RHP Angel Rincon will join 1B Greg Bird with Short Season Staten Island while RHP Rich Mascheri and RHP Edison Mejia have been bumped up to High-A Tampa. We’re going to see a flurry of late-season promotions now with the minor league seasons starting to end, September call-ups, affiliates dropping out of playoff races, etc.
Triple-A Empire State (9-5 loss to Lehigh Valley)
RF Chris Dickerson: 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
2B Corban Joseph: 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K
DH Eduardo Nunez: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — 15 hits in his last 39 at-bats (.385)
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
C Austin Romine: 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 PB — 13/11 K/BB in 24 games
1B Brandon Laird: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI
CF Melky Mesa & 3B Kevin Russo: both 0-4 — Russo struck out twice, Mesa thrice
SS Ramiro Pena: 1-4, 1 K
RHP Ramon Ortiz: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 54 of 91 pitches were strikes (59%) … that’s 40 runs allowed in his last 60.1 IP, the wheels might be coming off the 39-year-old just before the Triple-A postseason unfortunately
RHP Kelvin Perez: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 23 of 44 pitches were strikes (52%)
RHP Chase Whitley: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 13 of 18 pitches were strikes (72%)
Double-A Trenton (4-3 loss to Akron)
CF Adonis Garcia: 2-5, 1 2B
C J.R. Murphy: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
DH David Adams: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI — that was the team’s 151st homer of the season, a new single-season franchise record
RF Zoilo Almonte, 1B Luke Murton, 2B Kevin Mahoney & LF Shane Brown: all 0-4 — Mahoney and Brown struck out
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-4, 1 RBI
3B Rob Segedin: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
LHP Shaeffer Hall: 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 12/5 GB/FB — 52 of 94 pitches were strikes (55%) … not exactly a typical performance for the usually steady southpaw
LHP Francisco Rondon: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 23 of 32 pitches were strikes (72%)
High-A Tampa Game One (3-2 win over Daytona in seven innings) makeup of a rain out from early last week
CF Ramon Flores & C Gary Sanchez: both 2-3 — Flores walked and got caught stealing … Sanchez drove in two, struck out, and committed a throwing error
DH Slade Heathcott: 0-4, 1 R, 2 K
RF Tyler Austin: 0-1, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — one of those walks was intentional
1B Kyle Roller & 2B Jose Toussen: both 1-3 — Roller walked, scored a run, and struck out … Toussen doubled
3B Zach Wilson: 1-2, 1 BB
LF Kelvin DeLeon: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
SS Jose Mojica: 0-3
RHP Zach Nuding: 5.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 6/5 GB/FB — that might be the most walks by a non-Dellin Betances pitcher in the system this year, but don’t quote me on that
RHP Branden Pinder: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — one of the walks was intentional
High-A Tampa Game Two (4-1 loss to Daytona)
CF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 RBI
DH Slade Heathcott: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
1B Kyle Roller: 0-1, 1 HBP
3B Zach Wilson, C Kyle Higashioka, LF Jose Toussen: all 0-3 — Higgy struck out
2B Yadil Mujica: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B
SS Jose Mojica: 0-2, 2 K
RHP Caleb Cotham: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 6/2 GB/FB
RHP Sean Black: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB
RHP Rich Mascheri: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/0 GB/FB
RHP Nick Goody: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (1-0 win over Lexington in ten innings)
SS Cito Culver, RF Rob Refsnyder, CF Ben Gamel & C Francisco Arcia: both 0-4 — Culver struck out once, the other three guys twice each
1B Saxon Butler & 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: both 1-4, 1 K — DBJ doubled
DH Casey Stevenson: 1-4, 1 R
2B Ali Castillo: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 E (missed catch) — doubled in the only run of the game
LF Cody Grice: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Corey Black: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 5/1 GB/FB — 43/15 K/BB in 47.2 IP
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1 WP, 1/1 GB/FB
LHP Dan Mahoney: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB
RHP Pedro Guerra: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Short Season Staten Island (11-0 loss to Brooklyn)
DH Ravel Santana, 1B Greg Bird & 2B Jamiel Orozco: all 1-3 — Santana walked and struck out twice … Orozco whiffed twice
Everyone Else: combined 0-20, 1 BB, 7 K — SS Claudio Custodio drew the walk and also committed a throwing error
RHP Gabe Encinas: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 7/5 GB/FB
RHP Zach Woods: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB
RHP Mariel Checo: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/0 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (5-2 win over GCL Pirates) this was the final game of their season, they finished at 35-25 and one game out of a playoff spot
CF Mikeson Oliberto: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 HBP
3B Miguel Andujar: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — waited until the final day of the season to hit his first pro dinger
SS Austin Aune: 1-4, 1 K, 1 CS, 1 E (throwing) — this year’s second rounder finishes his first pro-half season at .273/.358/.410 with 15 errors in 31 games at shortstop
RF Yeicok Calderon: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K — finishes the season with a league-leading eight homers … Ericson Leonora was right behind him with seven
DH Dalton smith: 0-4
LF Nathan Mikolas: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — this year’s third rounder finishes his first pro half-season with 35 strikeouts in 105 plate appearances (33.3%)
2B Jerison Lopez: 0-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
1B Jorge Alcantara: 3-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
C Eduardo DeOleo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K, 1 PB
RHP Gio Gallegos: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 21-year-old comes off Tommy John surgery and posted a 22/2 K/BB in 27 IP … pretty impressive
RHP Rookie Davis: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
LHP Caleb Frare: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB — picked a runner off first
RHP Chaz Hebert: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/3 GB/FB