The Yankees released a handful of minor leaguers per Matt Eddy, most notably RHP Brandon Braboy, RHP Rich Martinez, and 1B/C Damian Taveras. IF Garrison Lassiter was also released, cementing his status as the biggest big money ($675k) dud of the 2008 draft.
Triple-A Empire State (4-0 win over Indianapolis)
RF Kevin Russo: 3-4, 2 R, 1 HBP
2B Corban Joseph: 1-5
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 1-4, 1 RBI
DH Jack Cust: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI — second straight game with a homer and third in his last five contests
1B Russell Branyan: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
3B Brandon Laird: 1-3, 1 BB
CF Colin Curtis & SS Doug Bernier: both 0-4
C Gus Molina: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
RHP Adam Warren: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 65 of 96 pitches were strikes (67.7%) … lowers his season strikeout rate to 6.15 K/9 (15.7 K%)
RHP Chase Whitley: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3/3 GB/FB — 20 of 34 pitches were strikes (58.8%) … had allowed runs in his four previous outings
LHP Juan Cedeno: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K — eight of 15 pitches were strikes
RHP Ryota Igarashi: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine of 13 pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (6-5 loss to Portland)
DH Abe Almonte, 2B David Adams & 1B Jose Gil: all 0-4 — Almonte walked, stole a base, and drove in a run … Adams and Gil each struck out once
LF Jose Pirela: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
RF Zoilo Almonte: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS — threw a runner out at second … 13 hits in his last 40 at-bats (.325)
CF Melky Mesa: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — second straight game with a homer, three in his last seven games
3B Addison Maruszak: 1-4, 1 R
C Jeff Farnham: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 PB
SS Yadil Mujica: 2-4
RHP Mikey O’Brien: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 5/5 GB/FB — 52 of 88 pitches were strikes (59.1%)
LHP Francisco Rondon: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP — 19 of 36 pitches were strikes (52.8%)
RHP Michael Dubee: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 28 of 48 pitches were strikes (58.3%)
Low-A Charleston (7-5 win over Greenville in six innings) they cut this one short due to the weather
DH Mason Williams: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI — 14 hits in his last 36 at-bats (.389) … second straight game with a jack and three in his last four contests
SS Angelo Gumbs: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 SB — played six games at short back in 2010, but nothing since
RF Tyler Austin & 2B Ali Castillo: both 0-2, 1 BB — Austin stole a base and struck out
C Gary Sanchez: 1-2, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — picked a runner off first with a snap throw … 13 hits in his last 30 at-bats (.433) with five homers
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-3, 1 R
CF Ben Gamel: 2-3, 2 R
1B Rey Nunez: 2-3, 1 RBI
LF Kelvin DeLeon: 1-3, 1 RBI
RHP Bryan Mitchell: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6/1 GB/FB — and he got the win
RHP John Brebbia: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (9-1 win over Hudson Valley)
LF-RF Danny Oh: 1-5, 1 R, 1 3B
SS Jose Rosario: 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 CS — eight hits in his last 19 at-bats (.421)
RF-CF Exicardo Cayones: 0-3, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 K — five walks and five strikeouts in seven games
1B Saxon Butler: 4-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI — seven hits in his last 12 at-bats (.583) with five doubles
CF Ravel Santana: 1-1, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP — left the game after getting hit by a pitch in the wrist, dude seems to be an injury magnet … PR-LF Taylor Dugas took and did not record a hit in his only at-bat
DH Matt Snyder: 0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
C Wes Wilson: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 K
3B Matt Duran & 2B Jamiel Orozco: both 0-4 — Duran struck out twice, Orozco once … Duran also committed his sixth error (fielding) in seven games
RHP Gabe Encinas: 3-1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HB, 2 WP, 4/0 GB/FB — he was 91-92 with the fastball
LHP Dietrich Enns: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4/1 GB/FB
LHP James Pazos: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 90-91 with the heat
RHP Taylor Garrison: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB
High-A Tampa got rained out. They’re scheduled to play a doubleheader tomorrow, but the weather on the gulf coast is really bad — 1B Bubba Jones confirms with photos on Twitter — so they might not be able to play tomorrow either.
Rookie GCL Yanks had their regularly scheduled Sunday off day. Lucky for them considering the weather.
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