DotF: DePaula rebounds from rough outing in Tampa’s win

Got a bunch of notes to pass along:

• In case you missed it earlier, LHP Manny Banuelos was placed on the Double-A Trenton DL with blisters. Not the first time he’s had them, probably won’t be the last. Between the blisters and the arm fatigue a few weeks ago, Banuelos has not been able to get stretched out beyond three innings.
• According to Matt Eddy, the Yankees signed Lewis-Clark State RHP Mike Noteware and Thomas SS Tyler Palmer as undrafted free agents. OF Mikeson Oliberto and OF Cody Grice were both released, according to Eddy and Nicholas Flammia.
• Check out Mike Newman’s firsthand scouting report on RHP Luis Severino. The first few clicks are free but eventually it falls behind a paywall. Newman pegs Severino as a future number two starter (which is really good!).

Triple-A Scranton (5-4 loss to Pawtucket)

• LF Jose Pirela: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
• C John Ryan Murphy: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
• CF Zoilo Almonte: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• 3B Scott Sizemore: 0-4
• 1B Kyle Roller: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — had been in a little 7-for-33 (.212) slump
• SS Zelous Wheeler: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
• DH Austin Romine: 0-4, 1 K
• PH Rob Refsnyder: 0-1, 1K — pinch-hit with the bases empty and two outs in the bottom of the ninth
• LHP Jeremy Bleich: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 6/0 GB/FB — 56 of 88 pitches were strikes (64%)
• RHP Heath Bell: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 18 of 27 pitches were strikes (67%)

Double-A Trenton (9-3 loss to Bowie)

• CF Mason Williams: 0-4, 2 K — threw a runner out at third
• LF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 2 2B
• DH Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• C Peter O’Brien: 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI — 24th and 25th homers of the season, the third most in baseball (Majors or minors) behind Rangers 3B Joey Gallo (27) and Cubs 3B Kris Bryant (26)
• RF Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 2B
• RHP Zach Nuding: 5 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 3/4 GB/FB — 66 of 97 pitches were strikes (68%)
• LHP James Pazos: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 15 of 26 pitches were strikes (58%)

High-A Tampa (8-0 win over Daytona)

• CF Jake Cave: 2-5, 1 R — 13-for-40 (.325) in his last ten games
• SS Cito Culver: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
• 1B Greg Bird: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB  — four walks and three strikeouts in five High-A games so far
• RHP Rafael DePaula: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 2/5 GB/FB — nice bounce back game after getting crushed last time out

Low-A Charleston was rained out. They’ll play a doubleheader tomorrow.

Short Season Staten Island (4-1 win over Aberdeen)

• CF Danny Lopez: 3-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 CS
• RF Austin Aune: 2-5, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 CS
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• 1B Bubba Jones: 0-4, 1 K
• SS Thairo Estrada: 3-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 SB — 7-for-15 (.467) after starting the year 0-for-17
• RHP Andy Beresford: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 8/0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (7-3 win over GCL Phillies)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 2-5, 2 R, 1 K, 2 SB — 5-for-15 (.333) with four steals in his three games so far
• 3B Drew Bridges: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 SB — have to think he’ll head back up to Tampa relatively soon
• C Luis Torrens: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 2 HBP — played seven innings in the field as he works his way back from a shoulder injury
• RF Alex Palma: 0-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
• CF Leonardo Molina: 1-4, 1 K
• RHP Gabe Encinas: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 0/3 GB/FB — first game back following Tommy John surgery … he was one of the better sleeper prospects in the system because of his huge fastball
• RHP Chris Cabrera: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K — signed for $400k back in 2009, the same year the Yankees signed Gary Sanchez … he finally made it out of the Dominican Summer League

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (12-4 win over GCL Braves) through the first weekend of the season, the two GCL squads are a combined 6-0 and have outscored their opponents 46-20

• SS Angel Aguilar: 3-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 K — two-homer games almost never happen in the GCL
• LF Anderson Feliz: 1-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• RF-LF Frank Frias: 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB
• RHP Chris Leroux: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 6/0 GB/FB — he’s rehabbing from some kind of arm injury, should rejoin Scranton relatively soon
• RHP Jonathan Holder: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — second appearance for this year’s sixth rounder