DotF: Sanchez homers, leads Scranton to a win with big day at the plate

Got some roster moves to pass along:

• RHP Andrew Bailey was bumped up to Triple-A Scranton, according to Sweeny Murti. He has a a 0.51 ERA (2.66 FIP) with 22 strikeouts and seven walks in 17.2 innings at various levels of the minors in his latest attempt to rehab from shoulder surgery. If Bailey becomes an option at some point, great! Can’t expect him to contribute anything though.
• RHP Joel De La Cruz was sent down to Double-A Trenton to clear a spot for Bailey, the team announced. Also, LHP Eric Wooten and LHP Chaz Hebert were temporarily bumped from High-A Tampa to Triple-A Scranton, the club announced. They’re replacing RHP Bryan Mitchell and RHP Nick Goody, who were called up to the big leagues today.

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Lehigh Valley)

• LF Slade Heathcott: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K — moved up and played a full nine innings for the first time as part of his rehab
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-5, 1 R, 3 K, 1 E (fielding)
• 1B Greg Bird: 2-4
• CF Aaron Judge: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SB
• C Gary Sanchez: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing) — so is he still in the organization at this time tomorrow?
• DH Austin Romine: 0-4, 2 K
• RF Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• SS Gregorio Petit: 0-4, 2 K, 1 E (throwing) — apparently he has accepted his outright assignment rather than elect free agency
• LHP Chaz Hebert: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 45 of 68 pitches were strikes (66%) … very nice spot start for the kid who’d never pitched above High-A before tonight
• RHP Nick Rumbelow: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 26 of 38 pitches were strikes (68%)
• LHP James Pazos: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 17 of 30 pitches were strikes (57%)
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — all six pitches were strikes
  

Double-A Trenton (4-3 loss to Bowie)

• CF Jake Cave: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B
• RF Mark Payton: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 2B Tony Renda: 0-4
• RHP Brady Lail: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 5/8 GB/FB — 60 of 89 pitches were strikes (67%) … only the third time he’s allowed more than two runs in his last 16 starts
• LHP Matt Tracy: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 17 of 22 pitches were strikes (77%)

High-A Tampa had a scheduled off-day.

Low-A Charleston was rained out. They’re going to play a doubleheader tomorrow.

Short Season Staten Island‘s game was cancelled due to rain. It will not be made up.

Rookie level Pulaski (4-2 win over Kingsport)

• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB — he’s reached base in 27 of 31 games here
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP
• RHP Jhon Morban: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 7/4 GB/FB — picked a runner off first

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 Game One (4-2 win over GCL Yanks2 in seven innings) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain after two innings … going to lump the two teams together

• Yonauris Rodriguez: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
• LF Isiah Gilliam: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS
• RF Teodoro Martinez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — one of the stronger name tools in the system
• 3B Griffin Garabito: 1-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB — got picked off first
• LF Cesar Diaz: 1-2, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB
• 3B Donny Sands & LF Trey Amburgey: both 0-3 — Amburgey struck out twice and got caught stealing
• 1B Chris Gittens: 3-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 CS
• RF Leonardo Molina: 2-3, 1 R
• CF Terrance Robertson: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Jeff Degano: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — pitched yesterday before the rain
• RHP Brandon Stenhouse: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB
• RHP Taylor Garrison: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K — pitched yesterday … still down here rehabbing from an unknown injury

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game Two (7-4 win over GCL Yanks2 in seven innings) lumping them together again

• RF Cesar Diaz: 1-4, 1 R, 1 SB — six strikeouts and 19 walks in 24 games so far … of course, he’s also 22, so he’s a man among boys down here
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB — seven strikeouts and ten walks for the 17-year-old, who signed for $1.35M as part of last summer’s international spending spree
• 3B Donny Sands: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• 1B Chris Gittens: 1-2, 2 R, 1 BB — last year’s 12th rounder is hitting .386/.486/.649 in 19 games
• CF Trey Amburgey: 1-3, 3 R, 1 BB
• 2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 CS
• SS Yancarlos Baez: 1-2, 2 BB — had been in a 2-for-24 (.083) slump
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — last year’s big bonus baby ($3.2M) is 2-for-7 (.286) with two walks and one strikeout in three pro games so far
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1  K
• RHP Juan Escorcia: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 Balk, 2/1 GB/FB
• RHP Kelvin Magallanes: 0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 0 K, 1 WP — walked all five batters he faced … the 21-year-old had an 11/5 K/BB in first 10.1 innings of the season and now has a 8/20 K/BB in his last 7.2 innings