Baseball America published lists of the ten youngest players in each league on Friday, with both Ramon Flores (fifth youngest) and Tyler Austin (tenth) making the Double-A Eastern League list. C Gary Sanchez (fourth) and 2B Angelo Gumbs (sixth) both make the High-A Florida State League list as well. On to the new shorter yet still informative updates…
Triple-A Scranton (9-4 loss to Pawtucket)
- 3B David Adams: 0-4, 1 BB, 3 K
- 2B Corban Joseph: 1-5
- LF Zoilo Almonte: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — threw a runner out at the plate
- CF Melky Mesa: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 CS — better than last night’s strikeout fest
- C Austin Romine: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
- RHP Dellin Betances: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 6/1 GB/FB — 44 of 72 pitches were strikes (61%) … not great, but solid
Double-A Trenton (7-4 loss to Portland) they struck out 17 times as a team
- CF Slade Heathcott & LF Ramon Flores: both 1-4, 3 K
- RF Tyler Austin: 0-4, 2 K
- C J.R. Murphy: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 E (both pickoff throws)
- DH Neil Medchill: 1-3, R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — second homer in as many days
- RHP Zach Nuding: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 5/5 GB/FB — 51 of 84 pitches were strikes (60.7%) … can’t say I ever remember seeing one pitcher charged with seven unearned runs before
- LHP Jeremy Bleich: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 27 of 52 pitches were strikes (52%)
High-A Tampa (9-2 win over Lakeland)
- CF Mason Williams: 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — more of these, please
- 2B Angelo Gumbs: 2-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 3 RBI — my pick for the breakout prospect of the year
- CF Ben Gamel: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 SB
- C Gary Sanchez: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
- 3B Zach Wilson: 3-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 E (throwing)
- RHP Corey Black: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 6/4 GB/FB — solid season debut … still think he winds up in the bullpen long-term, but he’ll get every chance to stick as a starter
Low-A Charleston (4-2 loss to Greenville) first game of the year for these guys after yesterday’s rain out, so here’s the full lineup
- SS Cito Culver: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 E (fielding) — rumor has it he stopped switch hitting and is only batting right-handed now, but I haven’t seen that confirmed anywhere
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
- 1B Greg Bird: 0-2, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 E (pickoff) — nice full season debut
- 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-5, 3 K — oh Dante
- RF Yeicok Calderon: 0-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
- C Peter O’Brien: 1-4, 2 K, 1 PB, 1 E (throwing)
- DH Saxon Butler: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
- LF Kelvin DeLeon: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 3 K
- CF Claudio Custodio: 0-4, 2 K — center field huh? guess that shortstop stuff didn’t last
- RHP Cesar Vargas: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 9/0 GB/FB — 40 of 61 pitches were strikes (66%) … three-pitch guy with command, he’s a nice little sleeper
- RHP Brett Gerritse: 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 13 of 22 pitches were strikes (59%)
- RHP Ben Paullus: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 21 of 42 pitches were strikes
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