Gumbs’ big night not enough in Charleston loss

Some notes…

• Josh Norris spoke to Short Season Staten Island manager Justin Pope (yes, that Justin Pope) and got a feel of the club’s roster. Ravel Santana is expected to be the club’s Opening Day center fielder while OF Danny Lopez, IF Claudio Custodio, RHP Taylor Morton, and IF Matt Duran highlight the rest of the crop.
• RHP Scottie Allen has been placed on the Low-A disabled list and LHP Matt Bashore was demoted from High-A Tampa to take his spot. [Josh Norris]
• C Jeff Farnham was placed on the Double-A disabled list and C Kyle Higashioka was bumped up from High-A Tampa to take his spot. I’m a big Higashioka fan for no apparent reason, so I hope he gets a chance to play. [Mike Ashmore]

Just FYI, the Staten Island and Rookie Level Gulf Coast League Yankees both start their seasons this coming Monday.

Triple-A Empire State (10-0 loss to Syracuse)
RF Kevin Russo: 1-3, 1 BB
2B Corban Joseph, DH Jack Cust & 1B Russell Branyan: all 0-4 — CoJo struck out twice, Cust thrice
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 3-4, 1 K — threw a runner out at the plate … 16 hits in his last 45 at-bats (.356)
C Frankie Cervelli: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 PB
3B Brandon Laird: 1-4
CF Colin Curtis: 2-4
SS Doug Bernier: 0-3, 1 BB
RHP Adam Warren: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 5/4 GB/FB — 47 of 92 pitches were strikes (51.1%) … oh Adam, stop being such a disappointment
RHP Manny Delcarmen: 0.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 20 of 35 pitches were strikes (57.1%)
LHP Mike O’Connor: 2.1 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 16 of 21 pitches were strikes (76.2%)
RHP Ryota Igarashi: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 11 of 17 pitches were strikes (64.7%)

Double-A Trenton (7-6 loss to Altoona, walk-off style) they were up 6-1 heading into the ninth, so … ouch
DH Abe Almonte: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
3B Jose Pirela: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI — 17 hits in his last 38 at-bats (.447)
2B David Adams: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 BB — 11 hits in his last 35 at-bats (.314)
RF Zoilo Almonte: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — six hits in his last nine at-bats
CF Melky Mesa: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
LF Cody Johnson: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K — his 16 homers are the second most in the organization behind Curtis Granderson’s 19
1B Luke Murton & C Jose Gil: both 0-4, 1 BB — Gil scored a run and struck out
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB
RHP Adam Miller: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/6 GB/FB — 41 of 59 pitches were strikes (69.5%) … two strikeouts or fewer in five of six starts for the Thunder
LHP Francisco Rondon: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 18 of 28 pitches were strikes (64.3%)
RHP Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 12 of 17 pitches were strikes (70.6%)
RHP Ryan Flannery: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 0/1 GB/FB — only seven of 20 pitches were strikes
LHP Lee Hyde: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GB/FB — only eight of 22 pitches were strikes (.364) … allowed all three of the runners he inherited from Flannery to score
RHP Preston Claiborne: 0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K — three pitches, two strikes … allowed both of the runners he inherited from Hyde to score

High-A Tampa (10-7 loss to Clearwater)
CF Ramon Flores: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — eight hits in his last 27 at-bats (.296)
DH J.R. Murphy: 1-6, 1 R, 3 K
RF Rob Segedin: 3-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 CS — threw a runner out at second
1B Kyle Roller: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP — ten hits in his last 32 at-bats (.313)
C Tyson Blaser: 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
LF Neil Medchill: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
3B Zach Wilson: 0-4, 1 RBI — stuck in a 6-for-29 slump (.209)
SS Jose Mojica: 1-5, 1 2B
2B Hector Rabago: 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K — seven hits in his last 19 at-bats (.368)
RHP Shane Greene: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 7/1 GB/FB — first runs he’s allowed in three starts since returning from Extended Spring Training
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 WP
RHP Melvin Mercedes: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 21-year-old is making his stateside debut after spending the last two seasons in the Dominican Summer League … he allowed two of the three runners he inherited from Rigoberto to score
RHP Mark Montgomery: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (4-3 loss to Greensboro)
CF Mason Williams: 2-4, 1 CS
SS Cito Culver, LF Casey Stevenson & DH Francisco Arcia: all 1-4, 1 K — Culver stole a base … Stevenson drove in a run … Arcia came around to score
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-4, 1 K
C Gary Sanchez: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 PB
2B Angelo Gumbs: 3-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP — had been in a 7-for-34 rut (.206)
1B Rey Nunez: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RF Kelvin DeLeon: 1-4, 2 K
RHP Will Oliver: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 12/2 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — has only allowed three homers in 65.1 IP this year (0.41 HR/9)
LHP Fred Lewis: 2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 3/0 GB/FB — can’t get much better