DotF: Mateo and Palma lead GCL Yanks to yet another win

Two quick notes:

RHP Alfredo Aceves has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for a drug of abuse, MLB announced. It was his second offense and the suspension begins immediately. I was just thinking Triple-A Scranton had more bodies than rotation spots, but this clears it up. Aceves wasn’t coming back to the MLB team unless things went way wrong, so this doesn’t hurt the Yankees’ depth all that much.
Mark Simon wrote about 2B Rob Refsnyder and his big jump this year, from starting the season in Double-A to being on the cusp of MLB in early-July. “He was thinking too much,” said Trenton hitting coach Marcus Thames when asked about Refsnyder’s early season struggles. “Anytime you start doing that, your mechanics are going to break down. I told him to just relax.”

Triple-A Scranton (4-1 win over Buffalo)

LF Jose Pirela: 3-5, 1 R, 1 K
2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-3, 2 BB, 1 K — 19 walks and 19 strikeouts in 24 games at this level
DH Zoilo Almonte: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB
3B Scott Sizemore: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
RHP Chris Leroux: 6 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 Balk, 8/3 GB/FB — 59 of 94 pitches were strikes (63%)
RHP Diego Moreno: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 17 of 23 pitches were strikes (74%) … 29/11 K/BB in 29.1 innings this season … the Yankees got him from the Pirates in the A.J. Burnett trade a few years ago

Double-A Trenton (8-0 win over Portland)

CF Mason Williams & LF Ben Gamel: 2-5, 1 R, 1 K — Gamel doubled and drove in two
RF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 R
C Peter O’Brien: 3-4, 3 R
1B Rob Segedin: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB — seventh career game at first and he was a triple away from the cycle
LHP Matt Tracy: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 7/1 GB/FB — 44 of 61 pitches were strikes (72%)
LHP Cesar Cabral: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — eight of 13 pitches were strikes
LHP Tyler Webb: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 19 of 25 pitches were strikes (76%) … 61/13 K/BB in 43.2 innings

High-A Tampa (4-3 win over Lakeland)

CF Jake Cave: 0-5, 2 K
SS Cito Culver: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
1B Greg Bird: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
RF Aaron Judge: 1-2, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — third straight game with a homer
2B Angelo Gumbs: 1-4, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch)
RHP Luis Severino: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 8/2 GB/FB — seven hits, four walks, and 20 strikeouts in 16.2 innings at this level

Low-A Charleston (10-5 loss to Savannah)

CF Michael O’Neill: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI — 9-for-28 (.321) in his last six games
RF Dustin Fowler: 2-5, 1 R — threw a runner out at third
3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4
SS Tyler Wade: 0-4
LHP Caleb Smith: 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 31 of 59 pitches were strikes (53%) … 70/30 K/BB in 67.1 innings

Short Season Staten Island was rained out. I’m not sure when they’ll make this game up, but there won’t be a doubleheader tomorrow.

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (8-2 win over GCL Astros) all they do is win

SS Jorge Mateo: 3-4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — 16-for-43 (.372) with five doubles, one triple, and eleven steals (in eleven attempts) in ten games
3B Drew Bridges: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
2B Bryan Cuevas: 2-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB, 1 CS
RF Alex Palma: 1-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K — threw a runner out at third … 16-for-47 (.340) in eleven games
RHP Jose Mesa Jr.: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 0/2 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks2 were rained out. They’ll play a doubleheader on July 18th.