DotF: Ackley plays second rehab game; Mateo injured in Tampa’s win

No Yankees farmhands were named to the Double-A Eastern League end of season All-Star Team. All their good players were promoted to Triple-A Scranton at midseason.

Triple-A Scranton (7-2 win over Lehigh Valley)

• DH Ben Gamel: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — had been in a 3-for-29 (.103) slump
• LF Dustin Ackley: 2-4, 1 R, 1 SB — played five innings in the field in his second rehab game (first in the field) … the back must be feeling pretty good if he’s stealing bases
• RF-3B Jose Pirela: 3-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• CF-LF Slade Heathcott: 1-5, 1 K
• C Austin Romine: 3-5, 2 RBI, 2 K
• RHP Kyle Haynes: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 10/4 GB/FB — 56 of 92 pitches were strikes (61%) … four runs allowed in his last 24 innings (1.50 ERA)
• RHP Chris Martin: 2 IP 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 23 of 32 pitches were strikes (72%)
• RHP Nick Rumbelow: 1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 14 of 21 pitches were strikes (67%)

Double-A Trenton (3-2 loss to Altoona)

• CF Jake Cave: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• SS Tyler Wade: 0-4
• RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 25.5% strikeout rate this year is way up from 18.3% last year and his 19.9% career rate prior to this season
• 2B Tony Renda & LF Mark Payton: both 1-4 — Renda got caught stealing … Payton struck out
• RHP Jaron Long: 7 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 14/1 GB/FB — 66 of 105 pitches were strikes (63%)

High-A Tampa (9-3 win over Daytona)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 0-2 — left the game in the third inning with a leg injury after reaching base on an error … no idea about the severity, but the season ends in a week, so they might shut Mateo down for the year and play it safe
• 2B-SS Abi Avelino: 2-5, 2 R, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing) — 25-for-73 (.342) in his last 18 games
• CF Dustin Fowler: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 1 K — 17-for-56 (.304) in his last 13 games
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Jordan Montgomery: 6 IP, zeroes, 8 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 18 up, 18 down
• RHP Chance Adams: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 1/3 GB/FB — first rough outing for this year’s fifth rounder

Low-A Charleston (5-4 loss to Hickory) they’ve been eliminated from postseason contention

• SS Angel Aguilar: 2-4, 1 , 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — 9-for-19 (.474) in his last four games
• RF Austin Aune: 1-4, 1 R, 3 K — you do you, Austin
• RHP David Palladino: 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 4/5 GB/FB — 96/47 K/BB in 109.2 innings

Short Season Staten Island (10-3 loss to Hudson Valley)

• LF Zack Zehner: 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
• CF Jeff Hendrix: 3-4, 2 RBI — had been in a 3-for-24 (.125) rut
• RF Trey Amburgey: 0-5 — it was bound to happen eventually
• 2B Thairo Estrada: 0-4, 1 K
• 3B Brandon Wagner: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding, throwing)
• SS Kyle Holder: 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B
• RHP James Kaprielian: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 33 of 51 pitches were strikes (65%)
• LHP Jeff Degano: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 0/1 GB/FB — 25 of 43 pitches were strikes (58%) … 19/7 K/BB in 19 innings for this year’s second rounder … the club’s first (Kaprielian), second (Holder), and third (Degano) highest 2015 draft picks played in this game

Rookie Pulaski (10-9 loss to Pulaski) they’re in cruise control, they’ve already clinched the best record in the league and are just waiting for the postseason to start next week

• CF Carlos Vidal: 1-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 3 K — threw a runner out at third … still has more walks (nine) than strikeouts (seven) in his last eleven games
• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (throwing)
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 E (throwing) — six homers in 94 games this year after hitting three in 121 games last year
• RHP Melvin Morla: 4.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1/6 GB/FB
• RHP David Sosebee: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 37/11 K/BB in 35 innings for this year’s 28th rounder

Rookie GCL Yanks1 Game One (4-3 loss to GCL Pirates) the season ends tomorrow, by the way … they failed to qualify for the postseason

• CF Terrance Robertson: 0-4, 3 K, 1 CS
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB — got picked off first … 18/24 K/BB in 38 games for the 17-year-old
• 3B Donny Sands: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• RF Leonardo Molina: 0-2 — left the game in the sixth for an unknown
• RHP Anyelo Gomez: 4.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 2/3 GB/FB — 22/1 K/BB in 15.2 innings for the 22-year-old

Rookie GCL Yanks1 Game Two was canceled and will not be made up. This was the makeup game of the July 23rd rainout.

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (6-4 win over GCL Tigers) the season ends tomorrow for them too … they also failed to qualify for the postseason

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-4, 1 K — in an 0-for-12 rut
• 2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 1-4, 2 K
• RHP Christian Morris: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 6/5 GB/FB
• RHP Icezack Flemming: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 0/1 GB/FB — assuming he doesn’t move to another level, Icezack will finish the year with a 30/11 K/BB in 26 innings after being the team’s 26th round pick