DotF: Zoilo swats three homers* in Scranton’s blowout win

In case you missed it earlier today, I posted my Post-Draft Top 30 Prospects List this morning. There’s a new number one!

Triple-A Scranton Game One (12-4 win over Gwinnett) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain with two outs in the top of the third

• LF Taylor Dugas: 2-5, 1 R, 1 BB
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 13 homers in 101 games this year after six homers in 130 games last year
• RF Zoilo Almonte: 4-6, 3 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 2 K — hit two homers yesterday before the rain and the third today (that’s the * in the title)
• 1B Kyle Roller: 2-5, 1 R, 2 K
• C Austin Romine: 3-5, 1 R — 12-for-36 (.333) in his last ten games
• RHP Joel De La Cruz: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 13 of 18 pitches were strikes (72%) … pitched before the rain yesterday
• LHP Nik Turley: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 1 HBP, 4/1 GB/FB — 49 of 88 pitches were strikes (56%)
• RHP Matt Daley: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 26 of 31 pitches were strikes (84%) … 46/7 K/BB in 31.2 innings at this level

Triple-A Scranton Game Two (3-1 win over Gwinnett in seven innings)

• RF Jose Pirela: 0-2, 2 BB
• DH Rob Refsnyder: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• C John Ryan Murphy: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — 11-for-31 (.355) in his last nine games
• 3B Rob Segedin & 2B Corban Joseph: both 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B — CoJo struck out
• SwP Pat Venditte: 4 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 7/1 GB/FB — 44 of 56 pitches were strikes (79%)
• RHP Jim Miller: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 13 of 16 pitches were strikes (81%) … he cleared waivers and accepted his assignment to Triple-A after being designated for assignment the other week, by the way

Double-A Trenton (6-5 win over Binghamton)

• DH Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
• LF Jake Cave: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — played one game in left last season, but that’s it
• C Gary Sanchez: 2-4, 3 RBI, 2 K, 1 PB, 2 E (catcher interference, fielding) — picked a runner off first with a snap throw … 11-for-37 (.297) during his nine-game hitting streak
• 1B Peter O’Brien: 0-4, 3 K
• RF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — second homer in as many days
• CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 1 R
• RHP Luis Severino: 4 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 49 of 79 pitches were strikes (62%), including 13 swings and misses according to Matt Kardos … 111/23 K/BB in 97.1 innings this year
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — only 18 of 37 pitches were strikes (49%)

High-A Tampa (6-1 win over Fort Myers)

• LF Jose Rosario: 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI — got picked off first … 24-for-54 (.444) during his 13-game hitting streak at this level (there was an injury and a rehab assignment mixed in there)
• 1B Greg Bird: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — second homer in the last three days … 11-for-27 (.407) with three doubles and three homers during his eight-game hitting streak
• DH Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-4, 1 K
• 3B Eric Jagielo: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 HBP
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-4, 3 K
• SS Cito Culver: 2-4, 2 R
• LHP Caleb Smith: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 Balk, 4/5 GB/FB — he took a perfect game into the fifth … 91/36 K/BB in 90.1 innings this year

Low-A Charleston (10-3 win over Lexington)

• CF Mark Payton: 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — back after missing two months with a quad injury
• DH Tyler Wade: 4-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — 18-for-42 (.429) in his last ten games
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 2-5, 1 R, 3 RBI — hit .220/.277/.341 with an 18.6% strikeout rate in his first 47 games and has hit .277/.340/.405 with a 14.4% strikeout rate in his last 47 games
• LF Michael O’Neill: 0-5, 3 K
• C Eduardo de Oleo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — quietly has 12 homers in 55 games
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-4, 3 K
• RHP Andy Beresford: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 10/1 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (14-0 loss to Tri-City)

• C Luis Torrens: 1-4, 1 K — hitting streak is up to 19 games
• 2B Ty McFarland: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Austin Aune: 0-4, 4 K
• LHP Jordan Montgomery: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1/0 GB/FB — this year’s fourth rounder is just up from the GCL
• LHP Rony Bautista: 2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 1/1 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — he allowed ten runs all seasons coming into this game

Rookie GCL Yanks1 had their suspended game and regularly scheduled game rained out. The suspended game will be completed on August 8th and the other game as part of a doubleheader on August 9th.

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (2-0 win over GCL Tigers in seven innings) game was completed early due to rain

• SS Angel Aguilar: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
• LF Frank Frias: 0-3
• RF Wilmer Romero: 0-2, 1 K — threw a runner out at the plate