DotF: Jagielo, Ford help keep Tampa’s playoff hopes alive

The Yankees have released both RHP Alfredo Aceves and IF Corban Joseph from Triple-A Scranton, according to Chad Jennings. Aceves was serving a 50-game suspension for a drug of abuse and was released as soon as he was eligible to be activated. Matt Eddy says they also released the just signed RHP Wilking Rodriguez. Maybe he was hiding an injury or something.

Triple-A Scranton (11-3 loss to Buffalo)

• SS Jose Pirela: 2-5, 1 K — 15-for-41 (.366) in his last ten games
• RF Chris Young: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K — first game since signing a minor league deal, and it’s no coincidence he’s playing right field
• 2B Rob Refsnyder & CF Zoilo Almonte: 0-4, 2 K
• 1B Kyle Roller: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — 9-for-14 (.643) in his last five games
• DH Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 BB
• C John Ryan Murphy: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
• RHP Chris Leroux: 2 IP, 9 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 46 of 77 pitches were strikes (60%) … egads
• SwP Pat Venditte: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 34 of 49 pitches were strikes (69%)
• RHP Chase Whitley: 1 IP, zeroes, 2/1 GB/FB — eight pitches six strikes
• RHP Preston Claiborne: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 11 of 17 pitches were strikes (65%)

Double-A Trenton (11-3 loss to Akron)

• DH Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — second straight game with a homer and third in his last five games
• LF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• C Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 2 BB, 1 K — picked a runner off first … 89/42 K/BB in 108 games this year after 87/41 K/BB in 117 games last year
• 1B Greg Bird: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K — 11-for-32 (.344) in his last nine games
• RHP Joel De La Cruz: 3.1 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 26 of 32 pitches were strikes (81%) … managed to squeeze a lot of damage into not a lot of pitches, huh?
• RHP Nick Goody: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — all eight pitches were strikes … 44/18 K/BB in 29.2 innings coming back from Tommy John surgery

High-A Tampa (8-2 win over Clearwater) they are 2.5 games back of Daytona for the division title, and, sure enough, they play three games against Daytona this weekend, the final series of the year

• CF Mark Payton: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Cito Culver: 0-2, 1 R, 3 BB
• 3B Eric Jagielo: 2-5, 2 RBI, 2 K — third straight two-hit game
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-5, 1 R, 3 K — 14-for-39 (.359) in his last ten games
• 1B Mike Ford: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Taylor Garrison: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 4/4 GB/FB
• LHP Conner Kendrick: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6/3 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (10-0 win over Greenville)

• SS Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Michael O’Neill: 2-5, 1 R, 1 K
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI — 15-for-42 (.357) in his last nine games
• DH Yeicok Calderon: 4-5, 2 R, 1 RBI
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
• RHP Luis Niebla: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 9/4 GB/FB — 57 of 79 pitches were strikes (72%)
• RHP Conor Mullee: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 13 of 20 pitches were strikes (65%)

Short Season Staten Island (9-1 win over Vermont) they are four games back of the wildcard spot with four games play, so their postseason hopes are alive but a very long shot

• 1B Connor Spencer: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K — 15-for-41 (.366) in his last ten games
• DH Chris Breen: 2-3, 2 R
• RF Austin Aune: 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 HBP — fourth homer in 56 games this year after hitting one homer in 80 games from 2012-13
• RHP Jonathan Holder: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 4/0 GB/FB —

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (4-2 win over GCL Blue Jays) the regular season is over … they finished the year at 38-22, the best record in the league

• CF Leonardo Molina: 1-2, 1 2B
• LHP Orby Tavares: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 HB, 0/8 GB/FB — 30/21 K/BB in 40.1 innings for the 19-year-old
• RHP Dayton Dawe: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (4-3 loss to GCL Astros, walk-off style) they finished the year at 35-25, winning the Northeast division … they will play the GCL Yanks1 in the one game, winner take all first round of the postseason on Saturday … since the two teams are playing each other, the Yankees are guaranteed to have an affiliate in the GCL Championship Series, which is a best-of-three series starting Sunday

• 2B-3B Jake Hernandez: 1-6, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
• SS Yancarlos Baez: 1-6, 2 K, 1 SB
• 1B R.J. Johnson: 0-5, 1 BB, 5 K — no contact kinda day