This is the final DotF of the year, folks. The 2014 minor league season is over for all six of the Yankees’ affiliates. The Arizona Fall League season starts on October 7th — the Yankees are sending several high-profile prospects to the desert this year — and the other winter leagues start, well, in the winter, but we’ll keep you updated along the way. Until then, DotF is on hiatus until the AzFL.
Triple-A Scranton Game One (2-1 win over Lehigh Valley, walk-off style) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain in the top of the eighth
- 2B-SS Jose Pirela: 0-4, 1 K — hit .305/.351/.442 with 21 doubles, eleven triples, ten homers, 15 steals, 37 walks, and 73 strikeouts in 130 games
- DH Chris Young: 0-3, 1 K — played yesterday, not today
- PH-DH Scott Sizemore: 0-1, 1 K — played today, not yesterday
- CF Zoilo Almonte: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
- 1B Kyle Roller: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K
- RF Ramon Flores: 0-4, 1 K
- C John Ryan Murphy: 2-3, 1 2B — played yesterday, not today … finishes the season with a .246/.292/.397 batting line and nine doubles, six homers, 13 walks, and 42 strikeouts in 51 Triple-A games, a disappointing follow-up to last year’s breakout
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-1, 1 2B, 1 RBI — took Murphy’s spot in the lineup today and hit a walk-off double
- RHP Diego Moreno: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 30 of 50 pitches were strikes
- RHP Danny Burawa: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 26 of 44 pitches were strikes (59%) … back up from Trenton for the final weekend of the season … finishes the year with a 79/30 K/BB in 62 innings after a 66/42 K/BB in 66 innings last year
- RHP Nick Rumbelow: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 24 of 39 pitches for strikes (62%) … last year’s seventh rounder climbed four levels this year and posted a 2.67 ERA with a 83/18 K/BB in 60.2 innings
- LHP Tyler Webb: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K — eleven of 18 pitches were strikes (61%) … last year’s tenth rounder climbed three levels this summer and had a 97/22 K/BB in 69.2 innings
Triple-A Scranton Game Two (4-1 win over Lehigh Valley in seven innings) finished the year at 68-76, 13.5 games back in the North Division
- CF Zoilo Almonte: 1-4 — finishes the Triple-A season hitting .261/.309/.437 with 18 homers and 105 strikeouts in 105 games
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-3, 1 K — finishes the season at .317/.385/.495 with 163 hits (second most in the system), 38 doubles (most), 14 homers, 55 walks, and 105 strikeouts in 135 games … he had an 82/84 K/BB in 130 games last year
- 1B Kyle Roller: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — finishes the year with a .300/.391/.548 batting line while leading the system in homers (26) and strikeouts (144) … well, technically Peter O’Brien led in homers (33), but you know what I mean
- 3B Scott Sizemore: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
- C Austin Romine: 3-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — pretty sure he’ll be up with the big league team tomorrow, especially after he started playing some first base down here
- RF Ramon Flores: 1-3 — ends the season with a .255/.344/.474 line in only 67 games due to the ankle injury … his nine homers were more than he hit last year (six in 136 games) or the year before (seven in 132)
- LF Taylor Dugas: 1-2, 1 RBI — the team’s 2012 eighth rounder hit .299/.394/.390 this year with more strikeouts (59) than walks (47) for the first time in his career
- LHP Nik Turley: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 5/5 GB/FB — 42 of 65 pitches were strikes (65%), plus he picked a runner off first … after missing the start of the year with an unknown arm injury, he had a 48/45 K/BB in 65 innings
- LHP Matt Tracy: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 22 of 35 pitches were strikes (63%) … his 151 innings were second most in the system behind Zach Nuding (154)
Double-A Trenton (7-3 loss to Reading) finished the year at 67-75, 21.0 games back in the Eastern Division
- DH Jake Cave: 0-5, 3 K — despite the 0-fer, he led the system with 165 hits this summer and hit .294/.349/.414 with 29 doubles, nine triples, seven homers, 12 steals, 46 walks, and 124 strikeouts in 132 games
- LF Ben Gamel: 1-3, 2 BB — hit .261/.305/.340 with 31 doubles, two homers, 13 steals, 36 walks, and 88 strikeouts in 131 games in 2014 … he’s Rule 5 Draft eligible this winter but I would be very surprised if they add him to the 40-man roster
- 1B Greg Bird: 2-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 BB, 1 E (fielding) — finishes the year at .271/.376/.471 with 30 doubles, 14 homers, 63 walks, and 97 strikeouts in 102 games after missing the start of the season with a back injury
- CF Mason Williams: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI — disaster season ends with a .223/.286/.303 batting line, 18 doubles, four triples, five homers, 21 steals (in 29 attempts, 72%), 47 walks, 68 strikeouts, and a halfway of benchings for insubordination, not running balls out, etc.
