DotF: Judge homers, Refsnyder stays molten hot

The video above is C Gary Sanchez’s two-run homer from last night’s game. I enjoy that he has a Marcus Thamesian bat flip (0:50 mark). It’s no coincidence that Thames is Double-A Trenton’s hitting coach, right? I like to think not.

Triple-A Scranton (9-7 loss to Indianapolis)

• 2B-LF Jose Pirela: 5-6, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 K — 12-for-32 (.375) in his last six games
• LF Ramon Flores: 1-1 — beat out an infield single in the first inning and was immediately lifted for a pinch-runner, his agent says he suffered an ankle injury and will miss about a month … ouch
  
• 3B Scott Sizemore: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
• RF Adonis Garcia: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, RBI, 1 K
• SS Zelous Wheeler: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — the error led to three runs in the eighth
• C Austin Romine: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K
• RHP Bruce Billings: 3 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 39 of 62 pitches were strikes (63%) … picked a runner off second
• RHP Jose Ramirez: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 27 of 44 pitches were strikes (61%) … 13/6 K/BB in 10.2 innings
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 18 of 28 pitches were strikes (64%) … 17 walks in 24.1 innings

Double-A Trenton (6-4 win over Portland)

• CF Mason Williams: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K — got picked off first
• LF Ben Gamel: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing) — also threw a runner out at third
• 1B Tyler Austin: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB — 14-for-35 (.400) with three doubles and three homers in his last eight games
• DH Peter O’Brien: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS — hitting an absurd .413/.443/.663 with a 10.3% strikeout rate in his last 24 games
• LHP Matt Tracy: 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 10/2 GB/FB — 65 of 105 pitches were strikes (62%)
• LHP Tyler Webb: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K — nine of 14 pitches were strikes (64%)

High-A Tampa Game One (3-0 loss to Fort Myers in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• CF Jake Cave, SS Cito Culver, 1B Greg Bird & 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: all 0-3 — all except Cave struck out twice
• DH Matt Snyder: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 K — their only hit of the day
• RHP Rafael DePaula: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 3/4 GB/FB — 57/24 K/BB in 47.1 innings

High-A Tampa Game Two (8-4 loss to Fort Myers in seven innings)

• CF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
• SS Cito Culver: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
• DH Greg Bird: 0-2, 1 RBI
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K
• LHP James Pazos: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB
• LHP Miguel Sulbaran: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 5/2 GB/FB — not sure why he came out of he bullpen and Pazos started, that’s weird
• RHP Nick Rumbelow: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (7-5 loss to Asheville)

• SS Tyler Wade: 2-5, 1 RBI
• LF Michael O’Neill: 1-5, 1 K
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-3, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — the homer went over the batter’s eye in center field
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-4, 1 R
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — his last four hits have gone for extra bases (double, two triples, homer), but of course those four hits came in 33 at-bats (.121)
• LHP Caleb Smith: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 6/3 GB/FB — 57 of 89 pitches were strikes (64%)
• RHP Jaron Long: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 7/1 GB/FB — 46 of 64 pitches were strikes (72%) … he’s been unbelievable so far this year, what a nice little undrafted free agent pickup

Just a heads up, Short Season Staten Island opens their season on June 13th, two weeks from this past Friday. The two Rookie GCL Yanks teams start the Friday after that, June 20th.