Austin & Flores get two hits apiece in AA loss

Got a series of roster moves, courtesy of Josh Norris, Donnie Collins, and various press releases…

RHP Charlie Short and RHP Taylor Garrison were promoted from Low-A Charleston to High-A Tampa. RHP Adam Smith was called up from Extended Spring Training to fill one roster spot for the River Dogs.
RHP Matt Daley and LHP Fred Lewis were promoted for High-A Tampa to Double-A Trenton. To make room on the roster, LHP Josh Romanski was placed on the DL and LHP Shaeffer Hall was released.
RHP Caleb Cotham was (finally) bumped up to Triple-A Scranton from Double-A Trenton. LHP Juan Cedeno was released to clear a roster spot.

Triple-A Scranton (2-1 loss to Indianapolis in 11 innings) they faced former Yankees first rounder Gerrit Cole

2B Corban Joseph: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K
RF Curtis Granderson: 1-3 — had a little more on him earlier
CF-LF Zoilo Almonte: 0-5, 1 K
LF-RF Ronnie Mustelier: 1-5, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB
3B David Adams: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — only six more days until he can be officially recalled, which will hopefully mark the end of the Ben Francisco era
RHP Caleb Cotham: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 43 of 79 pitches were strikes (54%) … solid Triple-A debut
RHP Mark Montgomery: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 13 of 19 pitches were strikes (68%) … he was 89-90 with the fastball
RHP Cody Eppley: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 16 of 26 pitches were strikes (62%), but the walk was intentional

Double-A Trenton (8-3 loss to New Hampshire)

DH Ramon Flores: 2-3, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 CS
RF Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — seven hits in his last 20 at-bats (.350)
C J.R. Murphy: 1-5, 1 R, 2 K
CF Slade Heathcott: 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K
RHP Zach Nuding: 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 HB, 3/3 GB/FB — 54 of 87 pitches were strikes (62%) … he picked a runner off first and was 94-95 consistently
RHP Matt Daley: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 11 of 21 pitches were strikes (52%) … sat around 87
LHP Francisco Rondon: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB — only ten of 26 pitches were strikes (38%), but one of the walks was intentional
RHP Tommy Kahnle: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 13 of 21 pitches were strikes (62%)

High-A Tampa (5-0 loss to Brevard County)

CF Mason Williams: 0-3, 1 BB
LF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 K — that was their only hit of the day
2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-2, 2 BB — got picked off first … 22 walks and 22 strikeouts in 33 games
C Gary Sanchez: 0-3
RHP Sean Black: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 3/3 GB/FB — very nice

Low-A Charleston (2-1 loss to Hickory)

CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
SS Cito Culver: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K — seven hits in his last 41 at-bats (.171)
DH Greg Bird: 1-4, 1 K
3B Dante Bichette Jr. & C Peter O’Brien: 0-4, 1 K — DBJ committed a fielding error and is down to .189/.244/.263 with a 25.2% strikeout rate
RHP Cesar Vargas: 2.2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1/2 GB/FB, 1 HB — 30 of 47 pitches were strikes (64%)
LHP Daniel Camarena: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 30 of 38 pitches were strikes (79%) … looks like he and Vargas will do the tandem starter thing for the time being