DotF: Sanchez, Bird, Judge, and Jagielo all hit homers in wins

Some notes:

If you’ve been reading RAB long enough, then the name Neil Medchill should ring a bell. He spent a few years in the organization before being released last summer. Medchill currently plays in an independent league, but, as Brett Dolan writes, he is giving up the rest of his season and possibly his career to donate bone marrow to a cancer patient. He entered the donor registry recently and got a call a few months later. Check out the story. Great stuff by Medchill.
RHP Luis Severino has been named to Baseball America’s All-Prospect Team for July. He was on the May team too. Severino is having a whale of a season, though he is currently out with a supposedly minor oblique issue.

Triple-A Scranton (4-1 loss to Syracuse)

1B Jose Pirela & LF Zoilo Almonte: both 0-4 — Almonte struck out twice
2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-3, 1 K, 1 HBP — 7-for-29 (.241) in his last six games
DH Kyle Roller: 0-3, 1 R, 1 K
3B Zelous Wheeler: 2-3, 1 BB
C Austin Romine: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — picked a runner off first with a snap throw … 13-for-38 (.342) in his last ten games
LHP Matt Tracy: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7/2 GB/FB — 54 of 88 pitches were strikes (61%)
RHP Nick Rumbelow: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 16 of 24 pitches were strikes (67%) in his Triple-A debut

Double-A Trenton (7-5 win over Altoona)

LF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B
C Gary Sanchez: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 E (throwing) — 14-for-42 (.333) in his last ten games
RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 6-for-15 (.400) with two doubles, a triple, and a homer in his last four games
1B Greg Bird: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — gets his first Double-A hit in his third Double-A games, and it was a dinger
RHP Jaron Long: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 10/4 GB/FB — 58 of 98 pitches were strikes (59%)
RHP Nick Goody: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 17 of 26 pitches were strikes (65%)
LHP James Pazos: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine of 16 pitches were strikes (56%) … Joe Girardi mentioned him by name today as someone who could help the MLB team following the Matt Thornton deal

High-A Tampa (5-2 win over Brevard County)

CF Mark Payton & 2B Angelo Gumbs: both 0-4 — Payton struck out once, Gumbs thrice
SS Cito Culver: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
DH Eric Jagielo: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — 15th homer of the year
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
RF Aaron Judge: 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — also his 15th homer, but Jagielo spent a month on the DL
RHP Brett Gerritse: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 10/2 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston Game One (6-2 win over Savannah in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

SS Abi Avelino: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB
DH Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — 11-for-28 (.393) during his little seven-game hitting streak
RF Dustin Fowler: 1-4, 2 K
3B Miguel Andujar: 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI
CF Michael O’Neill: 2-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB — 34-for-40 (85%) in stolen base attempts … he leads the system in steals by 12 (veteran Triple-A OF Antoan Richardson is second)
2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 2 K
RHP Andy Beresford: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7/0 GB/FB — 13 of 24 pitches were strikes (54%)

Low-A Charleston Game Two (1-0 loss to Savannah in seven innings)

CF Michael O’Neill: 1-3, 1 CS
SS Tyler Wade & RF Dustin Fowler: both 0-3 — Wade struck out twice, Fowler once
3B Miguel Andujar: 0-2
2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
LHP Justin Kamplain: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 3/3 GB/FB — 33 of 55 pitches were strikes (60%) … since signing as the team’s 18th rounder this year, he has gone 25 IP, 11 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 29 K … hot damn

Short Season Staten Island had a scheduled off-day.

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (3-2 loss to GCL Astros, walk-off style)

SS Tyler Palmer: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI
CF Leonardo Molina & 3B Drew Bridges: both 0-4 — Molina struck out once while Bridges struck out all four times
LHP Orby Tavares: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 21/14 K/BB in 27.2 innings for the 19-year-old

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (2-0 win over GCL Blue Jays)

CF Frank Frias: 1-4, 1 R
LF Ericson Leonora: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — 23-for-66 (.348) with four homers in 17 games on the world’s longest rehab assignment
SS Angel Aguilar: 2-4, 1 E (fielding)
RF Wilmer Romero: 0-4, 2 K — threw a runner out at third
RHP Caleb Cotham: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — first outing since late-May due to an unknown injury
RHP Elvin Perez: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 7/4 GB/FB — 32/8 K/BB in 34.2 innings this year for the 24-year-old