Frankie Piliere threw some love the Yankees’ way in his mid-season Top 25 prospects list. He’s got Jesus Montero at #5, Austin Romine at #15, and Gary Sanchez at #25. Montero’s fine, but the other two seem like aggressive rankings. Nothing wrong with that, nice to see someone stick their neck out there and go against the grain.
David Phelps has been promoted up to Triple-A, so congrats to him. He’s put just 86 men on base while striking out 86 with a 46.3% ground ball rate in 88.1 IP, so clearly he was ready for the next level.
Triple-A Scranton (8-6 win over Pawtucket)
Justin Christian, RF-LF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB – 13 for his last 38 (.342) with six walks & three strikeouts
Marcus Thames, LF: 2 for 4 – playing six innings in the field by design
Greg Golson, LF: 1 for 2, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Eduardo Nunez, 3B: 3 for 6, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 2 SB – 17 SB against just three CS (85%)
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K – 11 for his last 29 (.379) with four doubles, two homers, five walks & four strikeouts … love that he’s turned it around, good to see
Jorge Vazquez, 1B: 1 for 4, 2 RBI, 2 K
Rene Rivera, DH: 2 for 4, 1 RBI
Reid Gorecki, CF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB – got picked off first
Reegie Corona, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K
Eric Bruntlett, SS: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Ivan Nova: 7 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 8-10 GB/FB – 61 of 97 pitches were strikes (70.9%)
Royce Ring: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 10 of his 16 pitches were strikes (62.5%)
Zack Segovia: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 11 of his 20 pitches were strikes
Jon Albaladejo: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 0-1 GB/FB – both of his pitches were strikes … gotta love the two pitch save
Double-A Trenton (4-1 win over Harrisburg)
Dan Brewer, LF: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K
Austin Krum, CF: 0 for 4, 2 K – threw a runner out at the plate
Austin Romine, C: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – five for his last 23 (.217)
Brandon Laird, 3B: 0 for 3, 1 BB – four for his last 18 (.222)
Jose Gil, DH & Edwar Gonzalez, RF: both 2 for 4, 1 RBI – Gil doubled … Edwar hit a solo jack & scored another run
Marcos Vechionacci, 1B & Matt Cusick, 2B: both 0 for 3 – Vech walked & K’ed … Cusick got hit by a pitch & K’ed twice
Luis Nunez, SS: 2 for 3, 1 R
Cory Arbiso: 4 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4-6 GB/FB – spot start in place of Phelps
J.B. Cox: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 4-2 GB/FB – just four strikeouts in 9.1 IP … still early for him, but you’d like to see some more K’s
Kevin Whelan: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
High-A Tampa‘s game was suspended due to rain with one out in the top of the fourth. Manny Banuelos was make his first start with team, and has struck out four while allowing one unearned run in 3.1 IP before the rain came. They’re resume the game tomorrow, which is when I’ll update the stats, but here’s the box score if you’re interested.
Low-A Charleston
Game One (4-2 win over Augusta in 7 innings) makeup of yesterday’s rain out
Slade Heathcott, CF, Neil Medchill, LF, Kelvin Castro, SS & Emerson Landoni, 1B: all 0 for 3 – Heathcott drew a walk, scored a run & K’ed … Castro K’ed twice, Medchill & Landoni once each
J.R. Murphy, DH: 0 for 2
Jimmy Paredes, 2B: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – 14 for his last 40 (.350)
Rob Lyerly, 3B & DeAngelo Mack, RF: both 1 for 3 – Lyerly drove in a run & scored another … Mack doubled & K’ed
Brett Marshall: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 6-4 GB/FB – first game up from his short little rehab stint with the GCL Yanks … find performance 12 months out from Tommy John surgery
Francisco Gil: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB
Game Two (4-1 win over August in 7 innings)
Slade Heathcott: 0 for 4 – he’s just four for his last 33 (.121) … Baseball America had a nice little puff piece on his today (sub. only, sorry)
Kelvin Castro, SS: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Jimmy Paredes, 2B & Emerson Landoni, 1B: 0 for 1, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K – both guys got picked off first, but Landoni also stole a base
Neil Medchill, LF & Rob Lyerly, 3B: both 1 for 2, 1 BB – Medchill homered, got picked off first & drove in two .. Lyerly doubled, K’ed & committed a throwing error
J.R. Murphy, DH: 0 for 3, 1 K
Josh Romanski: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 2-5 GB/FB – 32-8 K/BB ratio in 32 IP … not bad for a guy that hasn’t pitched since 2008
Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (8-5 win over Brooklyn)
Eduardo Sosa, CF: 1 for 5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K – eight for his last 31 (.258) with four doubles, a triple & a homer
Casey Stevenson, 2B & Luis Parache, 3B: both 2 for 4 – Stevenson K’ed … Parache hit a two run jack as part of back-to-back homers with Sosa & committed a throwing error
Shane Brown, DH: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Kyle Roller, 1B & Kelvin DeLeon, RF: both 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 K – Roller drove in a run
Kevin Mahoney, 3B: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Mike Ferraro, LF: 0 for 3, 2 K
Jeff Farnham, C: 1 for 3, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Wilton Rodriguez: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 7-2 GB/FB
Michael Recchia: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 5-1 GB/FB
Chase Whitley: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-1 GB/FB – third two inning save in the last eight days … he’s quickly becoming a personal fave
Rookie GCL Yanks (4-2 loss to GCL Braves) wasn’t exactly a banner day for the defense
Kelvin Duran, CF: 3 for 5, 1 2B, 1 E (fielding)
Anderson Felix, 2B, Fu-Lin Kuo, 3B & Judd Golsan, RF: all 0 for 4 – Felix stole a base, scored a run & K’ed twice … Kuo K’ed thrice & committed a throwing error … Golsan is 0 for his last 18, one for his last 25, three for his last 32
Gary Sanchez, C: 2 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 3 PB – he’s had a hit in every game so far
Reymond Nunez, 1B & Cito Culver, DH: both 0 for 3, 1 K – Nunez drew a walk & botched a pickoff for an error … Culver scored a run
Henry Pena, LF: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Jose Rosario, SS: 1 for 3, 4 E (missed catch, three fielding) – can’t say I remember many four error games
Nik Turley: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 3-5 GB/FB – hasn’t allowed an ER since his first start
Erick Tapia: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3-1 GB/FB – picked a runner off first
Joel Marte: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-1 GB/FB
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