Core Four? No Joe Buck, these Yankees roll 25 deep.
Montero struggling early in Venezuela
The Arizona Fall League was off today, so let’s recap what’s going on in Latin America…
Dominican Winter League
Abe Almonte: 2 G, no plate appearances
Wilkins Arias: 4 G, 4 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1.50 GB/FB
Ivan Nova: 2 G, 1 GS, 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 5.50 GB/FB – just a few more weeks and he’ll be on the 40-man roster
Jon Ortiz: 3 G, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1.00 GB/FB
Jose Valdez: 4 G, 5 IP, zeroes, 5 K, 1.00 GB/FB
Josue Calzado: 1 G, 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 0.00 GB/FB
Noel Castillo, Gabriel Tatis, Jairo Heredia, Hector Noesi, Juan Miranda, and Eduardo Nunez are all listed on various DWL rosters, bt have not yet appeared in a game.
Mexican Pacific League
Walt Ibarra: 8 G, 5 for 8 (.625), 6 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
Humberto Sanchez: 1 G, 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2.00 GB/FB
Danny Gil is on the same team as Ibarra, however he hasn’t played yet.
Venezuelan Winter League
Luis Nunez: 9 G, 8 for 31 (.258), 0 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K, 0 SB, 0 CS
Edwar Gonzalez: 12 G, 9 for 36 (.250), 5 R, 0 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 7 K, 2 SB, 1 CS
Jesus Montero: 7 G, 3 for 22 (.136), 2 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K, 0 SB, 0 CS – ZOMG teh bust
Reegie Corona: 10 G, 7 for 21 (.333), 5 R, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 SB, 0 CS
Marcos Vechionacci: 5 G, 4 for 9 (.444), 2 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 0 SB, 0 CS
Josh Schmidt: 3 GS, 13.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 12 K, 2.11 GB/FB – he was great with Double-A Trenton, but I don’t think the Yanks will give him a 40-man spot this offseason … he could be some Rule 5 Draft fodder
Pat Venditte: 4 G, 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1.75 GB/FB
Romulo Sanchez: 6 G, 4 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 6 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 1.00 GB/FB – I think he got traded in the VWL, because he’s played for two teams … he’s still Yanks’ property, though
Juan Marcano, Jose Gil, Emerson Landoni, and Eduardo Sosa are all in the league, but haven’t gotten into a game yet.
The Puerto Rican League season doesn’t start until mid-November, so the rosters aren’t out yet.
ALCS Game Six Spillover Thread III
Don’t stop now…
ALCS Game Six Spillover Thread II
Time to make Saunders pay.
ALCS Game Six Spillover Thread
Joe Saunders … hardly untouchable. They got this.
Kikuchi staying in Japan
Highly touted Japanese lefty Yusei Kikuchi is staying in Japan, though the official announcement is still to come. Kikuchi spoke to the Yankees at some point in the last week, as well as six other MLB clubs, before making his decision. The teenager is expected to be the first overall pick in the NPB draft later this week. Ben went through all the trouble of profiling the kid last week.
Aroldis Chapman, come on down.
Laird homers again, but Surprise falls in extras
AzFL Surprise (4-3 loss to Surprise in 10 innings) Austin Romine hasn’t played in a few days, so he’s probably hurt
Brandon Laird: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – three homers in his first 37 at-bats in the desert … it took him 217 at-bats with High-A Tampa to hit three homers
Ian Kennedy: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1-6 GB/FB – 36 of 63 pitches were strikes (57.1%) … PitchFX had him at 90.56-92.1 with the fastball, and says he threw a ton of changeups (11 total)
Zach Kroenke: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-1 GB/FB – 10 of 11 pitches were strikes (91%) … PFX had him at 90.58-91.4
Mike Dunn: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 11 of 14 pitches were strikes (78.6%) … served up a solo jack to a 2008 first rounder in the top of the 10th FTL … PFX had him at 94.06-94.8