Phelps, Betances get rocked in losses

Hector Noesi was one of seven non-top 100 prospect evaluated by Keith Law today (Insider req’d), and here’s a snippet of what he had to saw…

I don’t get the Yankees’ desire to stuff Noesi — who has long had success as a starter in the minors — into a limited bullpen role … Noesi lacks a plus pitch, and his control is well ahead of his command right now, but there are four roughly average or better pitches there with a fastball in the 92-94 range and both the curveball and slider will flash better than average … at least has the stuff to hold his own in a major league rotation, even if it’s just as a fifth guy for now with a chance to be more of a four or a fringy No. 3.

Meanwhile, here’s some more news, which I’ll bullet point for simplicity’s sake…

• Kevin Whelan was placed on the disabled list with who knows what. He warmed up last night, but didn’t make it into the game for whatever reason.
• Both Buddy Carlyle and Damon Sublett were activated off the disabled list.
• Rob Segedin was promoted from Low-A Charleston to High-A Tampa, which is completely unsurprising. Now there’s a reason to pay attention to the team.
• Rich Martinez was demoted from Charleston to Short Season Staten Island while Corey Maines went the other way.
• The 2012 Low-A South Atlantic League All-Star Game will be played in Charleston, which is pretty cool.
• Penn League Report has some scouting info on a quartet of Short Season Staten Island prospects, so check it out.

And finally, the games…

Triple-A Scranton (8-1 loss to Norfolk)
Austin Krum, LF & P.J. Pilittere, DH: both 0 for 4 – Krum struck out twice
Greg Golson, CF & Jordan Parraz, RF: both 0 for 3, 1 BB – Golson scored a run and threw a runner out at second … Parraz also threw a runner out at second
Kevin Russo, 3B & Jesus Montero, C: both 1 for 4 – Montero drove in a run and struck out
Brandon Laird, 1B & Luis Nunez, 2B: both 0 for 2 – Laird drove in two and struck out twice … Nunez walked
Doug Bernier, SS: 1 for 2, 1 BB
David Phelps, RHP: 5 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 5-1 GB/FB – 55 of 83 pitches were strikes (66.3%) … picked two batters off first … he allowed seven straight hits at one point, which is pretty nuts … a dozen hits allowed might actually be a DotF record, I don’t remember seeing many totals that high
George Kontos, RHP: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 15 of 26 pitches were strikes (57.7%)
Andrew Brackman, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – a dozen of his 23 pitches were strikes (52.2%)
Buddy Carlyle, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 11 of 14 pitches were strikes (78.6%)

Double-A Trenton (13-5 loss to Portland)
Ray Kruml, CF: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 K, 1 CS
Corban Joseph, 2B: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 2 BB – 13 for his last 33 (.394) with six doubles, a triple, and a homer
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K – welcome to the Eastern League
Cody Johnson, DH: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 3 K
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 0 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K
Jose Pirela, SS: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
DeAngelo Mack, LF: 0 for 5, 1 K
Jose Gil, C: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – he’s been killing in this year
Jason Place, RF: 0 for 4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Dellin Betances, RHP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 3 WP, 1 HB, 3-2 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) – 42 of 82 pitches were strikes … so, the wheels kinda came off, eh?
Naoyo Okamoto, LHP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-3 GB/FB – 31 of 49 pitches were strikes (63.3%)
Fernando Hernandez, RHP: 2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-3 GB/FB – 31 of 46 pitches were strikes (67.4%) … he has to be on the brink of release at this point, no?
Wilkins Arias, LHP: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 HB – five strikes and ten total pitches
Cory Arbiso, RHP: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1-0 GB/FB – just six of his 16 pitches were strikes (37.5%)

High-A Tampa (11-9 win over Clearwater)
Abe Almonte, CF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – three of his last four hits have been doubles
Walt Ibarra, SS: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 HBP, 1 SB, 1 CS
Kevin Mahoney, 1B: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K – 13 for his last 35 (37.1%) with a double, a triple, and two homers
Zoilo Almonte, LF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – that’s his fourth homer in five games and sixth homer in eight games … dude is en fuego
Rob Segedin, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding) – welcome to the Florida State League
Taylor Grote, RF: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Luke Murton, DH: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Kyle Higashioka, C: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – second straight game with the jack … the power tool has developed!
Kelvin Castro, 2B: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K – got picked off first
Scottie Allen, RHP: 5 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 5-6 GB/FB – sigh
Jose Quintana, LHP: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Chase Whitley, RHP: 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB – I guess a 39-10 K/BB in 46.1 IP doesn’t buy a college reliever a midseason promotion anymore

Low-A Charleston is off until Thursday for the All-Star break. The South Team beat the North Team by the score of 6-3.
J.R. Murphy, PH-DH: 0 for 2 – entered the game in the seventh
Ramon Flores, CF: 0 for 1 – entered the game in the sixth
Mikey O’Brien, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB – 16 of 26 pitches were strikes (61.5%) … he pitched the seventh

Short Season Staten Island (1-0 win over Hudson Valley in 12 innings, walk-off style)
Mason Williams, CF: 0 for 5, 3 K – ouch
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
Angelo Gumbs, 2B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS
Reymond Nunez, DH: 1 for 4, 1 BB
Ben Gamel, RF: 0 for 3, 2 BB, 1 K – four walks in five games
Cody Grice, LF: 1 for 4, 1 RBI – walk-off sac fly
Zach Wilson, 3B: 0 for 2, 1 BB
Jhorge Liccien, C: 1 for 4, 1 K
Casey Stevenson, 1B: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Steve Garrison, LHP: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6-3 GB/FB – picked a runner off first … I guess he’s on his way back from the groin injury
Fred Lewis, LHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Rich Martinez, RHP: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 1-1 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) – wow, how FIPpy of him
Mark Montgomery, RHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB – gotta work on that control, kid
Michael Recchia, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (3-2 win over GCL Braves)
Ravel Santana, CF: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K
Claudio Custodio, SS: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
Dante Bichette Jr., 3B: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP – still waiting on that first hit, but he has gotten on base three times in two games … bust!
Tyler Austin, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 K
Yeicock Calderon, RF: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K
Jackson Valera, C: 1 for 4, 1 R
Damian Taveras, DH: 1 for 2, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
Danny Lopez, PR-DH: 0 for 0, 1 R – scored the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth
Jose Alcantara, LF: 1 for 3, 1 K, 1 CS – got picked off first
Jose Rosario, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 CS, 1 E (fielding)
Caleb Cotham, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4-0 GB/FB – well well well, look at this guy … this is his first game since Sept. 4th, 2009 due to shoulder and knee issues
Taylor Morton, RHP: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6-6 GB/FB – very nice season debut
Joel De La Cruz, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB