DotF: Gleyber Torres makes debut with Tampa

SS Gleyber Torres has reported to High-A Tampa, the team announced. SS Abi Avelino was promoted to Double-A Trenton to clear a roster spot. Also, OF Jake Skole was released.

Triple-A Scranton Game One (3-2 win over Buffalo in eight innings, walk-off style) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• CF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 K
• DH Mason Williams: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B — scored the winning run on a walk-off wild pitch … 21 doubles in 66 games this year after hitting 23 doubles in 93 games last year
• 1B Ike Davis: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Tyler Austin: 0-2, 1 BB — 12 walks and 12 strikeouts in his last 12 games
• LF Jake Cave: 0-3
• RHP Vicente Campos: 5 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 8/1 GB/FB — 48 of 79 pitches were strikes (61%) … it took him nearly four years to get out of Low-A, and this year he’s zoomed from High-A to Triple-A … naturally, in his first Triple-A game he faced Jesus Montero, the guy he was traded for … Campos has thrown 121 innings so far and his previous career high was 87 innings back in 2013 … I have to imagine the Yankees will scale back on his workload soon given his injury history, they don’t want to push him too hard in his first full year back from Tommy John surgery

Triple-A Scranton Game Two (3-0 win over Buffalo in seven innings) Shane Hennigan says that’s their 16th shutout win of the season, a new franchise record

• CF Mason Williams: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B
• DH Gary Sanchez: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI — got picked off first … very nice doubleheader for Sanchez
• 1B Tyler Austin: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
• RF Jake Cave: 0-2 — threw a runner (Casey Kotchman!) out at the plate
• RHP Luis Cessa: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 9/5 GB/FB — 67 of 97 pitches were strikes (71%) … he’s allowed one or zero runs in five of his last six Triple-A starts

Double-A Trenton (15-4 win over Portland)

• SS Tyler Wade: 3-5, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 CS — 12-for-36 (.333) in his last nine games
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-3, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB,  HBP, 1 E (fielding) — 13-for-32 (.406) during his eight-game hitting streak
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-6, 1 RBI
• C Kyle Higashioka: 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB
• 2B Cito Culver: 2-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 1 K
• RHP Chance Adams: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 8/3 GB/FB — 51 of 78 pitches were strikes (65%) … only the second time he’s allowed more than one run in his last 15 (!) starts
• RHP Cale Coshow: 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 24 of 36 pitches were strikes (67%)

High-A Tampa (9-1 loss to Brevard County)

• 2B Jorge Mateo & CF Jeff Hendrix: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — Mateo stole two bases
• SS Gleyber Torres: 0-5, 1 R — first game as a member of the organization … clearly he’s already a bust
• RF Austin Aune: 1-5, 1 RBI, 2 K
• DH Trey Amburgey: 0-5, 1 K
• 3B Thairo Estrada: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — had been in a 7-for-34 (.206) slump
• LHP James Reeves: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 3/4 GB/FB — 51 of 78 pitches were strikes (65%) … 91/24 K/BB in 73.1 innings

Low-A Charleston (10-2 win over Hagerstown)

• SS Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — he’s been able to get regular reps at shortstop with IF Kyle Holder on the DL for whatever reason
• 1B Kane Sweeney: 3-5, 3 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 3-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — 15-for-38 (.395) with four doubles, a triple, and four homers in his last ten games
• LF Alex Palma: 0-4
• 3B Mandy Alvarez: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — Mandy’s in a 3-for-30 (.100) slump, though he’s only struck out four times in those 30 at-bats … his year’s 17th rounder has only nine strikeouts in 148 pro plate appearances (6.1 K%)
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-3, 1 BB
• RHP Daris Vargas: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 10/1 GB/FB — 48 of 83 pitches were strikes (58%) … for some reason he didn’t show up on my minor league ground ball rate list in last Friday’s mailbag, but he’s at 60.6% in 93.2 innings, second best in the system behind RHP Will Carter (65.6%)

Short Season Staten Island Game One (2-1 loss to Brooklyn in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• CF Carlos Vidal: 2-4, 1 SB — 5-for-16 (.313) in his first four games back from an injury
• 2B Nick Solak: 1-3
• 3B Drew Bridges: 1-3, 1 3B — his last eight hits: four doubles, one triple, one homer, two singles
• RF Timmy Robinson: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K
• LF Dom Thompson-Williams: 1-2, 1 BB
• RHP Taylor Widener: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 43 of 58 pitches were strikes (74%) … nice spot start for this year’s 12th rounder … he has a 25/4 K/BB in 17.1 innings so far

Short Season Staten Island Game Two (3-2 loss to Brooklyn in eight innings, walk-off style)

• DH Carlos Vidal: 0-4, 1 K
• 2B Nick Solak: 0-3
• 3B Drew Bridges: 2-3, 1 R, 1 K — nice doubleheader for him
• RF Timmy Robinson: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K — his last 16 hits: eight doubles, two triples, four homers, two singles
• CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• SS Angel Aguilar: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
• RHP Jonathan Padilla: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7/1 GB/FB — 41 of 59 pitches were strikes (69%)

Rookie Pulaski (7-0 win over Elizabethton)

• CF Estevan Florial: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K — he’s gone from the Dominican Republic to Tampa to Pulaski in the last 13 days
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-4
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 4-4, 3 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI — that’s his third four-hit game in his last eight games
• RHP Juan Jimenez: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 4/3 GB/FB
• RHP Spencer Mahoney: 3.2 IP, zeroes, 8 K, 1 WP, 0/1 GB/FB — 27/3 K/BB in 15.2 innings for the undrafted free agent out of Valparaiso

Rookie GCL Yanks East was rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 10th.

Rookie GCL Yanks West (9-0 loss to GCL Blue Jays)

• DH Donny Sands: 1-4, 1 2B
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 0-2, 1 HBP — left the game two innings after the hit-by-pitch
• 1B-3B Miguel Flames: 1-2, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — first pro action at the hot corner for Miggy Fire
• LHP Connor Jones: 2 IP, zeroes, 5 K, 1/0 GB/FB — pro debut for this year’s 11th rounder
• RHP Jose Pena: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K — first game action since 2014 due to Tommy John surgery … he had a 0.80 ERA with a 42/9 K/BB in 33.2 innings at three levels in 2014 before blowing out his elbow
• LHP Orby Tavares: 0.1 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 Balk — ouch, Orby