Make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread.
Remember RHP Jairo Heredia? He started the season on the DL with “something internal” but resumed throwing earlier this week. Heredia is one of the most enigmatic pitchers in the system, dominating for weeks at a time before forgetting how to record outs. He could be ticketed for Double-A Trenton once healthy.
In other injury news, RHP Diego Moreno had Tommy John surgery. He’s one of the two players the Yankees received from the Pirates in the A.J. Burnett trade. The other player, OF Exicardo Cayones, is in Extended Spring Training. Neither player is much of a prospect, but Moreno throws hard and has a non-zero chance of helping out of the bullpen at some point.
Anyway, if you’re unfamiliar with minor league baseball in general, friend of the blog @leokitty put together a pretty great primer for you. Make sure you check it out even if you know your way around the bush leagues.
Triple-A Empire State (8-7 win over Buffalo in ten innings, walk-off style)
CF Kevin Russo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
2B Matt Antonelli: 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
3B Steve Pearce: 0-5, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — only his third game at third base this year
DH Jack Cust: 3-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — walk-off homer
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — his two-run homer in the seventh tied the game
1B Brandon Laird: 0-4, 1 E (fielding)
C Frankie Cervelli: 2-4, 2 R, 1 K — eight hits in his last 22 at-bats (.364)
RF Cole Garner: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
SS Ramiro Pena: 0-3, 1 RBI, 2 K
RHP Dellin Betances: 2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 1 Balk, 1/1 GB/FB — 31 of 65 pitches were strikes (47.7%) … 42 walks and 41 strikeouts in 46.2 IP
LHP Mike O’Connor: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 5/4 GB/FB — 31 of 59 pitches were strikes (52.5%)
RHP Chase Whitley: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 25 of 40 pitches were strikes (62.5%)
RHP Jason Bulger: 1.2 IP, zeroes, 4/0 GB/FB — 14 of 23 pitches were strikes (60.9%)
LHP Juan Cedeno: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — nine of 14 pitches were strikes
RHP Kevin Whelan: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K — nine pitches, five strikes
Double-A Trenton (4-1 loss to Richmond)
CF Abe Almonte, 2B Corban Joseph & RF Zoilo Almonte: all 1-4 — Abe doubled and drove in a run … Zoilo struck out
DH Cody Johnson, 1B Luke Murton, 3B Kevin Mahoney, SS Yadil Mujica & C Jeff Farnham: all 0-3 — Johnson walked and whiffed twice … Murton walked and struck out … Mahoney struck out and committed a fielding error
LF Jose Pirela: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B
LHP Shaeffer Hall: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 8/2 GB/FB — 55 of 76 pitches were strikes (72.4%) … picked a runner off first
RHP Preston Claiborne: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 12 of 25 pitches were strikes (48%) … also picked a runner off first
High-A Tampa (7-1 win over Lakeland)
LF Ramon Flores: 1-5, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB
C J.R. Murphy: 5-5, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 SB — he really needed a huge game like this
3B Rob Segedin & RF Neil Medchill: both 1-5, 1 R — Segedin struck out … Medchill hit a homer, drove in three, and struck out three times
DH Kyle Higashioka: 0-1, 1 R, 3 BB
1B Kyle Roller: 3-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K — had been in a 4-for-30 slump (.133)
SS Jose Mojica & 2B Jose Toussen: both 0-4 — Mojica struck out
CF Eduardo Sosa: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Sean Black: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7/7 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing)
RHP Manny Barreda: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (12-6 loss to Greenville)
CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K — in a bad funk right now, he struck out in five consecutive plate appearances between this game and last
SS Cito Culver, 1B Rey Nunez & LF Kelvin DeLeon: all 1-4, 1 R — Culver walked, stole a base, struck out twice, and committed two errors (throwing, missed catch) … Nunez and DeLeon each doubled, drove in a run, and struck out
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 2-5, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — got his batting average up to .250 after that brutal and prolonged slump a few weeks ago
RF Tyler Austin: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K — starting to get the Bonds treatment with all these walks
DH Ben Gamel & 2B Angelo Gumbs: both 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — Gamel struck out once, Gumbs twice … Gumbs also committed a fielding error
C Francisco Arcia: 1-2, 2 BB
LHP Evan Rutckyj: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 23 of 50 pitches were strikes (46%) … not exactly what he was hoping for following his stellar debut
LHP Dan Mahoney: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 23 of 36 pitches were strikes (63.9%)
RHP Joel DeLaCruz: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 Balk, 2/0 GB/FB — 33 of 47 pitches were strikes (70.2%)
RHP Ben Paullus: 1 IP, zeroes, 2/2 GB/FB — ten pitches, eight strikes
LHP Fred Lewis: 1 IP, zeroes, 3/0 GB/FB — ten pitches, seven strikes
RHP Casey Stevenson: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB — 11 of 21 pitches were strikes … they played 13 innings last night, so the utility infielder had to take one for the team … gave up a solo homer to the first batter he faced
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