DotF: Refsnyder and Montgomery lead Scranton to a win

Notes and notes and notes and notes:

RHP Luis Severino did indeed throw a ton of changeups during last night’s start, writes Shane Hennigan. “They told me that I had to throw more changeups. (The Yankees) told me that they didn’t care what the score is. They told me that I had to throw changeups and that’s what I did,” he said. That’s good. The stats don’t matter. Severino needs to throw that pitch and work on it.
According to the team’s Twitter account, OF Blake Rutherford was in Pulaski’s original lineup today, though he was later scratched. My guess is he went through batting practice and all that, and the team decide to give him an extra day. Rutherford is reportedly dealing with a knee issue.
After flirting with a perfect game last night, LHP Nestor Cortes landed in today’s Prospect Hot Sheet. “Cortes pitches backward, leading with his offspeed stuff and using his fastball as a putaway pitch,” said the write-up.

Triple-A Scranton (4-0 win over Pawtucket)

RF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — 18-for-45 (.400) during his eleven-game hitting streak
LF Clint Frazier: 0-4, 3 K
2B Rob Refsnyder: 4-4, 1 R, 1 2B — 15-for-31 (.484) in nine games since being sent down
C Kyle Higashioka: 1-4, 2 K, 1 CS
CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
DH Jake Cave: 1-3, 1 BB
LHP Jordan Montgomery: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 10/1 GB/FB — 63 of 102 pitches were strikes (62%) … third straight scoreless start … 123/43 K/BB in 127.2 total innings … he seems to be getting better each time he gets promoted
RHP Nick Goody: 1 IP, zeroes, 1/1 GB/FB — ten of 12 pitches were strikes
RHP Ben Heller: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — eight of 13 pitches were strikes … 55/14 K/BB in 48 innings

Double-A Trenton (3-1 loss to Hartford)

SS Tyler Wade: 2-4, 1 CS — 13-for-32 (.406) with two walks and two strikeouts in his last seven games
CF Dustin Fowler: 0-4, 2 K
3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K — 5-for-16 (.313) during his little four-game hitting streak
2B Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
RF Billy McKinney: 0-4, 1 K
RHP Kyle Haynes: 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 6/2 GB/FB — 55 of 91 pitches were strikes (60%)
RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 19 of 28 pitches were strikes (68%) … 32.7% strikeout rate this season … during his breakout 2012 season, he had a 39.4% strikeout

High-A Tampa (2-1 win over Brevard County)

2B Jorge Mateo: 1-4
3B Thairo Estrada: 2-4, 1 SB — 10-for-25 (.400) with six walks and two strikeouts in his last eight games
SS Gleyber Torres & RF Trey Amburgey: both 0-4, 1 K
CF Rashad Crawford: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — 8-for-26 (.308) in his last seven games for the fourth piece in the Aroldis Chapman trade
LF Jeff Hendrix: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
RHP Domingo Acevedo: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 39 of 64 pitches were strikes (61%) … 102/22 K/BB in 93 total innings this year … this is his second start back from a minor back issue, and it seems they’re easing him back into things
RHP Jordan Foley: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 28 of 47 pitches were strikes (60%) … 81/32 K/BB in 60.1 innings

Low-A Charleston (6-0 loss to Greenville)

CF Ricardo Ferreira: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB — 23-for-29 (79%) in stolen base attempts in 53 games this year
SS Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — his ten triples are second most in the system (Fowler has 12)
RF Alex Palma: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
DH Jhalan Jackson: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
C Luis Torrens & 3B Mandy Alvarez: both 0-4, 1 K — Torrens is slumping big time right now
RHP Luis Cedeno: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 2/5 GB/FB — 63 of 88 pitches were strikes (72%)
RHP Dillon Tate: 2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 23 of 34 pitches were strikes (68%) … the move to the bullpen wasn’t going to fix everything overnight

Short Season Staten Island (2-1 loss to Connecticut, walk-off style)

2B Nick Solak: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
3B Drew Bridges: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
CF Timmy Robinson: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI — nothing but extra-base hits, it seems
SS Angel Aguilar: 2-4, 1 E (fielding)
RHP Josh Roeder: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 44 of 56 pitches were strikes (79%) … 38/5 K/BB in 34.2 innings for last year’s 21st round pick

Rookie Pulaski (5-3 win over Bluefield)

SS Wilkerman Garcia: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — multiple hits in five of his last 14 games
DH Estevan Florial: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
1B Brandon Wagner: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
3B Dermis Garcia: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
LF Leonardo Molina: 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB — second straight day with a homer … third dinger in his last five games
2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K
RHP Spencer Mahoney: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 49/8 K/BB in 32.1 innings for the undrafted free agent out of Valparaiso
LHP Jeff Degano: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GB/FB — 12 strikeouts (yay!) and 25 walks (ouch!) in 5.2 innings … he’s going all Jason Neighborgall this year

Rookie GCL Yanks East (11-6 loss to GCL Yanks West) combining the two teams into one update

1B Ryan Krill: 2-2, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 BB — hitting .364/.462/.614 with more walks (eight) than strikeouts (seven), which is the kind of that happens when put a 23-year-old who played four years of college ball (Michigan State) in the GCL
3B Nelson Gomez: 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — he has 31 hits: eleven doubles, one triple, seven homers, 12 singles
C Miguel Flames: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HBP — left the game two innings after the hit-by-pitch
CF Jordan Scott: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
RF Brayan Emery: 0-4, 1 K
LF Edel Luaces: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
RHP Alexander Rosario: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 4/2 GB/FB
LHP Tony Hernandez: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6/3 GB/FB
LHP Evan Rutckyj: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB
RHP Juan Escorcia: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) — 22/14 K/BB in 29.1 innings for the 20-year-old