DotF: Cave homers, Bird continues rehab in Scranton’s win

Three quick notes to get us started:

• OF Estevan Florial was placed on the High-A Tampa DL, the team announced. Not sure what’s wrong with him but Antonio Mendes says it’s nothing serious. The fact the Yankees bumped up a GCL kid (OF Jordan Scott) to replace Florial on the roster suggests it’ll be a short-term thing.
• Eric Longenhagen released his midseason top 100 prospects list and it includes four Yankees: SS Gleyber Torres (6th), OF Clint Frazier (40th), RHP Chance Adams (64th), and OF Estevan Florial (77th). LHP Justus Sheffield was among the honorable mentions.
• C Donny Sands made an appearance in Baseball Prospectus’ latest Notes from the Field. His write-up is above the pay wall, so check that out. “Potential backup catcher, likely up and down Triple-A backstop,” said the blurb.

Triple-A Scranton (5-4 win over Gwinnett)

• CF Jake Cave: 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — 14 homers in 55 games with Scranton … 14 homers in 55 games!
• DH Greg Bird: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI — here’s video of his first single and second single
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4
• 1B Ji-Man Choi: 2-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing)
• LF Mason Williams: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
• RHP Brady Lail: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 6/7 GB/FB — 62 of 91 pitches were strikes (68%)
• RHP Gio Gallegos: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 0/1 GB/FB — 16 of 24 pitches were strikes (67%) …65/10 K/BB in 39 innings down here
• RHP Ben Heller: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — ten of 17 pitches were strikes (59%) … 21/2 K/BB in his last 10.1 innings

Double-A Trenton (4-3 win over Akron) their magic number to clinch a postseason spot is one

• CF Jeff Hendrix: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K — 21-for-40 (.525) during his ten-game hitting streak
• 2B Nick Solak: 0-2, 1 BB
• SS Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
• 1B Ryan McBroom: 0-3, 1 K, 1 HBP
• 3B Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B
• RHP Domingo Acevedo: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 5/4 GB/FB — 46 of 71 pitches were strikes (65%)

High-A Tampa‘s doubleheader was rained out. Both games were cancelled and will not made up. They did play an inning and a half in the first game before the rain started. Here’s the box score. C Donny Sands had a double and that’s pretty much it.

Low-A Charleston (7-2 win over Greenville)

• CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 1-4, 1 BB
• 2B Diego Castillo: 3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 13-for-35 (.371) in his last eight games
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 3-4, 3 R, 2 2B, 1 BB
• DH Steven Sensley: 1-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI — took Red Sox LHP Jason Groome deep
• SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
• RHP Alex Vargas: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6/6 GB/FB — 53 of 81 pitches were strikes (65%)

Short Season Staten Island (4-0 win over Connecticut)

• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 0-3, 1 BB
• RF Timmy Robinson: 1-2, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 K
• RHP Juan De Paula: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 7/4 GB/FB — 55 of 97 pitches were strikes (57%) … last two starts: 13 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 12 K

Rookie Pulaski Game One (5-4 loss to Greeneville in seven innings)

• C Kyle Higashioka: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 8-for-16 with three doubles and five homers in five rehab games, so I guess he’s feeling good at the plate
• DH Eric Wagaman: 0-3, 2 K
• SS Jesus Bastidas: 1-3
• RF Frederick Cuevas: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
• LHP Dalton Lehnen: 3 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) — 43 of 70 pitches were strikes (61%)

Rookie Pulaski Game Two (10-0 loss to Greenville in seven innings) makeup of their July 23rd rainout

• CF Frederick Cuevas: 0-4, 2 K
• C Saul Torres: 0-3, 1 K
• 1B Eric Wagaman: 2-3, 1 K
• SS Jesus Bastidas: 1-2, 1 BB
• RHP Kyle Zurak: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 31 of 53 pitches were strikes

Rookie GCL Yanks East‘s game was suspended due to rain with two outs in the top of the seventh. Here’s the box score. They’re going to complete the game on August 25th.

Rookie GCL Yanks West (12-1 win over GCL Tigers West)

• SS Oswald Peraza: 2-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3 K, 1 HBP
• RF Juan De Leon: 1-2, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 HBP
• 1B-3B Miguel Flames: 3-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 BB — 16-for-40 (.400) with three walks and three strikeouts during his eleven-game hitting streak
• CF Jonathan Amundaray: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K — in an 8-for-51 (.157) slump
• RHP Jhonatan Munoz: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 3/7 GB/FB