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Posted by: | CommentsWhat? Don’t look at me like that, it’s a holiday. I’m allowed one of these once in a while.
- Triple-A Scranton’s game was postponed because the field was a swamp. They’ll play two tomorrow.
- Double-A Trenton and New Britain are tied at 6 in the 11th inning as of this writing. New Britain took the lead in the top of the 10th, but Eduardo Nunez smacked a 2 run job to tie in the bottom half. Jesus Montero is 0 for 4 at the moment.
- Austin Romine took an 0-fer as High-A Tampa fell 4-0 to Lakeland.
- Low-A Charleston broke out the whoopin’ stick on Asheville, pounding them for a 14-4 victory. Jose Pirela went 3 for 6 with 3 doubles while Corban Joseph went 4 for 6 with 3 XBH and 4 steaks. Manny Banuelos allowed 1 run and 5 baseunners in 6 innings.
- Short Season Staten Island squeaked by Lowell 2-0. Kyle Higashioka doubled and Neil Medchill drove in a pair of runs while everyone who took the mound did a terrific job.
- Kelvin DeLeon went deep and Jose Mojica ripped a pair of doubles as the Rookie GCL Yanks downed the GCL Pirates 4-2. Matt Richardson was excellent on the mound again, and Mikey O’Brien made his season debut in relief.
There are still some tickets left for this year’s Double-A Eastern League All-Star Game in Trenton, if you’re interested.
Triple-A Scranton (6-1 win over Partucket)
Kevin Russo, Ramiro Pena, Shelley Duncan, Colin Curtis: Yurendell DeCaster & Eric Duncan: all 1 for 4 - Russo drew a walk & K’ed … Pena walked, scored a run & K’ed twice … Shelley walked, scored a run, drove in one & K’ed … Curtis broke the game open with a grand salami in the 8th … E-Dunc doubled & scored a run
Austin Jackson: 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Jose Molina: 1 for 2, 1 2B, 1 BB - caught six innings
Josh Towers: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 7-10 GB/FB - 61 of 86 pitches were strikes (74.4%) … his ERA’s high, but he’s certainly been better than I expected
Anthony Claggett: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB - 17 of 29 pitches were strikes (58.6%) … hadn’t pitched in the last six days
Montero does it again in a loss
Posted by: | CommentsAustin Jackson, Shelley Duncan, and Chris Stewart were named to the International League All-Star Team. Congrats to them.
Make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread.
Triple-A Scranton (4-3 loss to Pawtucket)
Kevin Russo: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Ramiro Pena & Austin Jackson: both 2 for 4, 1 R - Jackson swiped a bag & K’ed
Shelley Duncan: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Jose Molina: 0 for 2, 1 RBI - caught the first five innings
Colin Curtis: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 2 K
Yurendell DeCaster & Eric Duncan: both 0 for 4, 1 K
Sergio Mitre: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 9-3 GB/FB - 44 of 79 pitches were strikes (55.7%)
Mark Melancon: 2.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 7-0 GB/FB - 26 of 39 pitches were strikes (66.7%) … that’s domination, homes
2009 International Signees
Posted by: | CommentsAs expected, the Yanks officially signed Dominican catcher Gary Sanchez to a contract that includes a $3M signing bonus today. It’s the largest bonus the Yanks have aver given to an amateur hitter, draft included, eclipsing the $2.44M they gave Wily Mo Pena back in the day. Kiley McDaniel at Baseball Prospectus says the Yanks will spend $4.25M total this signing period, probably landing just three players. Ben Badler tweets that the Yanks signed Dominican righthander Christopher Cabrera for $400k, while Jorge Arangure says Dominican shortstop Damian Arredondo will get $850k out of the Bombers.
Three players isn’t a whole lot, but McDaniel says those will be the Yanks only signings today. Badler compared the international market to electronics, saying you could get the big new thing now for lots of money, or wait a little while and get the same thing for half the price. Hopefully this is the route the Yanks go. For reference, the Yanks signed nine players in 2007 and at least five players last year.
Jesus, Montero went deep again!
Posted by: | CommentsLooks like Aroldis Chapman has defected from Cuba while participating in a tournament in the Netherlands (h/t The Artist). It’s unconfirmed other than the linked report, but huge news if true. You may remember him from the WBC, (supposedly) 21-yr old southpaw with serious heat and tons of projection left. Here’s a clip. Tremendous arm.
Triple-A Scranton had a scheduled off day.
Double-A Trenton (5-3 loss to Erie)
Reegie Corona, Edwar Gonzalez & Marcos Vechionacci: all 0 for 4- Corona scored a run & K’ed
Chris Malec: 0 for 2, 2 BB
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Jorge Vazquez & Jack Rye: both 1 for 4, 1 K - Vazquez drove a run in … Rye doubled
Jesus Montero: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB - 12 for his last 31 (.387) … four jacks in his last three games … he’s 19, in AA, in a pitcher’s park … this is absolutely insane
Zach McAllister: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 4-2 GB/FB - this is the time of year when guys start having their pitch counts monitored a little more tightly and stuff, so I wouldn’t worry about the short outings
Mike Dunn: 2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-1 GB/FB - gave up two homers tonight after giving up just one all year
Josh Schmidt: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K - allowed an inherited runner to score
Amaury Sanit: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Eastern League All-Stars announced
Posted by: | CommentsAll-Star teams for the Double-A Eastern League were announced today, and Zach McAllister, Josh Schmidt, Reegie Corona, Eduardo Nunez and Jorge Vazquez will represent Trenton with the Northern Division club. McAllister and Vazquez were voted in by the fans. Here’s the Southern Division squad. Double-A Trenton manager Tony Franklin and the rest of his coaching staff will run the team since they won the league title last year.
