DotF: Torrens returns, Staten Island plays 20 innings on Opening Day

To the notes:

• C Luis Torrens is healthy! He’s on the Short Season Staten Island roster. Hooray for that. Matt Schneldman wrote a nice puff piece on Torrens, so check that out. We’ve been hearing about him for a while now, but Torrens turned only 20 last month. In fact, he’s still the third youngest player on Staten Island’s roster.
• Both 1B Chris Gittens and RHP Chance Adams made today’s Prospect Report, which is not behind the paywall. Gittens hit three home runs last night and Adams chucked 5.1 scoreless innings in his Double-A debut.
• The Yankees have signed IF Josh Gardiner out of the independent Frontier League, the team announced. The 22-year-old hit .311/.406/.489 with two homers and six steals in 23 games with the Schaumburg Boomers.

Triple-A Scranton (7-1 loss to Gwinnett) they faced former RailRider Manny Banuelos

• CF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 BB — he’s now 24-for-63 (.381) with five doubles and three triples in his last 15 games
• 1B Nick Swisher: 2-4, 1 BB — apparently his opt-out date was earlier this week, so no, he didn’t opt-out … usually in these cases the two sides agree to push the opt-out back a few weeks, so Swisher might be able to leave at some point in the future
• RF Aaron Judge: 0-4, 2 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-4, 1 K — 5-for-26 (.192) since coming back from the broken thumb
• DH Tyler Austin: 0-3, 1 BB, 3 K — no contact night
• LF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — threw a runner out at second
• RHP Kyle Haynes: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 7/1 GB/FB — 50 of 83 pitches were strikes (60%)
• LHP Chasen Shreve: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K — nine of 13 pitches were strikes … second rehab outing, and he came out of the bullpen this time rather than start the game
• LHP Tyler Webb: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 12 of 17 pitches were strikes (71%)

Double-A Trenton (5-1 win over Binghamton)

• 2B Tyler Wade: 0-2, 2 BB — 45/38 K/BB in 64 games as a 21-year-old in Double-A
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 SB — he’s hit safely in 17 of his last 19 games
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4
• CF Michael O’Neill: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
• LHP Daniel Camarena: 8 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 10/6 GB/FB — 68 of 96 pitches were strikes (71%)
• LHP Caleb Smith: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 18 of 25 pitches were strikes (72%)

High-A Tampa is off until Monday for the All-Star break. The All-Star Game is tomorrow night in Fort Myers. SS Jorge Mateo, 3B Miguel Andujar, OF Mark Payton, and RHP Chance Adams were all selected to the North Division roster, but Andujar, Payton, and Adams have all been promoted to Double-A since then. Mateo will be the only Yankees farmhand in the game. Here are the North and South rosters.

Low-A Charleston (2-1 win over West Virginia)

• 2B Kyle Holder & 1B Chris Gittens: both 0-4, 1 K — Holder is in a 6-for-37 (.162) slump
• SS Hoy Jun Park: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• DH Jhalan Jackson: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 CS
• RF Leonardo Molina: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB — threw a runner out at second
• RHP Yefrey Ramirez: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 63 of 93 pitches were strikes (68%) … 58/13 K/BB in 54 innings for the minor league Rule 5 Draft pick
• RHP Manolo Reyes: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 16 of 25 pitches were strikes (64%) … the Yankees gave him $600,000 as a 22-year-old four years ago because he throws 100 mph, but he’s now 26 and has a 96/71 K/BB in 91.2 career innings

Short Season Staten Island (3-2 win over Brooklyn in 20 innings) it’s Opening Day for them, so here’s the full lineup per DotF tradition … 20 innings on Opening Day is pretty rough, Brooklyn had to use two position players on the mound … I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure one of the affiliates played a 22-inning game in recent years, but I don’t remember which affiliate or when it happened

• CF Ricardo Ferreira: 1-8, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB — drove in the go-ahead run with a sac fly in the top of the 20th … Ferreira was a lower profile signing during the 2014-15 international signing period, but he’s already 21, so he’s not really a prospect
• 2B Chris Godinez: 1-10, 6 K, 1 SB — oof, six strikeouts? … the Yankees signed Godinez as a minor league free agent over the winter … the Dodgers drafted him in the 18th round just last year, then cut him loose in the offseason
• C Luis Torrens: 2-5, 1 BB, 1 K — first game action since September 2014 due to shoulder surgery … he was lifted in the 13th because he’d caught enough innings for one night
• C Keith Skinner: 0-4, 1 K
• DH Kane Sweeney: 1-7,1 R, 2 BB, 3 K
• 1B Drew Bridges: 0-9, 3 K — ouch
• 3B Mandy Alvarez: 3-8, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — so I guess this year’s 17th rounder has signed
• RF Dalton Blaser: 4-6, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP — reaching base seven times certainly qualifies as a nice pro debut for this year’s eighth rounder … he was announced as a first baseman during the draft two weeks ago, but here he is in the right field
• LF Kendall Coleman: 0-6, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
• SS Danienger Perez: 1-8, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 SB
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 6/2 GB/FB — 57 of 84 pitches were strikes (68%)
• RHP David Sosebee: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4/0 GB/FB — 15 of 34 pitches were strikes (44%)
• LHP Justin Kamplain: 2.1 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 17 of 26 pitches were strikes (65%) … had a 119/38 K/BB in 136.1 innings with Charleston last year
• RHP Michael Schaub: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 6/1 GB/FB — 28 of 40 pitches were strikes (70%) … quality long relief work right there
• RHP Eduardo Rivera: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 19 of 36 pitches were strikes (53%)
• RHP Claudio Custodio: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 6/0 GB/FB — 29 of 36 pitches were strikes (81%)

Rookie level Pulaski begins their season next Thursday.

Rookie level GCL Yanks East & West begin their seasons next Friday.