Over at Minor League Ball, John Sickels talks about the controversial Jesus Montero. What’s so controversial you ask? His defense and his plate discipline, apparently. In case you missed the DotF update, Montero finished second to Hagerstown’s Michael Burgess in the Sally League HR Derby last night. Eleven unfortunate balls felt the Wrath of Jesus. Ain’t nothin’ controversial about that.
Ajax does it again, SI season begins
Update: Jesus Montero finished second behind Hagerstown’s Michael Burgess in the Sally League HR Derby. Montero hit 11 homers total.
Triple-A Scranton (4-3 loss to Norfolk)
Brett Gardner: 1 for 5, 2 K – 5 for his last 24
Justin Christian: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B – 15 for his last 35 (.429)
Cody Ransom, Juan Miranda, Nick Green & Chris Stewart: all 1 for 4 – Miranda drove in a run & K’ed … Green hit a solo shot & K’ed thrice … Stewart doubled, scored a run & K’ed
Shelley Duncan: 0 for 0, 4 BB, 1 SB – picked off second … still hitless in his return to the minors, but at least he brings spark and energy … he’s put the ball in play just twice since going back down
Jason Lane: 0 for 4, 3 K
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 7 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 9-9 GB/FB – 61 of 90 pitches were strikes (67.8%)
Scott Strickland: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
Heath Phillips: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – opponents are hitting .310 off him
SI Yanks on SNY tonight
Just wanted to mention that you can check out Short Season Staten Island kick off their season against the Brooklyn Cyclones tonight on SNY. The game is at Coney Island’s beautiful KeySpan Park, with first pitch set for 7pm. Man, I can’t tell you how much I’m hoping Pat Venditte pitches. Two innings out of the bullpen, say 4 RHB and 2 LHB would be just perfect. (h/t to commentor JohnC)
Update: Sorry all, looks like the game isn’t on. That’s what I get for not confirming the info before posting it. Thursday’s Yanks-Cyclones game will be on SNY though, at least that’s why my DVR tells me. Again, sorry about that. Feel free to call me an idiot in the comment.
Miranda, Henry & Cervelli all return to action
Short Season Staten Island kicks off their season tomorrow, and you can see their roster here. Shot in the dark, I’ll say Nick Chigges gets the ball on Opening Day. You have no idea how much I’m looking forward to seeing what Pat Venditte can do. The Rookie GCL Yanks start their season this Thursday, but their roster hasn’t been posted yet.
Triple-A Scranton (10-0 beatdown at the hands of Norfolk)
Brett Gardner & Eric Duncan: both 1 for 4, 1 K – Duncan doubled
Justin Christian & Nick Green: both 2 for 4 – Christian stole a base … Green doubled & K’ed
Cody Ransom & JD Closser: both 0 for 3, 1 BB – Ransom was caught stealing
Shelley Duncan: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 0 for 4, 2 K- out since May 18th with a shoulder injury
Matt Carson: 0 for 4, 1 K
Jeff Karstens: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 5-5 GB/FB – 55 of 85 pitches were strikes (64.7%) … could he be a candidate to fill Wang’s spot? Man I sure hope not…
Heath Phillips: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K
Steven White: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2 HB, 1E (pickoff) – 21 of 49 pitches were strikes (42.9%) … he’s allowed 71 baserunners & 35 earned runs in his last 30.1 IP … he’s been beyond terrible, not even worthy of the NOFX reference anymore
Scott Patterson: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – allowed all 3 inherited runners to score
Scott Strickland: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jim Callis on Bleich
Baseball America’s Jim Callis took a question about Yanks’ sandwich rounder Jeremy Bleich in this week’s Ask BA. When asked if Bleich would have been considered a first rounder if not for the elbow strain, Callis replied “he could have been regarded as a consensus sandwich-rounder. He’s a lefty who knows how to pitch with an 88-91 mph fastball, a curveball and changeup, and his changeup grades as his best pitch. I wouldn’t call him a steal in the supplemental first round, but he wasn’t a reach either.” I’ll take it, but the real question is this: can he hold down Wang’s rotation spot? Pretty please?
Ajax, Montero sizzling; Suttle scuffling
Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there. Make sure you tell yours you love him, there’s lots of us that can’t do the same.
Triple-A Scranton (4-2 win over Norfolk)
Justin Christian & Luis Nunez: both 1 for 4, 1 K – Christian drove in a run
Matt Carson: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Cody Ransom, Nick Green, Greg Porter & Chris Stewart: all 1 for 4, 1 R – Ransom hit a solo homer & committed a fielding error … Green K’ed … Stewart drove in a run & K’ed twice
Shelley Duncan: 0 for 4, 3 K – first plate appearances since June 3rd
Jason Lane: 2 for 3, 1 BB – picked off first
Jeff Marquez: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 12-4 GB/FB – 54 of 83 pitches were strikes (65.1%) … 18 baserunners, 4 earned runs & a 38-13 GB/FB ratio in his last 19 IP … the problem? only 3 K’s during that span
Billy Traber: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – 4.07 ERA & 1.37 WHIP in AAA
David Robertson: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
McCutchen finishes what he starts
Triple-A Scranton (9-0 in over Norfolk)
Brett Gardner: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 K – threw a runner out at home from LF
Justin Christian: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB – 9 hits in his last 6 games
Cody Ransom: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
Jason Lane: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB
Matt Carson: 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 K – 17 for his last 39 with 3 homers
Greg Porter: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Eric Duncan: 0 for 4, 1 K – 1 for his last 26 with 8 K
Dan McCutchen: 9 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7-14 GB/FB – picked a runner off first … 71 of 102 pitches were strikes (69.6%)
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