DotF: Pineda goes 4.2 innings in second rehab start

SS Hyo-Jun Park placed 20th on this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. “He’s rangy and instinctive and has a fantastic eye for the strike zone. He’s a line-drive hitter with pop enough to jerk one out of the park every now and again,” said the write-up.

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Rochester in 14 innings, walk-off style)

• CF Ben Gamel: 2-6, 3 K
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
• RF Jose Pirela: 2-5, 1 BB
• C Gary Sanchez: 1-6, 1 RBI, 1 K — in a 6-for-43 (.140) slump
• DH Aaron Judge: 0-6, 2 K — really limping to the finish line this year
• LF Slade Heathcott: 2-4, 2 K — left the game after running the bases in the ninth for an unknown reason
• 1B Austin Romine: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 CS — walk-off single
• RHP Michael Pineda: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 6/1 GB/FB — 45 of 62 pitches were strikes (73%) … he was scheduled to throw 65 pitches or so in his second rehab start … Pineda told Billy Witz he felt good and declared “Big Mike is back”
• RHP Caleb Cotham: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 3/0 GB/FB — eleven of 18 pitches were strikes (61%)
• RHP Chris Martin: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K — 13 of 20 pitches were strikes (65%) … first outing in a month … Martin told Witz he developed a staph infection from a bug bite in his hand, and it spread to his elbow … yikes
• RHP Nick Goody: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 18 of 32 pitches were strikes (56%)
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 25 of 44 pitches were strikes (57%)
• LHP James Pazos: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB – 18 of 28 pitches were strikes (64%)

Double-A Trenton (6-0 win over Richmond)

• CF Jake Cave: 2-5, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB — 28-for-89 (.315) in his last 22 games
• 2B Tony Renda: 1-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — had been in a 2-for-17 (.118) slump
• DH Tyler Austin: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• RF Mark Payton: 0-4, 2 K
• SS Tyler Wade: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• LHP Caleb Smith: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 75 of 104 pitches were strikes (72%) … career high is 13 strikeouts set last year
• RHP Conor Mullee: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 18 of 28 pitches were strikes (64%) … 51/16 K/BB in 52.2 innings for the three-time Tommy John surgery survivor

High-A Tampa (8-4 loss to Daytona)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 1-5, 2 RBI, 1 K
• 2B Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 BB
• CF Dustin Fowler: 0-5, 3 K — threw a runner out third
• DH Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K — 15-for-46 (.326) during his 12-game hitting streak
• LHP Jordan Montgomery: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 53 of 97 pitches were strikes (55%)

Low-A Charleston (9-3 win over Augusta)

• SS Vince Conde: 0-4, 1 BB, 2 K
• RF Austin Aune: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K — 7-for-20 (.350) in his last six games
• RHP Matt Marsh: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 0/3 GB/FB — 53 of 93 pitches were strikes (57%)
• RHP Jose Mesa Jr.: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 22 of 39 pitches were strikes (56%) … 46/14 K/BB in 31.1 innings for Joe Table II, who s just up from Staten Island

Short Season Staten Island was postponed due to wet grounds again. Third day in a row and they’re not even in the same city anymore. They’ll play a doubleheader tomorrow.

Rookie level Pulaski (14-5 win over Elizabethton) they’re 6-1 in their last seven games and have outscored their opponents 46-20

• CF Carlos Vidal: 1-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB — third homer in his last ten games
• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 0-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 2 R
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 4-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI — second four-hit game of the season for the 2012 third rounder
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 37/7 K/BB in 50 innings for the 20-year-old

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 Game One (3-2 win over GCL Pirates in seven innings) makeup of the August 7th rainout

• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 0-2, 1 BB
• 3B Donny Sands: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 18-for-51 (.353) with five doubles, seven walks, and four strikeouts in his last 14 games
• RF Leonardo Molina: 0-2, 1 K, 1 HBP — threw a runner out at second
• CF Terrance Robertson: 0-1, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• LHP Anderson Severino: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 4/1 GB/FB — that is the most GCL pitching line ever

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 Game Two (6-0 win over GCL Pirates in five innings) completed early due to rain

• CF Terrance Robertson: 1-2, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB
• 3B Donny Sands: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• LF Leonardo Molina: 0-2
• RHP Luis Rosario: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 8/3 GB/FB — gets credited with an ultra-rare GCL complete game
  

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game One (2-1 win over GCL Tigers in seven innings) completion of the August 7th game, which was suspended due to rain in the first inning

• DH Yancarlos Baez: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• SS Yonauris Rodriguez: 0-3, 1 R, 1 K
• RHP Daris Vargas: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 37/10 K/BB in 45 innings for the 23-year-old
• LHP Omar Luis: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB — finally gets the K/BB ratio over 1.0 … he’s at 15/13 K/BB in 24.1 innings

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game Two (8-3 loss to GCL Tigers in seven innings)

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 0-3, 1 BB
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 0-3, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — seven errors in 14 games at third
• 2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 0-3, 2 K — 18-year-old signed for $575,000 as the team’s second biggest international pickup in 2013, behind Leonardo Molina … he’s in the middle of a brutal 8-for-59 (.136) slump
• RHP Dallas Martinez: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB