Some notes:
- RHP Drew Finley, this year’s third round pick, will start his career with the Yankees’ new Rookie Pulaski affiliate according to his Twitter feed. 2B Gosuke Katoh will be there too — Finley says they’re driving from Tampa to Pulaski together. They were high school teammates a few years ago.
- Good news: 2B Rob Refsnyder and OF Aaron Judge rank 5th and 16th in this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet, respectively. Bad news: 3B Miguel Andujar made the Not So Hot Sheet. Two outta three ain’t bad!
Triple-A Scranton (5-2 loss to Lehigh Valley)
- CF Ben Gamel: 1-4 — threw a runner out at second
- LF Jose Pirela & 2B Rob Refsnyder: both 0-4 — Pirela struck out twice
- RF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 BB — Mason Williams’ shoulder injury doesn’t sound serious, though I assume Flores is first in line to get called up
- DH Gregorio Petit: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
- C Austin Romine: 2-3
- RHP Ivan Nova: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 5/2 GB/FB, 1 E (missed catcher) — 49 of 84 pitches were strikes (58%) … wonder what happens now, another rehab start or back to MLB?
- RHP Nick Rumbelow: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GB/FB — 31 of 48 pitches were strikes (65%) … 41/7 K/BB in 37.1 innings
Double-A Trenton (5-3 win over Bowie)
- CF Jake Cave & 2B Tony Renda: both 1-4 — Cave struck out, got picked off first, and managed to throw a runner out at first
- 1B Greg Bird: 0-4
- RF Aaron Judge: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B — 10-for-28 (.357) with four doubles, one triple, and four homers in his last eight games
- RF Mark Payton: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — so I guess he was bumped back up
- RHP Brady Lail: 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 8/1 GB/FB — 71 of 98 pitches were strikes (72%) … 8+ strikeouts in two of his last three starts after striking out no more than four batters in his previous ten starts
- RHP Johnny Barbato: 0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K — eleven of 18 pitches were strikes (61%) … yikes
High-A Tampa is off until Monday for the All-Star break. The actual All-Star Game Game is tomorrow in St. Lucie. Nine Tampa Yankees were selected for the game. Here are the North and South rosters.
Low-A Charleston (6-4 loss to Asheville)
- SS Jorge Mateo: 1-4, 1 K
- CF Dustin Fowler: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — just keeps hitting
- RF Austin Aune: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
- LF Alex Palma: 1-4, 1 3B, 1 RBI
- LHP Conner Kendrick: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 Balk, 9/2 GB/FB — 57 of 77 pitches were strikes (74%)
Short Season Staten Island (3-2 loss to Brooklyn in 12 innings) full lineups as per DotF Opening Day tradition
- CF Jeff Hendrix: 1-6, 2 K
- SS Kyle Holder: 1-5
- 2B Thairo Estrada: 0-5, 1 K — I wonder if he and Holder will be splitting time at second and short
- DH Ty McFarland: 0-5
- C Eduardo de Oleo: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — lifted for pinch-runner Jackson Valera and then replaced by catcher Jake Hernandez, who didn’t bat
- 3B Drew Bridges: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB
- RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 K — three a runner out at the plate … this year’s seventh rounder homered in first pro at-bat
- 1B Ryan Krill: 0-5, 2 K
- LF Griffin Gordon: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 K — threw a runner out at second
- RHP Derek Callahan: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 4/4 GB/FB — 46 of 74 pitches were strikes (62%)
- RHP Yoel Espinal: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 3/0 GB/FB — 25 of 42 pitches were strikes (60%) … that’s a funky line
- RHP Travis Hissong: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 0-1 GB/FB — 27 of 38 pitches were strikes (71%)
- RHP Sean Carley: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 3/0 GB/FB — 18 of 31 pitches were strikes (58%)
The two Rookie GCL Yanks affiliates start their seasons on Monday while the new Rookie Pulaski affiliate begins play Tuesday. DotF is about to get a lot busier.
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