Sanchez doubles in Double-A Trenton debut

Remember Andrew Brackman? Of course you do. He told Josh Horton that he is done with baseball and is going to play basketball overseas. How about that? The Brackmonster was one of the biggest busts in franchise history, especially from a financial standpoint. The team paid him north of $12M to face 13 batters at the big league level.

In other news, Josh Norris reports that OF Aaron Judge has been placed on the 7-day DL for an unknown reason. All three of the team’s first round picks landed on the DL before playing their first pro game. Impressive.

Triple-A Scranton (7-3 loss to Lehigh Valley)

• CF Melky Mesa: 0-4, 2 K
• 2B David Adams: 1-4, 1 R — eleven hits in 21 at-bats since being sent down (.524)
• DH Randy Ruiz: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
• C J.R. Murphy: 0-4, 1 E (throwing)
• RHP Brett Marshall: 5.1 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 67 of 95 pitches were strikes (71%) … second time he allowed 7+ runs in his last five starts
• RHP Dellin Betances: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 1/0 GB/FB — nine of 15 pitches were strikes (60%) … I wonder if they’re going to start using him like a normal reliever soon, meaning shorter outings, back-to-back days, etc. … he’s been going multiple innings with multiple days off between appearances, which isn’t typical for non-long men at the MLB level

Double-A Trenton (4-3 win over Reading)

• LF Ramon Flores: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — 12 hits in his last 38 at-bats (.316)
• CF Slade Heathcott: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• C Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 HBP — nice debut at this level
• RHP Shane Greene: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 1 HB, 5/5 GB/FB — 66 of 99 pitches were strikes … 110/21 K/BB in 114.2 innings … he’ll be on the 40-man roster bubble with regards to the Rule 5 Draft after the season, so it’ll be interesting to see what the Yankees do since some team could probably hide him and his power fastball/slider combo in the back of their bullpen as a low-leverage reliever
• RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 20 of 24 pitches were strikes (83%)

High-A Tampa (7-6 win over For Myers, walk-off style) they scored four in the bottom of the ninth to win it

• CF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB — scored the winning run on a walk-off wild pitch … missed about three weeks with an unknown injury
• 3B Peter O’Brien: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — 52 extra-base hits this year, leading the entire organization … Robinson Cano is third in the org with 41
• RHP Rafael DePaula: 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 5 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 19 walks in 31.2 innings for Tampa after 23 walks in 64.1 innings for Charleston

Low-A Charleston (6-5 loss to Augusta, walk-off style)

• CF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Cito Culver: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• 1B Greg Bird: 1-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 2 K — second to O’Brien with 46 extra-base hits
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Evan Rutckyj: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 7/3 GB/FB — 94/50 K/BB in 105.1 innings

Short Season Staten Island (2-0 loss to Williamsport)

• CF Michael O’Neill: 1-4, 2 K
• LF Brandon Thomas: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K — had been in a 1-for-16 (.063) slump
• 1B Bubba Jones: 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K
• LHP Caleb Smith: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 4/1 GB/FB — 39/8 K/BB in 33.2 innings for this year’s 14th rounder

The two Rookie GCL Yanks teams had their regularly scheduled Sunday off-day.