Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Lehigh Valley)
Justin Christian & Cody Ransom: both 1 for 4 – Christian K’ed once … Ransom thrice
Juan Miranda & Alberto Gonzalez: both 0 for 4 – The Former Attorney General K’ed twice
Jason Lane: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Eric Duncan: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 SB – 2 SB this year, 2 SB all of last year … 1.012 OPS
Chris Stewart: 2 for 3, 1 PB
Darrell Rasner: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 5-8 GB/FB – 51 of 73 pitches were strikes (69.9%)
Scott Strickland: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-2 GB/FB – Chad Jennings speculated that he could be cut to make room on the roster for Jon Albaladejo
Chris Britton: 0.1 IP, zeroes
Jose Veras: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Charleston’s offense > New York’s offense
I’d be remiss if I didn’t pass this along. Too funny.
Triple-A Scranton (7-2 win over Lehigh Valley)
Brett Gardner: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – Chad Jennings said the homer was a no-doubter
Justin Christian: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 SB
Cody Ransom: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Juan Miranda: 1 for 3, 1 BB
Alberto Gonzalez: 0 for 3, 1 BB – GIDP’ed
Eric Duncan: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP
Alan Horne: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 Balk, 8-4 GB/FB – take out the second inning, and his line would be 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Heath Phillips: 0.2 IP, zeroes – being used strictly as a lefty specialist this year, except in the occasional emergency spot
Scott Patterson: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K – 8 of 9 pitches were strikes … your garden variety Scott Patterson outing
Edwar: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Punchless
Forget about IPK being all over the place, this lineup isn’t exactly striking fear into the heart of the opposition. They were 1 for 25 with a walk outside of the 4-run third inning. Not gonna get it done like that guys.
Triple-A Scranton (2-1 win over Lehigh Valley)
Brett Gardner: 1 for 3, 1 K
Alberto Gonzalez: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (throwing)
Greg Porter & Juan Miranda: both 1 for 3 – Miranda drove a run in
Jason Lane: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB – walk was intentional
Cody Ransom: 2 for 2, 1 2B, 1 BB
Eric Duncan & Chad Moeller: both 0 for 3, 1 K – E-Dunc GIDP’ed
Steven “don’t call me” White: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 9-5 GB/FB – rock solid
Chris Britton: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-0 GB/FB
Jose Veras: 1 IP, zeroes
Luis Sojo sends Yankee fans into unecessary panic
We have some resolution to the Amazing Disappearing Mark Melancon Box Score situation.
As Mike noted in last night’s inauguraul Down on the Farm, Mark Melancon appeared in the MiLB.com Tampa Yankees box score last night, but the young pitcher did not throw a pitch. Considering the hype surrounding Melancon and the fact that he’s one of our Tommy John pitchers, we were worried.
Yankee fans flew into a panic! What happened to Melancon? The guys on NYYFans.com couldn’t figure it out; Chad Jennings had no leads. It was an information black out. And then Yankees1010 rode to the rescue, directing us to this Saberscouting post:
Mark Melancon is not hurt. He didn’t enter the game after throwing warmup pitches (that I took video of and analyzed like the Zapruder film), because T-Yanks Manager Luis Sojo forgot to put him on the roster. Just a simple brain fart. Don’t feel bad for freaking out though Yankee fans, until the game ended and this was figured out, Yankee brass in the stands were in a state of panic as well.
Way to be, Luis. Way to be. Don’t scare us like that.
The other Opening Day
New year, same great DotF. It’s only fitting that Phil Hughes drew the start for the big league squad the day the minor league season kicked off. I remember when he was just a spunky little 18-year-old mowing down Sally League hitters… Ah, memories. Hard to believe this is my third season doing this. But enough reflecting. Let’s hit the stats (full lineups as per Opening Day tradition).
Triple-A Scranton (4-0 win over Lehigh Valley)
Brett Gardner: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K, 1 SB – First hit of the year went for extra bases. I never woulda guessed it.
Justin Christian: 1 for 4, 1 K, 1 CS
Cody Ransom: 0 for 4, 2 K
Jason Lane: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 0 for 3
Alberto Gonzalez: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – He’s been hittin’ the snot outta the ball since playing winter ball.
Eric Duncan: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K – He’s been crushing the ball since the last few weeks of Spring Training.
