Notes!…
- RHP Dellin Betances headlined today’s Minor League Update but obviously not in a good way. Kevin Goldstein didn’t offer up any scouting notes or anything, just said it’s time for the Yankees to take him out of the rotation and either put him in the bullpen or have him work on things on the side. It’s a subscriber-only piece but the Betances blurb is above the pay wall.
- Fifth rounder 2B/OF Rob Refsnyder was named the College World Series MVP after his Arizona Wildcats won the National Championship last night. He hit .476 during the tournament. Last week we heard that Refsnyder was likely to sign as soon as his CWS run was over.
- UTIL Kevin Russo (sore right hamstring) was placed on the DL while OF Cole Garner was activated to take his roster spot.
- RHP Michael Dubee was released to free up a roster spot for the recently signed RHP Jon Meloan.
Triple-A Empire State (3-1 win over Gwinnett)
CF Chris Dickerson: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
2B Corban Joseph: 3-3, 1 R, 3 2B, 1 BB — got picked off first, but otherwise it was an excellent night for CoJo
LF Ronnie Mustelier, 1B Brandon Laird, RF Cole Garner & 3B Doug Bernier: all 0-3 — Mustelier drove in a run, walked, and struck out … Garner and Bernier struck out
DH Russell Branyan: 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 K
C Frankie Cervelli: 0-2, 2 BB — stuck in a 2-for-20 rut (.100)
SS Ramiro Pena: 1-3, 1 R
RHP D.J. Mitchell: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 8/5 GB/FB — 67 of 103 pitches were strikes (65.0%) … he needed a strong start like this, he’s been struggling bad of late
RHP Jason Bulger: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — eight of 13 pitches were strikes
RHP Ryota Igarashi: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 11 of 15 pitches were strikes