Baseball America (subs. req’d) listed 24 breakout prospects for 2019. Three are Yankees: OF Antonio Cabello, RHP Deivi Garcia, and OF Everson Pereira. “He’s a strike-thrower with quick arm speed on a low-90s fastball that touches 95 mph and a sharp, tight-spinning curveball that dives underneath the barrels of hitters to help him pile up whiffs,” says the Garcia write-up.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (5-4 loss to Lehigh Valley)
- DH Mike Ford: 2-4, 1 R, 2 K
- SS Thairo Estrada: 0-4, 1 K
- 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — had been 1-for-11 (.091) in his first three games
- C Kyle Higashioka: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
- RHP Drew Hutchison: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 6 K, 2 HR, 4/3 GB/FB — 54 of 94 pitches were strikes (57%)
- RHP J.P. Feyereisen: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 20 of 30 pitches were strikes (67%)
- RHP Joe Harvey: 1 IP, zeroes, 1/2 GB/FB — six pitches, three strikes
Double-A Trenton Thunder (4-3 win over Akron)
- RF Ben Ruta: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — the 2016 30th rounder quietly hit .300/.350/.441 (124 wRC+) in 119 games for Tampa and Trenton last year
- 2B Brandon Wagner: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K — here’s video of his double
- 1B Chris Gittens: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
- CF Rashad Crawford: 1-4
- RHP Garrett Whitlock: 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 10/2 GB/FB — 60 of 80 pitches were strikes (75%) … not dominant, but a fine season debut
- RHP Daniel Alvarez: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — nine pitches, seven strikes
High-A Tampa Tarpons (2-0 loss to St. Lucie)
- CF Pablo Olivares: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — 1-for-14 through five games
- 2B Diego Castillo: 0-4, 1 K — 0-for-16 through five games
- LF Isiah Gilliam: 0-3, 2 K
- DH Dermis Garcia: 1-3
- C Donny Sands: 0-3, 1 K
- RHP Miguel Yajure: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 5/0 GB/FB — 39 of 61 pitches were strikes (64%), plus he picked a runner off first … not sure why he exited after only three innings, but it could’ve been a pitch count thing … he was one of my not top 30 prospects and hopefully he didn’t get hurt
The Low-A Charleston RiverDogs were rained out. They’re going to play a doubleheader tomorrow.
The Short Season Staten Island Yankees, Rookie Pulaski Yankees, and two Rookie Gulf Coast League Yankees teams begin play in June.