Baseball America put together a quick study on pitchers drafted out of high school that suggests more work in the minors is better, not less. It’s an incomplete study because they’re separating injury from performance and that’s not the case (one affects the other), so don’t take it to heart. I would like to see the Yankees extend their young arms a little further, however.
Double-A Trenton (4-2 loss to Akron)
CF Shane Brown, DH Corban Joseph, 1B Luke Murton, 3B Addison Maruszak & SS Yadil Mujica: all 1-4 — Brown struck out and got hit by a pitch … Maruszak doubled and struck out twice … Mujica and Murton each struck out
2B David Adams & LF Cody Johnson: both 1-4, 1 R — Johnson hit a solo homer and struck out
RF Kevin Mahoney: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing) — first career start in the outfield, and he threw a runner out at the plate
C Jose Gil: 0-4, 1 K
RHP Mikey O’Brien: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 7/5 GB/FB — 59 of 95 pitches were strikes (62.1%)
RHP Ryan Pope: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 21 of 35 pitches were strikes (60%)
RHP Michael Dubee: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB — ten of 19 pitches were strikes
High-A Tampa (5-4 loss to Palm Beach)
LF Ramon Flores: 3-5, 2 R, 1 3B, 2 K — 17 hits in his last 41 at-bats (.415)
2B Kelvin Castro & 1B Kyle Roller: both 1-4 — Castro struck out … Roller hit a solo homer
RF Rob Segedin: 3-5, 1 RBI, 1 K — hit streak is up to 13 games
DH Neil Medchill: 1-5, 1 RBI, 4 K — 39 strikeouts in 33 games
C Kyle Higashioka: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB
CF Eduardo Sosa: 2-4 — threw a runner out at the plate
3B Garrison Lassiter: 0-3, 1 K — pinch-hitter Tyson Blaser struck out late, then Jose Toussen took his place in the field
SS Mojica Mojica: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K
LHP Kramer Sneed: 3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB
LHP Evan DeLuca: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 1 K, 0/4 GB/FB — egads
LHP Matt Bashore: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB
RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 Balk, 1/2 GB/FB — the walk was intentional
Low-A Charleston (6-3 loss to Savannah)
CF Mason Williams: 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP — also sac bunted which I hope was just a busted bunt-for-hit attempt
SS Cito Culver: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — 12 walks and 11 strikeouts this month
3B Dante Bichette Jr. & RF Tyler Austin: both 1-4, 2 K — DBJ committed a pair of throwing errors … Austin drove in a run
DH Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 1 K, 1 HBP
LF Ben Gamel, 1B Casey Stevenson & C Francisco Arcia: all 1-4 — Gamel drove in two … Stevenson struck out … Arcia scored a run
2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-4, 2 K
RHP Scottie Allen: 4 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4/3 GB/FB — so much for that recent run of solid starts
LHP Dan Mahoney: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB
RHP Phil Wetherell: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB
RHP Mariel Checo: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Triple-A Empire State had a scheduled day off.
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