Baseball America has two items of interest to Yankees fans: an article on the Triple-A stadium situation and a quick little roster breakdown of the farm system. You don’t need to be a subscriber to read either piece, they’re both free. Josh Norris also posted a great interview with LHP Jeremy Bleich, who spoke about the shoulder injury that has kept him on the shelf since May of 2010.
Now for some housekeeping. RHP Jairo Heredia, RHP Diego Moreno, RHP Dan Burawa, 1B Luke Murton, OF Damon Sublett, C Jeff Farnham, RHP Matt Daley, RHP Adam Miller, IF Jayson Nix, 2B Corban Joseph, DH Russell Branyan, and Bleich will all start the season on the DL. Some (Heredia, Moreno, Burawa, CoJo, Branyan, Bleich) are actually hurt, others are on the phantom DL. Both IF Yadil Mujica and RHP Craig Heyer have been promoted to Triple-A, and OF Dewayne Wise is currently on the inactive list because his wife is giving birth. Congrats to the Wises.
With that out of the way, welcome to Minor League Opening Day. All four full-season affiliates kicked off their seasons tonight, marking the seventh year of DotF. As per tradition, here are the full lineups…
Triple-A Empire State (3-0 loss to Lehigh Valley)
SS Ramiro Pena: 0-4, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
CF Ray Kruml: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K — they were getting perfect game’d until he doubled with one out in the seventh
1B Steve Pearce: 0-3, 1 K
DH Jack Cust: 0-3, 1 K
3B Brandon Laird: 0-3, 2 K
RF Colin Curtis: 0-3
LF Cole Garner: 0-3, 2 K
C Frankie Cervelli: 0-2, 1 BB — poor Frankie
2B Doug Bernier: 0-3, 1 K
RHP Manny Delcarmen: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 24 of 45 pitches were strikes (53.3%) … was sitting 91-95 early on … this was his first start since August of 2004
RHP Craig Heyer: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 8/3 GB/FB — 37 of 58 pitches were strikes (63.8%) … kept them in the game in his Triple-A debut … gotta think he’ll start next time around, not Delcarmen
LHP Juan Cedeno: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K — nine of 12 pitches were strikes
RHP Jason Bulger: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — seven of eleven pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (5-3 loss to New Hampshire) Josh Norris has a ton of video
LF Abe Almonte: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — threw a runner out at second
3B Ronnie Mustelier: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B,1 RBI, 1 K — he and Almonte led the season off with back-to-back doubles
2B David Adams: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K — please stay healthy … please stay healthy … please stay healthy
RF Zoilo Almonte: 0-4, 4 K — ouch
1B Rob Lyerly: 0-3, 1 BB, 3 K — two true outcomes
CF Melky Mesa: 2-4, 2 RBI — he had a nice second half last year, maybe it’ll carry over
DH Dan Brewer: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — probably not happy to be back here
C Jose Gil: 1-4, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
SS Walt Ibarra: 1-4, 1 K
LHP Shaeffer Hall: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 5/1 GB/FB — 41 of 72 pitches were strikes (56.9%)
RHP Cory Arbiso: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 26 of 42 pitches were strikes (61.9%) … decent chance he winds up in the rotation with Heyer now in Triple-A
RHP Preston Claiborne: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB
LHP Lee Hyde: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — minor league free agent is a former fourth round pick of the Braves that never put it together
High-A Tampa (8-5 loss to Lakeland)
CF Eduardo Sosa: 0-5, 1 K — he’s just keeping the spot warm until Slade Heathcott gets healthy
2B Kelvin Castro: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — got picked off first
LF Ramon Flores: 0-1, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP — all he does is get on base
RF Rob Segedin: 0-4, 1 K
1B Kyle Roller: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 RBI, BB
C J.R. Murphy: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — he threw out all three attempted base stealers … let’s hope he mashes his way to Double-A by midseason
3B Zach Wilson: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B — kinda surprised he’s up here already, but I guess there’s no room in Charleston
DH Neil Medchill: 0-3, 1 BB
SS Jose Mojica: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
LHP Nik Turley: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 2/2 GB/FB — picked a runner off first … was in the middle of a breakout season before breaking his hand reaching for a line drive last year, and it looks like he picked up right where he left off
LHP Vidal Nuno: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB
RHP Manny Barreda: 1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 3/0 GB/FB
LHP Kramer Sneed: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston‘s game was suspended due to rain and lightning after a little more than an inning. It will be resumed as part of a doubleheader on May 18th. Mason Williams tripled and was the only River Dog to bat, so he’s clearly amped to be our Prospect Watch.
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