Williams stays hot in Tampa win

Lots and lots of notes:

• 2B Corban Joseph is done for the year following shoulder surgery, Brian Cashman confirmed to Chad Jennings. He’s had shoulder trouble in the past as well. Have to think this makes him a call-up/60-day DL candidate to free up a 40-man spot in the second half.
• Both OF Brennan Boesch (shoulder) and LHP Vidal Nuno (ground) received PRP injections, according to Jennings. Cashman indicated Boesch is closer to returning than Nuno, but that doesn’t mean he’ll be back soon.
• 1B Kyle Roller has been activated off the Double-A Trenton DL, reports Josh Norris. I guess that serious ankle/leg injury wasn’t so serious after all. OF Shane Brown was placed on the phantom DL to clear a roster spot.
• OF Tyler Austin had the MRI on his right wrist today, according to Norris. The results won’t be available until tomorrow. He’s currently on the DL and x-rays showed no fracture.
• Both UTIL Addison Maruszak and OF Fernando Martinez were retroactively placed on the Triple-A Scranton DL according to Donnie Collins. No idea what is wrong with either guy or how long they’ll be out.
• In his collection of Futures Game notes (subs. req’d), Keith Law said RHP Rafael DePaula has “a very quick arm and threw hard, 92-96, flashing a changeup, but not showing enough secondary stuff to make any kind of evaluation.” He only threw a handful of offspeed pitches in his scoreless inning of work.
• The Yankees have signed Princeton IF/RHP Mike Ford as an undrafted free agent, reports Norris. He hit .320/.443/.503 while pitching to a 0.98 ERA with a 32/13 K/BB in 64 innings, and became the first player in history to win both the Ivy League Player and Pitcher of the Year Awards. Ford will join Short Season Staten Island, though I have no idea if he’ll play the field or pitch.

Triple-A Scranton is off until tomorrow for the All-Star break. Here is the box score for the All-Star Game, which started late because it’s out on the West Coast. OF Thomas Neal and RHP Chris Bootcheck were the only Yankees farmhands elected to the game.

Double-A Trenton (6-5 loss to Reading)

• CF Slade Heathcott: 1-4, 1 R
• RF Yeral Sanchez: 3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI — up from Tampa to cover for Austin
• DH Andrew Clark: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI — came into this game in an 8-for-36 (.222) slump
• SS Carmen Angelini: 0-4, 2 K — Double-A has not been nearly as kind as High-A was earlier this year
• RHP Graham Stoneburner: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 12 of 18 pitches were strikes
• LHP Cesar Cabral: 1 IP, zeroes, 0/3 GB/FB — all six pitches were strikes … three hits, one walk, four strikeouts, and zero runs in his last seven innings

High-A Tampa (4-3 loss to Jupiter)

• CF Mason Williams: 3-5, 1 R — .334/.367/.418 in his last 150 plate appearances
• RF Taylor Dugas: 2-5
• 3B Peter O’Brien: 3-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — leads the system with 16 homers
• C Gary Sanchez: 2-4, 1 K — picked a runner off first
• LF Ben Gamel: 0-4, 1 K
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-2, 1 BB — .102/.179/.102 in his last 14 games
• RHP David Herndon: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (4-3 loss to Greensboro)

• SS Cito Culver: 2-5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
• 1B Greg Bird: 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB — walk rate is up to 19.8%
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS — either two hits or zero hits in each of his last ten games
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-3, 1 BB
• CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B
• LHP Dan Camarena: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 2/8 GB/FB — gave up a homer to 3B Colin Moran, the sixth overall pick in last month’s draft, in his first pro at-bat … four walks in his last 42 innings (0.88 BB/9)

Short Season Staten Island (8-6 loss to Batavia)

• LF Michael O’Neill: 0-5, 3 K, 1 E (throwing) — threw a runner out at the plate … 39 strikeouts in 121 plate appearances (32.2%) with only five walks (4.1%)
• 3B Eric Jagielo: 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — seven hits in his last 13 at-bats (.538)
• RF Yeicok Calderon: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — Yeicokshot!
• CF Brandon Thomas: 0-5, 4 K
• RHP Cale Coshow: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 16/8 K/BB in 17.1 innings
• RHP David Palladino: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 0/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks1 Game One (4-0 win over GCL Braves in seven innings) completion of the July 2nd game, which was suspended due to rain in the middle of the fifth inning

• SS Tyler Wade: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-3, 1 BB
• RF Austin Aune: 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Hayden Sharp: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 Balk, 8/2 GB/FB — pitched the original game, not today
• LHP Tim Flight: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2/3 GB/FB — last year’s 17th rounder has a 45/27 K/BB in 52.1 career innings

Rookie GCL Yanks1 Game Two (8-3 win over GCL Braves in seven innings) completed early due to rain

• SS Tyler Wade: 2-2, 2 R, 2 BB — .347/.492/.388 with 13 walks and 13 strikeouts in 16 games
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — .302/.441/.604 with 12 walks and ten strikeout in 17 games
• 1B Chris Breen: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI — nine hits in his last 22 at-bat (.409) with three doubles, a triple, and a homer
• RF Austin Aune & 3B Chris Tamarez: both 1-3, 1 R — Aune struck out once
• RHP Brady Lail: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 6/2 GB/FB — rain-shortened, yes, but it’s not often you see a complete-game at this level … 29/4 K/BB in 25.1 innings for one of my Not Top 30 Prospects

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (4-1 loss to GCL Pirates)

• SS Thairo Estrada: 0-3, 1 BB
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-2, 1 K — first game of the season following an unknown injury … he played five innings in the field
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 0-4, 2 K
• RF Daniel Aldrich: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 K — just sent down from Staten Island
• LHP Jose Diaz: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB — pro debut for last year’s 29th rounder
• RHP Angel Rincon: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 11/1 GB/FB — hooray ground balls