The game is being played at Trenton’s Waterfront Park on Wednesday, July 15th, so if you’re nearby or just want to check out some of the very best young players in the game, here’s a chance to do so without too much hastle.
July 2nd Signing Period Primer
Posted by: | CommentsESPN’s Jorge Arangure Jr. has a post up (behind the Insider wall, unfortunately) updating us on all of the recent international free agent stuff. He says the Yanks have been linked to more players than any other team, mostly because they invite pretty much everyone to work out at their Dominican academy. We know they’ve already come to an agreement with catcher Gary Sanchez for $2.5M, but they’re also interested in outfielders Leonardo Fuentes and Jose Alberto Pena, righthander Cristopher Cabrera and shortstop Daimian Arredondo. The Yanks have also been connected to Cuban defectors Jose Iglesias and Noel Arguelles, a second baseman and a lefty pitcher, respectively. And, of course, they’re in on megaprospect Miguel Sano.
Teams can sign amateurs at least 16 years of age starting tomorrow. Don’t miss my talk with Baseball America’s Ben Badler about what he thinks the Yanks could do. Here’s Ben’s list of the top 25 prospects available this year.
Montero homers twice in loss
Posted by: | CommentsChad Jennings reports that George Kontos will likely need Tommy John surgery after feeling tightness in his forearm. This could end up being a blessing in disguise for the Yanks, because Kontos is now likely to slide through the Rule 5 Draft untouched in the offseason if they decide to leave him off the 40-man roster. Still sucks though.
Triple-A Scranton was rained out. They’re going to make this one up when they play Rochester at the end of the season.
Double-A Trenton (5-3 loss to Erie)
Austin Krum: 0 for 5, 1 K - 0 for his last 11
Reegie Corona & Chris Malec: both 1 for 5 - Corona K’ed once, Malec twice
Jorge Vazquez & Justin Snyder: both 0 for 3, 1 BB - Vazquez was hit by a pitch & scored a run … Snyder K’ed & committed a pair of fielding errors
Jesus Montero: 2 for 3, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB - 11 for his last 30 (.367) with three homers & three doubles
Jack Rye: 0 for 2, 2 BB - up from Tampa to fill out a thin roster
Marcos Vechioacci: 1 for 3, 1 BB
Jeremy Bleich: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 4-8 GB/FB - AA debut
Kevin Whelan: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Yanks acquire Yurendell DeCaster
Posted by: | CommentsIn their neverending pursuit of talent, the Yankees have purchased third baseman Yurendell DeCaster from the Fargo-Morehead Red Hawks of the independent Northern League. The amount they paid for him isn’t known, but they’ve assigned him to Triple-A Scranton, who currently lacks an everyday third basemen since Justin Leone is out with a hamstring issue. If you’re like me and the name sounds familiar but you can’t remember where you heard it, it’s probably because he played for the Netherlands in the latest installment of the World Baseball Classic.
DeCaster was the best player in the Northern League this year, leading the league in hits (54), doubles (14), homeruns (13), RBI (43) and SLG (.682). He also hit for average (.344) and drew his fair share of walks (.401 OBP). Red Hawks manager Doug Simunic said DeCaster was the best player to come through the league in a long time. He spent 2008 in the Nationals system, hitting .262-.344-.445 in 104 games, mostly in Triple-A. Still just 29 years old, DeCaster made a cameo with the Pirates in 2006 for his only big league action, fashioning a shiny -100 OPS by striking out in his only two plate appearances.
With experience all over the field, including time at first, second, third, and the corner outfield spots, perhaps DeCaster carves out a nice career as a bench player/right-handed hitting half of a platoon. Mo knows the Yankees could use a guy like that right now. Obviously you don’t expect the guy to continue hitting like he had at the Triple-A level, but you never know. Maybe he’s just a late bloomer, Nelson Cruz style.
Having landed Edwar Ramirez, Scott Patterson and several others out of the independent leagues in recent years, it’s nice to see the team continue to look for talent in non-traditional sources.
Jackson homers again, Nova flirts with no-no in AAA debut
Posted by: | CommentsKevin Cash, John Rodriguez and Justin Leone were all placed on the DL with various ailments. Meanwhile, Jim McLennan tells you everything you need to know about labrums, and more.
Lance Pendleton was named Florida State League Pitcher of the Week while Melky Mesa was named the South Atlantic League’s Player of the Week.
Triple-A Scranton
Game 1 (5-0 win over Rochester in 7 innings) make up of an April 20th rain out
Kevin Russo, Austin Jackson, Colin Curtis, Eric Duncan & Chris Stewart: all 1 for 3 - Jackson doubled, scored a run & K’ed … E-Dunc hit a three run bomb & K’ed
Shelley Duncan: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 1 for 2, 1 R
Ivan Nova: 5.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 7-5 GB/FB - 56 of 90 pitches were strikes (62.2%) … lost the no-hitter with two outs in the sixth on a line drive off the shortstop’s glove … he’s been getting better and better with each start for about two months now
Jon Albaladejo: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-0 GB/FB - 16 of 21 pitches were strikes (76.2%)
