The day’s notes:
- OF Aaron Judge (knee) is feeling better and he took some swings in the batting cage today, reports Shane Hennigan. He hopes to resume full-fledged baseball workouts soon. There is no firm timetable for Judge’s return though. The Yankees are playing it safe.
- Both RHP Brady Lail and RHP Jonathan Holder were bumped up from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton, so says Hennigan. Lail is back with the RailRiders and is taking Chad Green’s rotation spot. Holder is in Triple-A for the first time.
- I forgot to mention this yesterday, but Baseball America posted their midseason top ten Yankees prospects list. The whole thing is behind the paywall though. I will say this: it’s very similar to their preseason top ten, only with 3B Miguel Andujar and LHP Ian Clarkin replacing the traded Rookie Davis and the since graduated Rob Refsnyder. There are no 2016 drafts in these lists, otherwise OF Blake Rutherford would have made it too.
Triple-A Scranton (8-4 loss to Durham)
- DH Mason Williams: 0-5, 1 K
- CF Ben Gamel: 0-4, 2 K
- 1B Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — 15-for-40 (.375) in his last eleven games
- RF Cesar Puello: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB , 1 HBP — that’s his 13th (!) hit-by-pitch of the season, far and away the most in the system (a bunch of guys are tied for second with seven) … Puello’s a hit-by-pitch magnet; he was hit by 119 pitches in 560 games from 2009-14 while with the Mets … that’s 34.4 per 162 games
- LF Jake Cave: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB — 9-for-24 (.375) during his little seven-game hitting streak
- RHP Luis Cessa: 6 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 63 of 99 pitches were strikes … he allowed three homers, and Shane Hennigan says two were on changeups, a pitch Cessa is still working to develop
- RHP Jonathan Holder: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 24 of 35 pitches were strikes (69%) … 68/7 K/BB in 47 innings at three levels this year
- RHP Kirby Yates: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB — seven of 12 pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (11-2 win over New Hampshire)
- SS Tyler Wade: 1-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding)
- CF Dustin Fowler: 1-6, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
- 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB — 10.7% strikeout rate and 6.6% walk rate on the season
- C Kyle Higashioka: 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- 1B Mike Ford: 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — his rehab stint with Staten Island is over
- DH Mark Payton: 4-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 1 K — has a little six-game hitting streak going, though he had only one hit in each of the first five games
- RHP Chance Adams: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 55 of 85 pitches were strikes (65%) … he’s allowed no more than one run in 13 of his last 14 starts now … he’s also allowed only six hits in his last 29 innings
- LHP Caleb Smith: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 21 of 33 pitches were strikes (64%) … 40/12 K/BB in 38.1 innings
High-A Tampa (4-2 loss to Palm Beach)
- SS Jorge Mateo: 0-4, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
- CF Jeff Hendrix: 2-5, 2 K — got picked off first … 11-for-20 (.550) in five games since the promotion
- RF Austin Aune: 1-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
- 2B Abi Avelino: 0-3, 1 BB
- LF Trey Amburgey: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB — in a 6-for-30 (.200) rut
- RHP Domingo Acevedo: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 60 of 98 pitches were strikes (61%) … 93/18 K/BB in 83.1 innings … he’s fourth in the system in strikeouts despite missing a month with a lower body injury
Low-A Charleston (5-4 win over west Virginia)
- CF Ricardo Ferreira: 2-5, 1 K, 1 SB
- SS Hoy Jun Park: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB, 2 E (throwing, fielding) — 16-for-43 (.372) in his last eleven games … he’s also 20-for-22 (91%) in stolen base attempts this year
- C Luis Torrens: 0-5, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 PB
- 3B Mandy Alvarez: 2-5, 1 R, 1 K — snaps an 0-for-8 slump, which is really bad for him!
- RF Jhalan Jackson: 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB
- LF Alex Palma: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K — four homers in 32 games this year after hitting one in 81 games here last year
- RHP Daris Vargas: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 58 of 92 pitches were strikes (63%)
Short Season Staten Island (6-5 win over Tri-City)
- DH Carlos Vidal: 0-4, 3 K — he’d been out since early-May with an unknown injury
- 2B Nick Solak: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B — 5-for-11 (.455) since a 1-for-15 (.067) slump
- RF Timmy Robinson: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 K — this year’s 21st rounder has ten hits in his last eleven games: five doubles, three homers, and two singles
- CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
- SS Angel Aguilar: 2-4, 1 K, 1 SB — 8-for-20 (.400) in his last five games
- RHP Austin DeCarr: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 4/2 GB/FB — 37 of 66 pitches were strikes (56%) … 11/11 K/BB in 17.1 innings back from Tommy John surgery
- RHP Taylor Widener: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 21 of 38 pitches were strikes (55%) … 20/4 K/BB in 12.1 innings for this year’s 12th rounder
Rookie Pulaski (6-2 loss to Danville, walk-off style) walk-off grand slam losses are never fun
- DH Blake Rutherford: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — 11-for-28 (.393) with three doubles, a triple, and a homer in his last seven games … he’s hitting .316/.394/.544 in 16 pro games
- CF Estevan Florial: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — had been in a long 6-for-57 (.105) slump
- 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-5, 1 2B, 3 K
- RF Isiah Gilliam: 1-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI
- LF Leonardo Molina: 0-4, 2 K
- RHP Juan Jimenez: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 7/1 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks East (10-7 win over GCL Tigers West)
- DH Erick Mendez: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — 9-for-24 (.375) with three doubles in his last six games … the 20-year-old signed for $250,000 as part of the 2014-15 international spending spree, and he’s hitting .300/.373/.533 in 16 games
- 1B Brandon Wagner: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 15-for-40 (.375) with three doubles and three homers in his last ten games … he’s hitting .292./.378/.500 as a first baseman here after hitting .228/.347/.364 as a second and third baseman with Staten Island last year
- CF Jordan Scott: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB
- SS Yonauris Rodriguez: 0-5, 1 R, 1 K
- RHP Kelvin Magallanes: 3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 3/1 GB/FB
- RHP Juan Escorcia: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 14/11 K/BB in 15.1 innings for the 20-year-old
Rookie GCL Yanks West (4-3 win over GCL Tigers East in ten innings, walk-off style)
- SS Diego Castillo & 3B Nelson Gomez: both 0-4, 1 BB — Castillo committed a fielding error … Gomez struck out
- C Miguel Flames: 0-2 — played five innings behind the plate … he signed for $1M as a catcher as part of the 2014-15 class, though last year he caught only nine games in the Dominican Summer League and played 41 at first base … this is his first game at catcher here after 21 games at first … I guess that means they’re reintroducing him to the position? … it’s not like they started the emergency third catcher behind the plate or something like that
- RHP Isaac Padilla: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1 Balk, 1 HB, 3/4 GB/FB — 20/5 K/BB in 22 innings for the 20-year-old
- RHP Brandon Stenhouse: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 3/0 GB/FB — 15/5 K/BB in 10.2 innings for the kid the Yankees signed out Australia a few ago
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