (catcher interference, throwing)
Damian Taveras, 1B: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP
Fu-Lin Kuo, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – .203 ISO … too bad he never plays
Justin James, LF & Taylor Anderson, 2B: both 1 for 3 – James walked, stole a base, and whiffed
David Phelps, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-2 GB/FB – working his way back from shoulder tendinitis, this is his first game action since mid-June
Dan Mahoney, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB – the Yankees drafted him in the 16th round back in 2007 but did not sign him, then the Marlins took him in the fourth round in 2009 … they released him this June after 69 IP with a 6.91 ERA in the low minors, and apparently the Yankees signed him at some point (this is his first game with the org) … hard-throwing college reliever from UConn, interesting little flier
Gabe Encinas, RHP: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1-3 GB/FB
Kenedy Agramonte, RHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 1-1 GB/FB – 7-6 K/BB in 3 IP
George Isabel, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1-0 GB/FB – allowed two of the runners he inherited from Agramonte to score