Baseball America published their best Double-A tools survey today, though no Yankees farmhands made the cut. I thought OF Mason Williams might take home Best Defensive Outfielder honors, but I guess not. Oh well.
Triple-A Scranton (7-0 loss to Columbus)
- RF Jose Pirela, 1B Austin Romine & DH Kyle Roller: all 0-4 — Pirela and roller each struck out once
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 3-4, 1 2B, 1 K — 14-for-41 (.341) in his last ten games
- CF Zoilo Almonte: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
- C John Ryan Murphy: 0-2, 1 BB
- RHP Chris Leroux: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 48 of 73 pitches were strikes (66%)
- RHP Brandon Pinder: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K — nine pitches, eight strikes
- LHP Tyler Webb: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 24 of 33 pitches were strikes (73%) … with a lefty bullpen spot there for the taking on the MLB team, this wasn’t to good time to have a dud
Double-A Trenton (5-0 loss Altoona)
- CF Jake Cave & DH Tyler Austin: both 0-4 — Austin struck out
- LF Ben Gamel: 1-4
- C Gary Sanchez: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
- 1B Greg Bird: 0-3, 1 K
- 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-3, 1 2B — nice Double-A debut
- RHP Joel De La Cruz: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 49 of 77 pitches were strikes (64%)
- LHP Cesar Cabral: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 22 of 35 pitches were strikes (63%)
- RHP Mark Montgomery: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 23 of 38 pitches were strikes (61%)
High-A Tampa (6-4 win over Brevard County)
- CF Mark Payton: 2-5, 1 R, 2 2B
- SS Cito Culver & 3B Eric Jagielo: both 0-3 — Culver struck out … Jagielo walked and struck out twice
- RF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
- 1B Matt Snyder: 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
- 2B Angelo Gumbs: 2-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI — had three homers in his first 84 games of the season
- LHP Ian Clarkin: 5 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 5/1 GB/FB — nice High-A debut
- RHP Brady Lail: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4/2 GB/FB — first start off the disabled list … not sure what was wrong with him, but it might have only been an innings management thing
Low-A Charleston (3-1 loss to Rome)
- DH Abi Avelino: 0-5, 2 K — he’s slumping so hard right now, geez
- SS Tyler Wade: 0-4, 1 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding)
- CF Michael O’Neill: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
- 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-3, 1 E (fielding) — left the game after popping up in the sixth … not sure what that is about
- RF Dustin Fowler: 2-4, 1 R
- 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-2, 2 BB — got picked off first
- RHP Luis Niebla: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 12/5 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (2-1 win over Batavia)
- C Luis Torrens: 0-4, 2 K, 1 PB — in a 5-for-35 (.143) slump
- 2B Ty McFarland: 0-1, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 1 CS
- 1B Connor Spencer: 2-4, 1 R
- LF Chris Breen: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — threw a runner out at third … go-ahead two-run tater in the top of the ninth
- RHP Jordan Cote: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 5/5 GB/FB
- RHP Matt Borens: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3 HB, 2/4 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks1 (8-5 win over GCL Tigers)
- RF Alex Palma: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB
- CF Dominic Jose: 4-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 SB — .361/.432/542 in 24 pro games for this year’s 24th rounder
- RHP Christopher Cabrera: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 5/1 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks2 (11-7 loss to GCL Phillies)
- LF Jose Figueroa: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
- SS Angel Aguilar: 4-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — 8-for-14 (.571) in his last three games
- RHP Wilmer Romero: 0-5, 1 K
- RHP Melvin Morla: 3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 5/1 GB/FB — 23/20 K/BB in 38.2 innings
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