- LHP Jeremy Bleich: 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 7/2 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 45 of 70 pitches were strikes (64%)
- RHP Nick Goody: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 16 of 31 pitches were strikes (52%) … 46/15 K/BB in 31 innings in his return from Tommy John surgery
- RHP Mark Montgomery: 0.1 IP, zeroes — five pitches, four strikes … 51/26 K/BB in 51.1 innings this year after 59/25 in 45.1 innings last year and 99/22 in 64.1 the year before
High-A Tampa‘s season ended yesterday. They finished the season at 71-68, 6.5 games back in the North Division
Low-A Charleston (2-0 loss to Augusta) finished at 71-69, 19.0 games back in the Southern Division
- SS Tyler Wade: 0-4, 2 K — last year’s fourth rounder hit .274/.353/.352 with 24 doubles, one homer, 22 steals, 57 walks, and 116 strikeouts on the season
- LF Michael O’Neill: 0-4 — Paulie’s nephew and last year’s third rounder finishes the season with a .256/.331/.384 line, 23 doubles, ten homers, a system-leading 42 steals (in 51 attempts, 82%), 42 walks, and 133 strikeouts
- 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-3 — had a rough start to the year, but finished well and has a .267/.317/.397 batting line to go along with 25 doubles, ten homers, 35 walks, and 83 strikeouts in 127 games
- RHP Gabe Encinas: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB — 36/20 K/BB in 39.1 innings coming off Tommy John surgery
- RHP Conor Mullee: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 37/13 K/BB in 39 innings after throwing only 27 innings from 2010-13 due to a series of arm injuries
Short Season Staten Island (3-1 loss to Brooklyn)
- 1B Connor Spencer: 1-4, 2 K — ends the season on a 22-game hitting streak
- LF Chris Breen: 0-4, 1 K — ends the year with .281/.376/.504 with 16 doubles, eight homers, 33 walks, and 71 strikeouts in 63 games
- 3B Ty McFarland: 1-4, 1 K, 2 E (fielding, throwing) — 19 errors in 62 games for this year’s tenth rounder
- C Luis Torrens: 1-2, 1 BB — 18-year-old ends the season with a .256/.335/.383 with 14 doubles, three homers, 20 walks, and 50 strikeouts in 62 games around a shoulder injury
- RF Austin Aune: 0-3, 1 K — threw a runner out at home … cut his strikeout rate from 43.6% last year to 39.6% this year, so yay progress
- LHP Rony Bautista: 2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 2/0 GB/FB — the 6-foot-7 southpaw ends the year with 68/31 K/BB in 47 innings
Rookie GCL Yanks1 (8-1 loss to GCL Red Sox) they lost the best-of-three GCL Championship Series two games to one
- DH Jorge Mateo: 0-4, 3 K — 19-year-old hit .276/.354/.397 with five doubles, one triple, no homers, eleven steals (in 12 attempts), seven walks, and 17 strikeouts in 15 games around the hand injury
- SS Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — 18-year-old hit .272/.337/.309 with three doubles, no homers, eight steals (in nine attempts), seven walks, and eleven strikeouts in 23 games around an unknown injury
- RF Alex Palma: 0-4 — 18-year-old hit .305/.318/.451 with 13 doubles, three triples, four homers, nine steals (in nine attempts), three walks, and 15 strikeouts in 52 games in his U.S. debut
- CF Leonardo Molina: 2-3 — hit only .193/.267/.260 with ten doubles, one homer, six steals (in seven attempts), 19 walks, and 51 strikes in his 53 games in his pro debut … he played most of the year at age 16 (turned 17 on July 31st)
- LHP Jonny Drozd: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GB/FB — the 6-foot-7 undrafted free agent finishes his pro career with a 26/1 K/BB in 17.1 innings
The Rookie GCL Yanks2 season is over. They were eliminated by the GCL Yanks1 in the first round of the postseason.
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