Sounds like SS Cito Culver has been promoted to High-A Tampa, according to CF Jake Cave’s Twitter feed. No official word yet.
Triple-A Scranton (8-5 loss to Buffalo) faced former teammate RHP Chien-Ming Wang
- C J.R. Murphy: 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- CF Melky Mesa: 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — he’s been tearing the cover off the ball lately
- RF Ronnie Mustelier: 1-5, 1 R
- LHP David Huff: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 6/4 GB/FB — 69 of 105 pitches were strikes (66%)
- RHP Chase Whitley: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 13 of 16 pitches were strikes (81%)
Double-A Trenton (5-1 win over Akron)
- LF Ramon Flores: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB — quietly riding a 12-game hitting streak
- LHP Nik Turley: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 6/7 GB/FB — 65 of 97 pitches were strikes (67%) … hasn’t had a walk-less outing since June 8th, a dozen starts ago
- RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 21 of 35 pitches were strikes (60%)
High-A Tampa (5-4 loss to Daytona) they faced former teammate RHP Corey Black
- CF Mason Williams: 2-5, 1 K, 1 SB
- DH Rob Refsnyder: 2-5, 1 RBI
- LF Ben Gamel: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — six walks in his last four games
- 3B Peter O’Brien: 0-5, 3 K — hitless in his last 13 at-bats with seven strikeouts
- RHP Jairo Heredia: 4 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1/4 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (1-0 win over Rome)
- CF Jake Cave: 2-4 — threw a runner out at the plate
- 1B Greg Bird: 0-1, 3 BB — his 86 walks are the most in the farm system since UTIL Byron Myrow in 2003 (107) and the most by an actual prospect since the great 1B Nick Johnson in 1999 (123)
- SS Cito Culver: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
- LHP Eric Wooten: 6 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 6/5 GB/FB — 60 of 81 pitches were strikes (74%) … 27/3 K/BB in 27.1 innings since signing out of an independent league a few weeks ago
- LHP Tyler Webb: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 12 of 16 pitches were strikes (75%) … 31/5 K/BB in 24.1 innings for this year’s tenth rounder
- RHP Jose Campos: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 14 of 18 pitches were strikes (78%) … do not understand the whole relief thing … doesn’t make sense if they’re trying to control his innings considering the late innings are uncertain
Short Season Staten Island (3-1 loss to Lowell)
- CF Brandon Thomas: 0-4, 3 K
- LF Michael O’Neill: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 HBP
- 3B Eric Jagielo: 0-4, 2 K
- RHP Rookie Davis: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2/2 GB/FB
- RHP Kelvin Castro: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB
- RHP Nick Rumbelow: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 13/3 K/BB in 13 innings for this year’s seventh rounder
Both Rookie GCL Yanks teams had their regularly scheduled off-days.
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