Josh Norris (no subs. req’d) has a good write-up on RHP Yoendrys Gomez, who the Yankees signed for $50,000 two years ago. Here’s video of his most recent start. “Two scouts in attendance came away impressed with Gomez, particularly with the feel for his secondaries and the overall ingredients for someone just starting his path up the ladder,” said the write-up.
The Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are still playing after a lengthy rain delay. Here’s the box score. I’m not going to be around for the end of this one, so check out the box score. LHP Justus Sheffield started.
Double-A Trenton Thunder (4-2 loss to Binghamton)
- SS Kyle Holder: 1-4, 2 K
- CF Trey Amburgey: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP — been tearing the cover off the ball for a good month now
- 1B Ryan McBroom: 2-4, 1 R — 26-year-old is hitting .305/.342/.470 in 89 games split between Double-A and Triple-A
- 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
- RHP Trevor Stephan: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1/4 GB/FB — 61 of 90 pitches were strikes (68%) … 19 runs allowed in his last five starts and 22 innings
- LHP Phil Diehl: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1/3 GB/FB — 18 of 29 pitches were strikes (62%)
High-A Tampa Tarpons (4-3 loss to Dunedin)
- CF Estevan Florial: 0-4, 1 K
- 2B Gleyber Torres: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — played seven innings in the field as scheduled … he’s supposed to rest tomorrow, then play again Monday … the hope is he’ll be ready to rejoin the Yankees on Wednesday
- 1B Brandon Wagner: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (pickoff) — that’s 20 homers in 87 games now … he hit 19 homers in 216 games from 2015-17 … Mike Ford and Jake Cave led the system with 20 homers last season … Wagner has a chance to become the first Yankees farmhand to hit 30 homers in a season since Pete O’Brien hit 33 in 2014
- DH Isiah Gilliam: 0-3, 1 HBP
- SS Diego Castillo: 0-4
- LHP Dalton Lehnen: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 7/2 GB/FB — 46 of 78 pitches were strikes (59%)
Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (2-1 win over Rome)
- 2B Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 SB
- SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4, 1 K — 16-for-47 (.340) in his last 12 games
- 1B Dermis Garcia: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
- CF Leonardo Molina: 2-3, 1 2B
- RHP Janson Junk: 6 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 52 of 86 pitches were strikes (60%)
The Short Season Staten Island Yankees were rained out. They’re going to play a doubleheader tomorrow.
Rookie Pulaski Yankees (4-2 loss to Bluefield)
- 2B Ezequiel Duran: 0-5, 2 K
- CF Everson Pereira: 1-4, 2 K — 21-for-50 (.420) in his last 13 games
- 3B Nelson Gomez: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- RHP Pedro Espinal: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 3/2 GB/FB — 44 of 82 pitches were strikes (64%)
The Rookie GCL Yankees East were rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on July 31st.
The Rookie GCL Yankees West had their game suspended after the top of the first. Here’s the box score. C Anthony Seigler was in the lineup for the first time since July 4th. He’d been nursing a minor hamstring issue. This game will be completed on July 31st.