DotF: Thairo Estrada returns to action in Tampa’s win

Both RHP Anyelo Gomez and RHP Glenn Otto were placed on the 7-day DL today, it was announced. I have no idea what’s wrong with either guy. Gomez left last night’s start with an injury. Otto made his scheduled start last week and wasn’t put on the disabled list until today. Might be something minor, and they were waiting to see whether it would clear up before his scheduled start today. When it didn’t, he went on the disabled list. Shrugs.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (6-3 loss to Gwinnett)

• 3B Gleyber Torres: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — that’s eight straight starts at third base
• C Kyle Higashioka: 0-5, 1 R, 1 SB — Higgy stolen base! … it’s the third of his career and his first since May 2012 … the box score for that game is pretty fun
• 1B Mike Ford: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Abi Avelino: 3-4, 1 RBI — got picked off first … hitting .356/.420/.489 through 13 games
• RHP David Hale: 4 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 6/0 GB/FB — 53 of 84 pitches were strikes (63%)
• RHP Jonathan Holder: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 11 of 16 pitches were strikes (69%)
• RHP Cody Carroll: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — nine pitches, four strikes … the Yankees are down to two healthy 40-man roster pitchers in the minors (Holder and RHP Jonathan Loaisiga), so I wonder if we’ll see Carroll up at some point fairly soon

Double-A Trenton Thunder Game One (2-1 win over Erie in seven innings)

• 3B Gosuke Katoh: 0-2, 1 RBI
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K — lowered his strikeout rate to 47.7%
• DH Trey Amburgey: 0-3, 1 K
• CF Rashad Crawford: 1-3, 1 R
• RHP Erik Swanson: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 61 of 95 pitches were strikes (64%) … first earned run he’s allowed this season

Double-A Trenton Thunder Game Two (3-2 loss to Erie in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s snow out

• 1B Gosuke Katoh: 0-3, 1 BB — in a 3-for-20 (.150) rut
• CF Rashad Crawford: 0-3, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-3, 3 K — strikeout rate is back up to 51.1%
• LF Trey Amburgey: 1-3, 1 R, 2 K
• RHP Brian Keller: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 9/3 GB/FB — 65 of 100 pitches were strikes … nine runs allowed in 10.1 innings so far this year … he allowed his ninth run in his 25th inning last year

High-A Tampa Tarpons (12-0 win over Daytona)

• 2B Diego Castillo: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
• CF Estevan Florial: 1-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• SS Thairo Estrada: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K — first game action since being shot in the hip during a botched robbery in January … he’s already playing shortstop, which is a pretty good indication he’s moving well and all that … they’re not easing him back into things at DH
• LF Isiah Gilliam: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 K — 17-for-36 (.472) with four doubles and two homers during his eight-game hitting streak
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 K — that’s now four homers in 13 games this season after hitting seven homers in 110 games last year
• RF Pablo Olivares: 3-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — Not Top 30 Prospect is 10-for-33 (.303) with two homers in eleven games so far
• RHP Trevor Stephan: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 57 of 88 pitches were strikes (65%) … 22/3 K/BB in 16 innings this year and 66/9 K/BB in 50.1 pro innings for last year’s third rounder
• LHP Trevor Lane: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 20 of 27 pitches were strikes (74%) … 12/0 K/BB in 7.1 innings so far

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (5-4 loss to West Virginia)

• SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 2B Wilkerman Garcia: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Steven Sensley: 0-5, 5 K — threw a runner out at third … had five strikeouts in his previous seven games combined
• RHP Rony Garcia: 5.2 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 4/4 GB/FB — 63 of 89 pitches were strikes (71%) … 8/0 K/BB in 10.2 innings so far
• RHP Kyle Zurak: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB — 22 of 33 pitches were strikes (67%) … 10/2 K/BB in 8.1 innings for last year’s eighth rounder