It’s been a few weeks, so I have plenty of notes to pass along…
- The Yankees have released seven players according to Matt Eddy: RHP Reinier Casanova, RHP Ryan Flannery, RHP Jhorge Liccien, IF Yadil Mujica, OF Kelvin Duran, OF Justin James, and UTIL Damon Sublett. James, the club’s 13th rounder in 2011, is the notable prospect of the seven. He was a tooled-up kid without little baseball experience because he was a basketball player in high school.
- Some injury updates courtesy of JoshNorris: RHP Diego Moreno (Tommy John surgery) should return in June. He was part of the A.J. Burnett trade. RHP Jairo Heredia and SwP Pat Venditte (shoulder) do not have a timetable and will be reassessed in camp. OF Neil Medchill is healthy and ready to go.
- The Yankees have hired Al Pedrique as manager for Low-A Charleston. He was most recently the bench coach under Brad Mills with the Astros and will be the team’s fifth manager in five years. Carlos Mendoza, last year’s manager, is now roving defensive coach. Former organizational catcher P.J. Pilittere will replace Greg Colbrunn as the club’s hitting coach. He was always considered a strong coaching prospect.
- Dave Miley and Tony Franklin will return for their seventh seasons as manager for Triple-A Scranton and Double-A Trenton, respectively. Miley’s entire coaching staff remains the same while Franklin will be joined by hitting coach Justin Turner, who spent the last two seasons in the same role with High-A Tampa.
The Arizona Fall League season ended more than a month ago, so check out this post for the final stats. The only Caribbean winter league still in the regular season in the Puerto Rican League, which was recently renamed the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League. Here’s an updateon the guys playing winter ball around the globe.
Australian Baseball League (season ends at the end of the month)
RHP Zach Arneson: 14 G, 16 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 19 K, 1 HB, 1 WP (0.56 ERA, 0.63 WHIP)
Dominican Winter League (season over)
OF Abe Almonte: 30 G, 17-78, 9 R, 1 2B, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 7 BB, 21 K, 7 SB, 2 CS (.218/.282/.282)
OF Zoilo Almonte: 1 G, 0-1
OF Melky Mesa: 14 G, 14-56, 13 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 4 BB, 17 K, 2 SB (.250/.295/.482)
IF Eduardo Nunez: 12 G, 14-51, 3 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 5 K, 1 SB (.275/.275/.314)
C Gary Sanchez: 7 G, 5-21, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 6 K (.238/.304/.429)
LHP Juan Cedeno: 24 G, 28.2 IP, 23 H, 12 R, 11 ER, 12 BB, 20 K, 2 HB, 7 WP (3.45 ERA, 1.22 WHIP) — finishes 2012 with 3.01 ERA, 77 strikeouts, and 33 strikeouts in 92.2 innings
RHP Kelvin Perez: 20 G, 24 IP, 19 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 10 BB, 14 K, 4 HR, 1 WP (3.38 ERA, 1.21 WHIP)
RHP Jose Ramirez: 9 G, 2 GS, 19 IP, 14 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 12 BB, 23 K, 2 HR, 4 HB (4.26 ERA, 1.37 WHIP)
LHP Francisco Rondon: 10 G, 5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 11 K, 1 HR, 1 HB, 1 WP (3.18 ERA, 1.94 WHIP)
Mexican Pacific League (season over)
OF Jose Figueroa: 40 G, 18-70, 14 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 16 K, 2 CS (.257/.307/.329)
UTIL Ronnie Mustelier: 55 G, 59-208, 35 R, 8 3B, 2 3B, 9 HR, 33 RBI, 19 BB, 43 K, 9 SB, 1 CS, 2 HBP (.284/.354/.471) — finished 2012 at .304/.364/.482 with 24 homers, 19 steals, 54 walks, and 111 strikeouts in just over 700 plate appearances
IF Gil Velazquez: 25 G, 27-84, 9 R, 7 2B, 8 RBI, 10 BB, 12 K, 7 SB, 1 CS, 1 HBP (.321/.396/.405)
RHP Gio Gallegos: 7 G, 5.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 2 HR (8.44 ERA, 1.69 WHIP)
RHP Felipe Gonzalez: 2 G, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 2 HR, 1 HB (8.10 ERA, 2.10 WHIP)
RHP Luis Niebla: 15 G, 4 GS, 34 IP, 34 H, 19 R, 13 ER, 12 BB, 28 H, 7 HR, 2 WP (3.44 ERA, 1.35 WHIP)
RHP Cesar Vargas: 12 G, 11.2 IP, 13 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 BB, 15 K, 1 HB, 1 WP (2.31 ERA, 1.71 WHIP)
Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (season ends in about ten days)
OF Adonis Garcia: 39 G, 45-154, 22 R, 9 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 26 RBI, 4 BB, 24 K, 3 SB, 2 CS, 4 HBP (.292/.319/.481)
2B Angelo Gumbs: 13 G, 11-36, 6 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 HBP (.306/.333/.472) — hooray for having a healthy elbow
1B Luke Murton: 13 G, 9-45, 4 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 7 BB, 16 K (.200/.308/.333)
RHP Manny Barreda: 18 G, 18.1 IP, 28 H, 15 R, 11 ER, 13 BB, 12 K, 3 HR, 1 HB, 1 WP (5.40 ERA, 2.24 WHIP)
RHP Preston Claiborne: 15 G, 23.2 IP, 16 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 4 BB, 21 K (3.04 ERA, 0.85 WHIP) — that’s a nice K/BB right there
RHP Jose Diaz: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 WP — last draft’s 29th rounder
Venezuelan Winter League (season over)
C Francisco Arcia: 3 G, 0-1, 1 R, 2 BB
IF Ali Castillo: 1 G, 1-1, 1 R
C Frankie Cervelli: 21 G, 18-59, 16 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 10 BB, 19 K, 1 SB4 HBP (.305/.432/.525) — at this point you have to hope he’s feeling confident and can carry it over into Spring Training and the regular season
OF Ramon Flores: 8 G, 3-12, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP (.231/.333/.231)
UTIL Jose Pirela: 52 G, 53-201, 33 R, 9 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 22 RBI, 21 BB, 35 K, 5 SB, 2 CS, 5 HBP (.264/.345/.373)
RHP Pedro Guerra: 12 G, 10.2 IP, 16 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 6 BB, 6 K, 3 HR (6.75 ERA, 2.06 WHIP)
LHP Vidal Nuno: 22 G, 25 IP, 17 H, 11 R, 7 ER, 6 BB, 24 K, 2 HR (2.52 ERA, 0.92 WHIP) — finished 2012 with a 2.52 ERA, 150 strikeouts, and 39 walks in 163.1 innings
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