DotF: Mikolas hits for the cycle in Pulaski’s win

Both OF Aaron Judge and C Gary Sanchez are in the starting lineups for the Futures Game tomorrow. Judge will be the DH and is batting sixth for Team USA. Sanchez is catching and batting fifth for the World Team. The game starts at 3pm ET. Also, Brian Cashman told Brendan Kuty that Sanchez is likely to be promoted to Triple-A soon.

Triple-A Scranton (5-4 loss to Buffalo)

• CF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K,  E (fielding)
• 2B Jose Pirela: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
• RF Ramon Flores: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — six homers in 74 games this year after hitting nine homers in 68 games last year
• C Austin Romine: 1-4, 2 PB
• 1B Greg Bird: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — first Triple-A dinger
• LF Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 R
• RHP Diego Moreno: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 39 of 55 pitches were strikes (71%)
• RHP Jose Pirela Jose Ramirez: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 34 of 49 pitches were strikes (69%)
• RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 20 of 26 pitches were strikes (77%)

Double-A Trenton (5-4 loss to Richmond)

• SS Brendan Ryan: 0-3, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — played seven innings in the field again
• CF Jake Cave: 0-4, 1 K
• RF Mark Payton: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
• DH Tony Renda: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 SB — 11/12 K/BB in 24 games since the trade
• RHP Jaron Long: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 9/4 GB/FB — 60 of 93 pitches were strikes (65%)

High-A Tampa (3-1 win over Palm Beach in ten innings)

• 2B Tyler Wade: 3-4, 1 BB — 13-for-21 (.619) in his last five games … he’s been rather streaky this season
• SS Abi Avelino: 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 K — got picked off first … tripled in the go-ahead run in the tenth … 10-for-22 (.455) in his last five games
• CF Dustin Fowler: 0-3, 2 BB, 1 SB
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K
• RHP Rookie Davis: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 6/5 GB/FB — 92/16 K/BB in 82 innings … leads the system in strikeouts

Low-A Charleston (7-4 win over Kannapolis)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 2-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB — he scored on a single and a three-base error by the center fielder, who let the ball get under his glove, so it was a quasi-inside-the-park homer
• CF Austin Aune: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Alex Palma: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Justin Kamplain: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 4/7 GB/FB — 61 of 92 pitches were strikes (66%)
• LHP Caleb Frare: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4/0 GB/FB – six of eleven pitches were strikes, plus he picked a runner off first … I’ve lost count, but that’s at least his 12 pickoff in 41 innings this year … Baseball Reference doesn’t have the correct total because some are ruled caught stealings

Short Season Staten Island (3-1 win over Auburn)

• CF Jeff Hendrix: 0-4, 1 K
• SS Kyle Holder: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB
• DH Jhalan Jackson & 3B Drew Bridges: both 0-4, 2 K
• 2B Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 2 R — he’s hit safely in 14 of 17 games so far
• RHP Luis Cedeno: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP, 8/2 GB/FB — 41 of 61 pitches were strikes (67%)

Rookie level Pulaski (9-3 win over Greeneville)

• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — hit streak is up to 13 games
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 4-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K — that’s a cycle, folks … second cycle of the season in the system … Flores did it on Opening Day, remember
• RF Frank Frias: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• RHP Melvin Morla: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 5/0 GB/FB

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 (7-4 loss to GCL Blue Jays)

• CF Terrance Robertson: 0-5, 1 K, 1 SB — threw a runner out at second
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SB — four walks and four strikeouts in ten games for the kid who turned 17 in April
• 3B Donny Sands: 2-5, 1 R, 2 K — multiple hits in five of his last eight games
• RF Leonardo Molina: 3-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 14-for-35 (.400) in his last eleven games … seems like maybe lil Leo’s starting to get the hang of this pro ball thing
• RHP Dallas Martinez: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — rehabbing from some kind of injury
• LHP Aaron Dott: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 0/1 GB/FB — also rehabbing from some kind of injury
• RHP David Palladino: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 3/2 GB/FB — not sure why he’s back here … he pitched for Charleston six days ago and seemed to be pitching fine this year … weird

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 (3-2 loss to GCL Astros)

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K
• 2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 0-5, 2 K — 33 strikeouts in 108 plate appearances (30.6%) for the 18-year-old … reminder: baseball is hard
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 1-4, 1 2B
• RHP Christian Morris: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3/4 GB/FB
• LHP Artur Strzalka: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/0 GB/FB — the Yankees signed the 19-year-old Strzalka out of Poland back in 2003 … he’s the first player born and raised in Poland to sign a pro baseball contract with one of the 30 teams