C/OF Peter O’Brien took ground balls at third first base today and will play there tomorrow according to Double-A Trenton manager Tony Franklin, says Nick Peruffo. It was only a matter of time.
Triple-A Scranton (2-1 win over Toledo)
- 1B Jose Pirela: 0-4, 1 K — they’ve got him trying out first base too, and not because they’re bored either
- RF Adonis Garcia & LF Zoilo Almonte: both 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — Zoilo struck out
- DH Kyle Roller: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K
- C Austin Romine: 0-3
- RHP Brian Gordon: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 7/5 GB/FB — 60 of 101 pitches were strikes (60%)
- RHP Preston Claiborne: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — six of seven pitches were strikes … pretty amazing he jammed all that into seven pitches
Double-A Trenton (4-1 win over Altoona)
- CF Mason Williams & LF Ben Gamel: both 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B — Gamel struck out
- C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 3 K
- DH Peter O’Brien: 0-4, 1 K
- 3B Tyler Austin: 0-3, 1 R, 1 K
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-3, 1 R, 1 K — nine multi-hit games in his last ten games
- RHP Shawn Kelley: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K — 11 of 19 pitches were strikes (58%) … depending on how he feels after this, he’ll either make another rehab appearance or join the MLB team in the coming days
- LHP Matt Tracy: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 13/0 GB/FB — 52 of 80 pitches were strikes (65%)
- LHP Tyler Webb: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB — 15 of 19 pitches were strikes (79%) … 42/11 K/BB in 30.1 innings
High-A Tampa (4-1 loss to Charlotte) they faced a rehabbing Jeremy Hellickson
- CF Jake Cave: 0-4, 1 R — stuck in a 7-for-40 (.175)
- SS Cito Culver: 1-3, 1 2B
- 1B Greg Bird & 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: both 0-2, 2 BB — Bird struck out and committed a fielding error
- RHP Jaron Long: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 8/2 GB/FB — allowed two homers in his Triple-A debut after allowing no homers in 49.1 innings at Low-A
Low-A Charleston (4-0 loss to Savannah)
- LF Michael O’Neill & 3B Miguel Andujar: both 0-4 — O’Neill struck out once, Andujar twice
- SS Tyler Wade: 0-3, 1 BB
- RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K — 13-for-37 (.351) with four doubles, one triple, and three homers in his last ten games
- DH Dustin Fowler: 0-3
- 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-3, 1 2B
- RHP Brady Lail: 5 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 4/4 GB/FB — 57 of 82 pitches were strikes (70%) … back-to-back rough outings
- LHP Omar Luis: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 4/0 GB/FB — only 23 of 47 pitches were strikes (49%) … 10/15 K/BB in 16 innings