DotF: Dermis Garcia and Isiah Gilliam carry Tampa to a win

Got some links and notes to pass along:

Both RHP Luis Gil (No. 7) and 1B Dermis Garcia (No. 13) made this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. “Garcia is a bit of a one-tricky pony, but that one trick—massive raw power—sure is fun to watch when a pitch comes right into his swing path,” says the write-up.
With Nationals OF Victor Robles having graduated to the big leagues, Baseball America (subs. req’d) updated their top 100 prospects list, and RHP Jonathan Loaisiga now slots in at No. 100. He’s the only Yankee on the list.
MLB.com picked each team’s closer of the future. RHP Luis Gil was their pick for the Yankees. “Gil can hit 101 mph with his four-seam fastball and generates crazy spin rates on his power curveball,” says the write-up. Here’s video of Gil’s last outing.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (8-1 loss to Rochester)

LF Trey Amburgey: 0-4, 2 K
SS Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — five homers in 13 games this year after hitting five homers in 118 games with Trenton last year … I’m kinda glad we’re shutting down RAB before I have to start figuring out what’s real and what’s noise with the MLB ball in Triple-A
1B Ryan McBroom: 1-3, 1 2B
LHP Nestor Cortes: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 3/5 GB/FB — 58 of 91 pitches were strikes (64%)
LHP Rex Brothers: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 0/2 GB/FB — 20 of 37 pitches were strikes (54%) … 10/4 K/BB in seven innings, which is better than I would’ve guessed

Double-A Trenton Thunder Game One (6-4 loss to New Hampshire in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

2B Hoy Jun Park: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B — 8-for-24 (.333) during his little five-game hitting streak
SS Kyle Holder: 0-3, 1 K
RF Ben Ruta: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB — hitting .434/.516/.623 with more extra-base hits (nine) and walks (nine) than strikeouts (eight) through 14 games
DH Brandon Wagner: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K
RHP Trevor Stephan: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 57 of 94 pitches were strikes (61%) … started the game with four scoreless innings, then the wheels came off in the fifth … 24/12 K/BB in 14 innings … the strikeouts are good, the walks not so much

SS Hoy Jun Park: 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 K — nice day at the park … now 10-for-27 (.371) during his six-game hitting streak
DH Ben Ruta: 1-4
1B Brandon Wagner: 0-4, 1 K
RHP Nick Green: 5 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 10/4 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 43 of 68 pitches were strikes (63%) … 13/5 K/BB and a 60.4% in 17.1 innings, and also a 7.79 ERA
RHP Domingo Acevedo: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1/2 GB/FB — 12 of 20 pitches were strikes (60%) … first earned runs he’s allowed this year, his first as a full-time reliever (9 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K in his first five appearances)

High-A Tampa Tarpons (5-3 win over Charlotte)

CF Pablo Olivares: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 CS
SS Diego Castillo: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — now 12-for-34 (.353) during his nine-game hitting streak
2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-5, 1 K
1B Dermis Garcia: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — hitting .324/.356/.647 through 18 games … he also has a 25/4 K/BB, but we can conveniently ignore that right now
LF Isiah Gilliam: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — threw a runner out at the plate … now hitting .344/.429/.574 through 17 games … he spent all of last season with Tampa, so I could see a promotion to Trenton relatively soon … could be Ruta goes to Scranton and Gilliam takes his spot with Trenton when the time comes
C Donny Sands: 1-4
RHP Clarke Schmidt: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 6/2 GB/FB — 50 of 85 pitches were strikes (59%) … he was marvelous on Opening Day, but in three starts since: 12.2 IP, 18 H, 10 R, 7 ER, 9 BB, 13 K

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (5-2 loss to Kannapolis)

CF Brandon Lockridge: 0-4, 2 K
2B Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding)
RF Josh Stowers: 1-2, 1 R, 1 SB — left the game for an unknown reason in the sixth inning
C Josh Breaux: 0-4, 2 K — 4-for-22 (.182) with eleven strikeouts in his last five games
DH Canaan Smith: 0-3, 1 K
RHP Roansy Contreras: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 7/6 GB/FB — 58 of 91 pitches were strikes (64%) … 16/5 K/BB in 19 innings

The Short Season Staten Island Yankees, Rookie Pulaski Yankees, and two Rookie Gulf Coast League Yankees teams begin play in June.