Nick Green: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Chad Moeller: 1 for 3
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 6 IP, zeroes, 7 K, 2-9 GB/FB – 44 strikes, 16 balls … Yanked from the perfecto because of his pitch count. RAB’s inside guy said he was starting to get hit hard towards the end of his outing.
Scott Patterson: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0-3 GB/FB
Edwar: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K – Typical Edwar.
Jose Veras: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
The TJ Rehab Watch
One of our more popular features in the early days of RAB was the Hughes Watch, which will be forever immortalized on the left sidebar of the now defunct IGWT. After Hughes graduated to the bigs we debuted the wildly popular Joba Watch, which chronicled the right-hander’s voyage from A-ball to our hearts in five short months. With Joba now firmly entrenched in the Bronx, it’s time to move on to the next Watch subject, although there’s no obvious candidate.
Ideally, the Watch would cover a guy who will spend most of the year in the minors, but will also make his big league debut at some point. Guys like Alan Horne, Jeff Marquez, Juan Miranda, Brett Gardner and Scott Patterson fit the bill, but none of them really seemed Watch worthy to me. Austin Jackson, Jose Tabata, Jesus Montero and Dellin Betances are really talented, but too far away. Then along came an email from longtime reader Greg G., suggesting that the new Watch should follow JB Cox, Mark Melancon, Humberto Sanchez and Chris Garcia on the road to recovery from Tommy John surgery. He hit the nail on the head.
Not only is their recovery from TJ the biggest story of the minor league year, it also fits the ideal Watch mold. Sanchez and Cox should be knocking on the door by July, and Melancon has a chance to join them come September. Chris Garcia is a ways off, but he’ll add that wow factor if he manages to stay healthy. So with that, the TJ Rehab Watch is born. Four Watches for the price of one, everyone wins.
So here’s how it’s going to work: Just like last year the top table will contain the stats for the last game pitched, reagrdless of who was on the mound, and the bottom table will contained combined stats for all four guys. If more than one guy throws on a given night, I’ll add another “last game” table accordingly. I didn’t want to do a separate table for each guy, or one table for each guy and one combined table, or some sort of wacky business like that because a) HTML tables are the fugliest thing imaginable, and b) it would take up too much real estate. The whole point of the Watch is simplicity, a quick and easy way to track the progress of your favorite (okay, my favorite) prospects. Adding more tables ruins the vibe.
I decided on using a pic of Melancon for a few reasons: It was the best action shot of one of the four guys in a Yankee uni I could find, fans generally seem to love the guy (and with good reason), and also because Robert of Baby Bombers was kind enough to supply it. I considered Photoshopping a little montage off all four guys, but again, it’s all about simplicity. The pic can always be changed, in fact we went through quite a few last year on the Joba Watch.
The minor league season kicks off in full force tomorrow, as every team in every full season league, except the High-A California League, takes to the field (the Cal League season starts on Friday). I find it mildly hilarious that two pitchers on completely opposite ends of the talent spectrum – Rick Porcello and Kei Igawa – grace milb.com’s Opening Day graphic. Talk about odd combinations.
Triple-A Scranton looks to end it’s eight-game Opening Day losing streak against Lehigh Valley, the Phillies’ Triple-A affiliate. The Kei-man will take the hill for SWB, so yeah, good luck with ending that losing streak. Double-A Trenton starts the year off against the Binghamton Mets, while Low-A Charleston will look to conquer the Rome Braves. The highlight of Opening Day is the aforementioned Mr. Porcello making his pro debut against the High-A Tampa Yanks. Couldn’t ask for a better way to kick off the year.
Yanks sign another reliever out of indy ball
I somehow missed this one the other week, but the Yanks signed RHP Chase Vacek out of the independent United League. He had a good year serving as the San Angelo Colts’ closer (he spent some time in the Royals’ system previously), going 48 IP, 46 H, 23 R, 12 ER, 10 BB, 48 K with 9 saves and 20 games finished. Judging by the number of unearned runs, it’s safe to say he had a less than stellar defense behind him, so those stats are probably a little skewed. The big thing is the K/BB ratio. The Yanks have been stockpiling relievers with very good K/BB recently (Chris Britton, Dan Giese, Jon Albaladejo), and I can’t say I see a problem with that. No risk, mediocre reward move.
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