DotF: Bird promoted to Triple-A after another big game

Some news and notes:

Both 1B Greg Bird (14th) and RHP Luis Severino (16th) made this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. One of these days the molten hot OF Dustin Fowler will get some love. Maybe. Possibly. Probably not.
The Yankees have acquired OF Jake Skole from the Rangers for cash, reports Gerry Fraley. This is another “all our outfielders are getting hurt and we need warm bodies” move. Skole, 23, was the 15th overall pick in the 2010 draft, but he’s hit .228/.330/.331 (89 wRC+) in over 2,000 plate appearances since, none above Double-A.
Check out this Sam Dykstra article on Triple-A park factors. PNC Field in Scranton has been one of the most pitcher friendly parks at the Triple-A level the last few years. In fact, just about all of the parks in Yankees’ farm system are pitcher friendly according to the park factors at StatCorner. Something to keep in mind.

Triple-A Scranton (4-0 win over Pawtucket)

LF Ben Gamel: 0-4
RF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K — seven strikeouts and nine walks in his last nine games
2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
DH Austin Romine: 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K
RHP Kyle Davies: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 6/4 GB/FB — 56 of 74 pitches were strikes (76%)
RHP Chris Martin: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 13 of 18 pitches were strikes (72%) … nice rebound from that disaster outing a few days ago
RHP Branden Pinder: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 16 of 25 pitches were strikes (64%)

Double-A Trenton (10-4 win over Altoona)

CF Jake Cave: 1-5, 2 RBI, 1 K
1B Greg Bird: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — great game … his reward? a promotion to Triple-A according to multiple reports
C Gary Sanchez: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
DH Tony Renda: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
LF Mark Payton: 2-5
RHP Kyle Haynes: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GB/FB — 43 of 77 pitches were strikes (56%)
RHP Nick Goody: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 1/0 GB/FB — 23 of 28 pitches were strikes (82%) … 57/14 K/BB in 40.2 innings

High-A Tampa (3-0 loss to Clearwater)

SS Tyler Wade: 1-2, 2 BB — got picked off first … twice!
DH Miguel Andujar: 0-4, 1 K
CF Dustin Fowler: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Vicente Campos: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 7/2 GB/FB — officially off the DL and done rehabbing from Tommy John surgery

Low-A Charleston (5-3 win over Asheville)

SS Jorge Mateo: 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS — got picked off first
RF Austin Aune: 0-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K
2B Angel Aguilar: 1-5, 1 2B, 2 K
LHP Rony Bautista: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 52 of 86 pitches were strikes (60%)

Short Season Staten Island (5-1 win over Aberdeen)

CF Jeff Hendrix: 3-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — threw a runner out at first
SS Kyle Holder: 1-5
2B Thairo Estrada: 2-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — really great start to the (short) season so far
3B Drew Bridges: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
RHP Kolton Mahoney: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 6/2 GB/FB — 38 of 55 pitches were strikes (69%)

Rookie level Pulaski (4-2 win over Bluefield)

CF Carlos Vidal: 0-4, 2 K
SS Hyo-Jun Park: 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB — has a hit in seven of eight games so far
LF Nathan Mikolas: 2-4, 1 3B, 1 RBI
2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 1 K
RHP Simon De La Rosa: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 5/1 GB/FB — 14/6 K/BB in 9.1 innings

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 (9-6 loss to GCL Tigers)

SS Wilkerman Garcia: 0-3
3B Donny Sands: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — just three strikeouts in 37 plate appearances for this year’s eighth rounder (8.1 K%)
1B Chris Gittens: 2-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — last year’s 12th rounder is 11-for-30 (.367) with three doubles and two homers in ten games so far
CF Leonardo Molina: 1-5, 2 K
LF Trey Amburgey: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
RHP Juan Escorcia: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 8 B, 2 K, 2 WP, 1/1 GB/FB — the 19-year-old had Axisa grade control today
RHP Icezak Flemming: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 (7-2 loss to GCL Phillies in ten innings)

SS Yancarlos Baez: 0-3, 1 BB
2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
LF Dominic Jose: 1-4, 1 K
RHP Leonardo Garcia: 5.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 Balk, 8/2 GB/FB
RHP Brandon Stenhouse: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 3/1 GB/FB — the two GCL pitching staffs combined for 18 walks and 15 strikeouts in 18 innings today