Via Lane Meyer, 14th rounder Graham Stoneburner has apparently agreed to terms with the Yanks. I’m of the the belief that Stoneburner has the best pure arm among Yankee draftees, and might very well be the best prospect from this draft haul behind top pick Slade Heathcott. Speaking of Heathcott, there was a report this morning that he and 2nd rounder JR Murphy have apparently agreed to terms, but the deals won’t be official until physicals are complete. That’s all I’ve seen on that. Also, it looks like 10th rounder Tyler Lyons will not sign while 5th rounder Caleb Cotham will.
Triple-A Scranton (5-2 loss to Durham)
Kevin Russo: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
Colin Curtis, Yurendell DeCaster & Reegie Corona: all 1 for 4 – Curtis K’ed & committed a fielding error … DeCaster scored a run … Corona K’ed
Austin Jackson & Juan Miranda: both 0 for 4 – Miranda K’ed three times (ouch), Jackson four times (double ouch)
Shelley Duncan, John Rodriguez & Chris Stewart: all 0 for 3 – Shelley drew a walk & K’ed twice … J-Rod walked … Stewart scored a run, drove in one & committed a throwing error
Russ Ortiz: 4 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3-6 GB/FB – 58 of 86 pitches were strikes (67.4%)
Edwar Ramirez: 2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GB/FB – 19 of 32 pitches were strikes (59.4%)
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 8 of his 10 pitches were strikes
Amaury Sanit: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 8 of 12 pitches were strikes