DotF: Gomez homers, Guzman dominates in Staten Island win

Got some notes to get us started:

• RHP Nick Rumbelow has been moved up from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton, the team announced. Rumblin’ Rumbelow has a 2.38 ERA (1.40 FIP) with 15 strikeouts and three walks in his first 11.1 innings back from Tommy John surgery.
• SS Jorge Mateo was named the Eastern League Offensive Player of the Week following his first week in Double-A. He’s went 12-for-23 (.522) with three triples and a homer in six games last week. It would be so rad if Mateo could rebuild some prospect value these final two months of the minor league season. The more productive high-end prospects at the upper levels, the better.
• Make sure you check out 2080 Baseball’s latest scouting reports on Mateo, 2B Nick Solak, and RHP Dillon Tate. “(He) projects to have three plus-or-better pitches in his arsenal, which are the makings of a future Role 60 number three starter at maturity,” said the Tate write-up.
• The Yankees have signed Alabama-Birmingham RHP Garrett Whitlock, their 18th round pick, according to a family member on Twitter. No word on his bonus, though I doubt it exceeds the $125,000 slot for picks after the tenth round. Whitlock was awesome in the Cape Cod League last year, sitting mid-90s with a nasty slider. He had a back injury this spring and his stuff backed up.
• The Yankees have signed Manhattan SS Jose Carrera as an undrafted free agent, reports Dan Martin. “This game is not about size. The biggest thing you can have in this game is your heart, and the mental side of it. If you’re tough and you believe in yourself, you can succeed,” said the 5-foot-2 Carrera. He hit .274/.344/.381 in four years with the Jaspers.

Triple-A Scranton (6-5 win over Pawtucket) they scored five runs in the top of the ninth to win

• 2B Donovan Solano: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 15-for-38 (.395) during his nine-game hitting streak
• DH Ji-Man Choi: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — had the go-ahead two-run double during that ninth inning rally … Bill Koch says it clanked off a rehabbing Brock Holt’s glove in left field
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
• LF Billy McKinney: 3-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — 6-for-16 (.375) with a double and two homers in four Triple-A games
• SS Abi Avelino: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• RHP Ronald Herrera: 6 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4/6 GB/FB — 48 of 73 pitches were strikes (66%)
• RHP Jonathan Holder: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — eleven of 16 pitches were strikes (69%) … first appearance since being sent down
• RHP Nick Rumbelow: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 21 of 38 pitches were strikes (55%) … first Triple-A appearance since blowing out his elbow last April

Double-A Trenton (11-6 win over New Hampshire)

• CF Jorge Mateo: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — got picked off first … now 14-for-27 (.519) with one double, three triples, one homer, and six walks in seven Double-A games
• LF Tito Polo: 0-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — got picked off first
• SS Thairo Estrada: 2-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K — 24-for-72 (.333) during his 16-game hitting streak
• DH Rashad Crawford: 1-5, 4 K
• RHP Zack Littell: 6 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 8/4 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 71 of 110 pitches were strikes (65%) … a rare tough start for Mr. Littell
• RHP Will Carter: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 22 of 30 pitches were strikes (73%)
• RHP Colten Brewer: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — only nine of 19 pitches were strikes (47%)

High-A Tampa (3-2 win over Clearwater)

• CF Trey Amburgey: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — threw a runner out at third
• 2B Nick Solak: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — sixth homer of the season and his fourth in his last 15 games
• LF Alex Palma: 2-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• RHP Jose Mesa Jr.: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 29 of 43 pitches were strikes (67%) in the spot start
• LHP James Reeves: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 23 of 31 pitches were strikes (74%) … 18/2 K/BB in 17.2 innings since coming back from an elbow sprain … the Yankees brought him in to big league camp this year, so they like him and think he has at least left-on-left matchup potential … they don’t bring nobody’s to big league camp
  

Low-A Charleston (5-1 win over Augusta)

• 2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K — 11.0 BB% and 16.2 K% this year after 11.0 BB% and 23.2 K% last year at the same level
• SS Diego Castillo: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
• CF Estevan Florial: 0-2, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 K — all the attention is on the unsightly 30.5% strikeout rate, though he’s pairing it with a strong 12.1% walk rate
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K
• C Donny Sands: 0-4, 1 R, 1 K
• RHP Freicer Perez: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 2 HB, 4/5 GB/FB — 63 of 95 pitches were strikes (66%) … 49/11 K/BB in his last eight starts and 49.1 innings

Short Season Staten Island (5-0 win over Tri-City)

• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB
• 2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — got picked off second
• CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• RF Leonardo Molina: 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 K
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — had been 2-for-19 (.105) in his first six games of the season
• RHP Jorge Guzman: 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 5/3 GB/FB — 64 of 90 pitches were strikes (71%) … 1.53 ERA with 21/4 K/BB in 17 innings for the second guy in the Brian McCann trade
  
• LHP Jeff Degano: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K — four strikes, eleven pitches … and thus begins the process of un-yips-ing Degano … he walked 25 batters in 5.2 innings last season (!)
• RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB — 23 of 36 pitches were strikes (64%) … he’s thrown 7.1 innings down here since coming back from Tommy John surgery, so I have to think he’s moving up to Double-A or Triple-A reasonably soon

Rookie Pulaski (7-1 win over Johnson City)

• CF Pablo Olivares: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 HBP
• RF Steven Sensley: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — this year’s 12th rounder is 8-for-24 (.333) with three doubles and two homers in seven pro games
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• 1B Andrew Chaparro: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — had gone 3-for-24 (.125) in his last seven games
• LF Brayan Emery: 1-4, 1 HBP
• C Saul Torres: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — got picked off first … 5-for-29 (.172) with 14 strikeouts for the 18-year-old $300,000 bonus baby
• LHP Dalton Lehnen: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GB/FB — 24 of 35 pitches were strikes (69%)
• RHP Dallas Martinez: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB — 18 of 28 pitches were strikes (64%) … I forgot about this guy … he didn’t pitch at all in 2016 and this is his 2017 debut, so he was probably hurt

The two Rookie GCL Yanks affiliates were rained out. They were due to face each other for the first time this season. They’re going to make this one up as part of a doubleheader on July 19th.