Here is a really excellent article from Ben Badler about teams scouting 14-year-old kids down in Latin America. Agents are scouting 12-year-olds. Thanks to MLB’s international spending restrictions, clubs are looking to find prospects and get them to agree to contracts as soon as possible to keep them away from the competition. You don’t need a subscription to read the article, so make sure you check it out.
Triple-A Scranton (7-2 win over Syracuse)
- 3B Scott Sizemore: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
- LF Zoilo Almonte: 0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1CS
- RF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
- C J.R. Murphy: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — four hits in his last nine at-bats after going 0-for-10 to start the year
- SS Zelous Wheeler: 0-0, 1 E (throwing) — left the game with some kind of back or side injury according to Donnie Collins
- RHP Graham Stoneburner: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 5/3 GB/FB — 48 of 76 pitches were strikes (63%)
- RHP Danny Burawa: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1/1 GB/FB — 20 of 30 pitches were strikes … 8/1 K/BB in four innings
- RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 23 of 38 pitches were strikes (61%)
Double-A Trenton (6-4 win over Erie)
- DH Mason Williams: 2-5, 2 R, 1 3B — 8-for-29 (.276) with three doubles and a triple so far
- CF Ben Gamel & 2B Rob Refsnyder: both 0-4 — Gamel walked and Refsnyder struck out three times
- RF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
- LF Taylor Dugas: 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB
- LHP Jeremy Bleich: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 53 of 86 pitches were strikes (62%)
- RHP Diego Moreno: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 16 of 21 pitches were strikes (76%) … just in case you forgot, they got him in the A.J. Burnett trade … the other kid in the deal (OF Exicardo Cayones) went to the Angels in the Vernon Wells trade
High-A Tampa (7-3 win over Clearwater)
- CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
- SS Cito Culver: 0-3, 1 RBI — first hitless game of 2014
- 3B Eric Jagielo: 1-4, 2 RBI — he’s definitely on a nice little roll now
- C Peter O’Brien: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — eight hits in his last 16 at-bats, including two doubles and two homers
- DH Dante Bichette Jr.: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B
- 2B Angelo Gumbs: 1-4, 1 R
- LHP Eric Wooten: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 7/5 GB/FB — 62/7 K/BB in 61.1 innings since signing out of independent league last summer
Low-A Charleston (5-1 loss to Augusta)
- SS Abi Avelino: 0-4, 2 K
- RF Aaron Judge: 0-2, 2 BB — seven walks and four strikeouts in seven games
- 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 2B
- LF Michael O’Neill: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB
- 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-3, 2 K, 1 SB, 1 CS, 1 PB
- C Luis Torrens: 0-3, 1 BB
- RHP Luis Severino: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1/1 GB/FB — 41 of 54 pitches were strikes (76%) … very nice