DotF: Florial triples and Higashioka goes deep in wins

The Yankees called up RHP David Hale earlier today and, as Conor Foley notes, he was Tuesday’s scheduled starter for Triple-A Scranton. LHP Justus Sheffield is Tuesday’s scheduled starter for Double-A Trenton. Hmmm. Wonder if a promotion, even a temporary one, is in the cards. We’ll see.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (7-3 win over Toledo)

• SS Abi Avelino: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB — .356/.406/.475 through 16 games
• DH Kyle Higashioka: 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — three homers, seven walks, and seven strikeouts in 12 games
• 1B Mike Ford: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K
• RHP Chance Adams: 5.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 4/5 GB/FB — 58 of 93 pitches were strikes (62%) … 21/10 K/BB in 18.2 innings so far
• RHP Brady Lail: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 17 of 27 pitches were strikes (63%) … 11/6 K/BB in 9.2 innings
• RHP Cody Carroll: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K — 10 of 17 pitches were strikes (59%) … 11/5 K/BB in 7.1 innings … I have to think he’s next in line for a call-up whenever the Yankees decide to bring up a short reliever

Double-A Trenton Thunder (5-1 win over Portland)

• DH Trey Amburgey: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K
• CF Rashad Crawford: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
• RHP Alex Vargas: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB — 46 of 76 pitches were strikes (61%) … 20-year-old is up from Extended Spring Training to make the spot start … he’s not going to be here long, I imagine he’ll join Charleston’s rotation at some point fairly soon
• LHP Stephen Tarpley: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 34 of 48 pitches were strikes (71%) … 11/8 K/BB in 7.2 innings so far

High-A Tampa Tarpons (2-1 win over Clearwater)

• 2B Hoy Jun Park: 0-4, 1 K
• CF Estevan Florial: 1-4, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 3 K — 36.8% strikeout rate through 15 games
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 2-4, 1 RBI, 2 K
• RF Alex Palma: 0-3, 1 K — first game of the season after starting on the disabled list with an unknown injury … OF Pablo Olivares was sent to Extended Spring Training in a corresponding move
  
• SS Diego Castillo: 0-4
• RHP Nick Green: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 12/0 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) — 59 of 95 pitches were strikes (62%) … 27/4 GB/FB in 11 innings for the sinkerballer

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (3-2 loss to Greensboro)

• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 0-4, 3 K
• 2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 CS — 11-for-38 (.289) in his last eight games now, so maybe he’s starting to come around
• RF Leonardo Molina: 1-4, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
• RHP Garrett Whitlock: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HP, 15/2 GB/FB — 56 of 80 pitches were strikes (70%) … 23/6 K/BB in 15 innings this year and 45/6 K/BB in 36.1 pro innings for last year’s 18th rounder