Some notes and roster moves:
- OF Tyler Austin (groin) will be activated off the DL and in the Double-A Trenton lineup tomorrow, according to Matt Kardos. Between the groin problem and the nagging wrist injury last month. Austin has played in only 14 of the team’s 35 games this year.
- Both 1B Kyle Roller and RHP Branden Pinder have been promoted from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton, according to Josh Norris and Chad Jennings. Roller was moved up to make room for C/RF Peter O’Brien, who was bumped up to the Thunder yesterday.
- To make room on the RailRiders’ roster, RHP Yoshinori Tateyama was released and RHP Chris Leroux was sent to Double-A Trenton, according to Donnie Collins. Leroux was in the big leagues last week. Ouch. IF Corban Joseph has been placed on the temporarily inactive list, which usually means he had to leave the team to deal with a family issue.
- In other news, RHP Luis Severino made the “In The Team Photo” section of this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. CF Mason Williams was in the Not So Hot section, unfortunately.
Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Durham)
- RF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 2 BB — 26/22 K/BB in 31 games
- 3B Zelous Wheeler: 2-5, 1 RBI
- SS Dean Anna: 0-3, 1 RBI
- LF Zoilo Almonte: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
- 1B Kyle Roller: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K — nice Triple-A debut
- C Austin Romine: 2-4, 1 R, 2PB — he’s been hitting well of late, good to see
- RHP Joel De La Cruz: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 50 of 77 pitches were strikes (65%)
- RHP Jose Ramirez: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 15 of 26 pitches were strikes (58%)
- RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — eight pitches, five strikes
Double-A Trenton (8-2 win over Reading) Tony Franklin is now the winningest manager in Thunder franchise history, so congrats to him
- CF Mason Williams: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- LF Ben Gamel: 3-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K — had been in a 2-for-22 (.091) slump
- 3B Rob Segedin: 0-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 HBP — 13/19 K/BB in 26 games
- C Gary Sanchez: 0-5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 PB
- DH Peter O’Brien: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K — he is going to play mostly right field, according to Kardos
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-3, 2 R, 1 BB
- LHP Manny Banuelos: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 31 of 48 pitches were strikes (65%)
High-A Tampa (4-3 loss to Lakeland)
- CF Jake Cave: 3-5, 1 R, 1 K — 10-for-26 (.385) in his last six games
- 1B Greg Bird: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K
- DH Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K
- 3B Eric Jagielo: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
- 2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-4, 1 K
- SS Cito Culver: 1-4, 1 R
- RHP Nick Goody: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB — starting games for now just so they can control his routine as he comes back from Tommy John surgery
- RHP Rafael DePaula: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 5/2 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (9-2 win over Rome)
- SS Abi Avelino: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB
- DH Tyler Wade: 3-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 1 K
- RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 HBP — third homer of the season
- LF Michael O’Neill: 1-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
- 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
- LHP Ian Clarkin: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 5/3 GB/FB — second start of the season
- LHP Omar Luis: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB
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