Penn League Report has some scouting reports on various Short Season Staten Island players, including some of this year’s draft picks. Make sure you check it out. In other news, RHP Graham Stoneburner has been sent down to Double-A Trenton according to Josh Norris.
Triple-A Scranton (7-1 loss to Syracuse)
- CF Adonis Garcia: 2-4, 1 K
- C J.R. Murphy: 0-4, 1 PB
- DH Randy Ruiz: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — eight homers in his last 16 games
- 3B David Adams: 1-4, 1 3B, 1 K
- RHP Michael Pineda: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 HB, 5/2 GB/FB — 52 of 76 pitches were strikes (68%), and he topped out at 93 mph … surrendered two homers in this game and four in his last three starts … remember, his rehab stint is over, he’s in the minors and about two weeks away from pushing his free agency back a year
- RHP Chase Whitley: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 27 of 45 pitches were strikes (60%)