DotF: Tanaka throws three scoreless innings in first rehab start

OF Mason Williams has been promoted to Triple-A Scranton. I can’t help but worry this means bad news is coming for Jacoby Ellsbury. They wouldn’t promote Williams when Slade Heathcott is going to be sent back down in two weeks, right? Hopefully I’m just going crazy.

Triple-A Scranton (4-3 win over Durham in ten innings, walk-off style)

• CF Mason Williams: 1-5, 1 R
• LF Ramon Flores: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI — had eight extra-base hits in his first eleven games and just one in 25 games since
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
• RF Tyler Austin: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K — hopefully he’s starting to heat up
• DH Ben Gamel: 1-5, 1 RBI, 3 K — walk-off single off ex-big leaguer Ronald Belisario
• C Austin Romine: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
• RHP Masahiro Tanaka: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 25 of 41 pitches were strikes (61%) … he was scheduled for three innings or 45 pitches … after the game, Tanaka told Fred Kerber he “felt pretty good” and was able to “pitch all my pitches with force” … it seems like Tanaka will make at least two more rehab starts after this to get his pitch count, but so far so good
• RHP Joel De La Cruz: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 5/1 GB/FB — 43 of 69 pitches were strikes (62%)
• LHP Jacob Lindgren: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K — 12 of 22 pitches were strikes (55%)
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 13 of 20 pitches were strikes (65%) … K% from 2011-15: 41.1%, 39.4%, 29.9%, 24.3%, 23.1%

Double-A Trenton (1-0 win over Bowie in 13 innings, walk-off style)

• CF Jake Cave: 2-6, 2 K, 1 SB
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-5, 1 RBI, 2 K — walk-off sac fly
• 3B Eric Jagielo: 2-5, 1 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (catcher interference)
• 1B Dante Bichette Jr.: 2-4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• SS Cito Culver: 0-4, 1 E, 1 K — currently in an 0-for-44 slump (!!!) … he hasn’t had a hit since April 25th, though, in fairness, he did spend two weeks on the DL earlier this month
• RHP Luis Severino: 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 4/3 GB/FB — 43 of 63 pitches were strikes (68%) … he was originally only supposed to go four innings in his first start off the DL (blister), but he pitched so well they let him throw one more … Keith Law was at the game and said Severino was 94-96 mph in the first inning
• RHP Kyle Haynes: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 15 of 21 pitches were strikes (71%) … 22/14 K/BB in 22.2 innings for the guy the Yankees got in last year’s Chris Stewart trade
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 19 of 26 pitches were strikes (73%) … 21/10 K/BB in 21.2 innings for the guy who came over in the Shawn Kelley trade
• RHP Nick Goody: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — eleven of 14 pitches were strikes (79%)

High-A Tampa (2-1 loss to Charlotte)

• 2B Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 BB
• SS Tyler Wade: 1-4 — 34-for-104 (.327) over the last calendar month
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• CF Mark Payton: 0-2, 2 BB — 15.1 K% and 13.7 BB% since being the team’s seventh rounder last year
• RF Michael O’Neill: 0-4, 1 K
• RHP Gabe Encinas: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 4/3 GB/FB — 30/14 K/BB in 23.2 innings after missing most of 2013-14 with Tommy John surgery

Low-A Charleston (8-0 loss to Greenville)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 0-4 — in a 2-for-27 (.074) slump
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-4, 1 2B
• RF Alex Palma: 0-4
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-3, 2 K
• RHP Luis Cedeno: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 8/2 GB/FB — 50 of 79 pitches were strikes (63%)